Example sentences of "they be [adv] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They are simply marking time , waiting for fashion futures to be decided elsewhere .
2 South African soldiers are going into the villages asking people 's forgiveness for past atrocities and to show their good intentions they are even ploughing fields .
3 They are just doing tests etc. on it .
4 One argument against the Government 's third term agenda for local government and the public services has been that , by undermining local authorities , they are increasingly centralizing decision-taking .
5 We can use these microcomputers to build " intelligence " into appropriate parts of a computer system ( such as the transput devices ) , but they are increasingly finding applications outside conventional computing , for example in controlling washing machines and the ignition systems of cars .
6 The project is still in its early stages but a spokesman for the Merseyside Museum noted that they are already using Dr Ballard 's technology for the Jason Project IV which will take place in February next year in the Sea of Cortez off the Mexican Coast .
7 Kenneth Simpson , the Perth-based spokesman for the Society of Sheriffs ' Officers , says they are already getting results .
8 ‘ But clearly , although they are not producing computers for the same sector of the market place , they are both manufacturing plants . ’
9 They are both paying mortgages .
10 They are both finding prison life tough and would have cracked by now if they were guilty . ’
11 They are also accusing Mr Pozsgay 's supporters of trying to go too far too fast , and of constantly raising the stakes .
12 They are also finalising plans for a European tour later this year — which is going to mean fewer dates back home — including Farnham .
13 ‘ We expect that women will want to cook and sew and launder even if they are also reading Homer or studying Italian painters . ’
14 But they are also leaking goals , so we can nail our Boundary Park jinx once and for all . ’
15 They are also discussing custody of Kevin , six , Sean , five and one-year-old Emily .
16 And to help them through their carbon-copy situation , they are also studying ways in which they can emulate our enterprise challenge .
17 They are also restricting access to their markets , which will minimise the economic dislocation and the ultimate loss of industrial base .
18 For example , a sufferer from alcoholism who still used sleeping tablets , a sufferer from any of the eating disorders who is not physically abstinent from sugar and white flour , a sufferer from workaholism who exchanges work for physical exercise in similar quantities and a sufferer from the family disease who still searches incessantly for treatment or other solutions to the problems of the primary sufferer rather than accept his or her own powerlessness over the lives of other people and accept the need for personal recovery , are all still in the active phase of the disease even if they are regularly attending meetings of an appropriate Anonymous Fellowship .
19 SACRED Sexuality is a doctrine being preached by a couple of Czechs called Zek and Misha Halu , and they are currently holding weekend courses to teach Westerners how to fulfil their own sexual potential .
20 They are currently planning version 5 , and it wo n't end there .
21 But they are still urging witnesses to come forward .
22 But they are still discussing plans for a national network of terminals .
23 Having taken advantage of 100pc relief he claims they not only bought tackle which ‘ has mainly stood idle ever since ’ but did so with borrowed money on which they are still paying interest 10 years on .
24 There remain , however , a few dancers who excel in the purely classical roles , which an audience demands because they are still testing grounds for particular talents .
25 Leading high-technology corporations say they are actively recruiting otaku types because they are in the vanguard of personal computing and software design .
26 Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch .
27 If you were to tell me that there are people , like the man upstairs to whom you now threaten to turn yourself in , who actually do have a strong sense of themselves , I would have to tell you that they are only impersonating people with a strong sense of themselves — to which you could correctly reply that since there is no way of proving whether I 'm right or not , this is a circular argument from which there is no escape .
28 That surely places a responsibility on any Government of any political complexion to trample on the bogus libertarian appeal of the tobacco and advertising industries that they are only offering choice .
29 Keeping up the good work , they are now holding meetings and demonstrations every six weeks to motivate young people coming into the industry .
30 The Navajo expressed their concern at Hanson 's annual general meeting in London in January ; they are now taking Hanson to the UN Human Rights Commission , with the assistance of Survival International .
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