Example sentences of "they are [v-ing] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FURIOUS anglers claimed yesterday their sport has been ruined because they are catching too many fish . |
| 2 | So they are facing much higher costs and we 're aiming to provide more accommodation at an affordable level for the students , and to take some of the pressure off the housing market in the city . |
| 3 | Mains and his men have already used 25 players in five matches this season — and now they are taking away 15 players who are novices in terms of international rugby . |
| 4 | S so it 's , it 's , it 's either that the cadres are being rightist , they are protecting the landlords so they are keeping too much , or the problem is that the cadres , what we looked at earlier , the cadres are getting in themselves and they are taking too much for themselves . |
| 5 | Just as the disease process has moments when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse . |
| 6 | Just as the disease process has moments when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse . |
| 7 | Just as the disease process has moments when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse , so also in relapse there will also be times when things appear to be getting better even though in the long-term they are getting progressively worse . |
| 8 | With the beach all but in reach they are getting heartily tired of this anchoring business . |
| 9 | Juniors must be paid appropriately for the hours that they work : if they are getting only three hours ' rest at night they are working the equivalent of a partial shift and should be paid accordingly . |
| 10 | ‘ They are getting as good prices as the fishermen in this country but our fishermen , although perhaps disappointed at price levels , know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book . ’ |
| 11 | They know that the recruitment specialist will look after their interests , advise them if they are flying too high , encourage them if they are ready for advancement and indeed assist them in planning their careers over a period of time . |
| 12 | They are wandering again this year , but keeping their heads down . |
| 13 | They are considering now short-term leases rather than sell on the market as it is at the present , and they are including the clinic in the buildings for which they are looking for alternative uses . |
| 14 | They are supplying about 150 pounds of fresh morels a week to customers around the country . |
| 15 | Its reforms have not failed , but they are proving terribly painful . |
| 16 | This does not mean that they are drinking significantly more than before . |
| 17 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 18 | There 's old adage ; one game at time , but for once when the pressure 's been on Swindon have done the business and they are looking very solid . |
| 19 | ‘ The trouble is that they are not even very good at politics , and they are entering too much into policy decisions . |
| 20 | It any case , although all three services are hopeful numbers can pick up , they are training far fewer chefs than they were a decade ago . |
| 21 | Mr Atkinson estimates that Japan 's 21 most important commercial banks — including the seven trust banks and the three long-term credit banks , all in far worse condition than the city banks — have a total of ¥31 trillion of loans on which they are receiving either puny interest or no interest at all . |
| 22 | Howard and Felicity move slowly about with their champagne , like everybody else , trying to look as if they are heading somewhere purposeful , and quietly making little humorous comments on the proceedings to each other as they go . |
| 23 | It is difficult to be sure , but we might guess that they are becoming increasingly rare . |
| 24 | They are becoming increasingly critical to aircraft maintenance operations due to the shortfalls in trained and skilled staff experienced by the aviation world . |
| 25 | Canny used-car buyers are willing to bid for even high mileage diesels at a time when they are becoming increasingly choosy about other models . |
| 26 | The final two factors that we wish to consider here seem to have more influence in the USA , although there are signs that they are becoming increasingly important in the UK . |
| 27 | They still feature less prominently in the portfolios of private investors in the UK than , for instance , on the continent or in the US , but they are becoming increasingly popular here too . |
| 28 | While these problems are not on the scale found in Zambia , they are becoming more acute . |
| 29 | It could be that teenage girls nowadays act in a more self-confident manner , and that this fuels notions that they are becoming more violent . |
| 30 | Physical assaults on black people are common and there is some evidence that they are becoming more frequent . |