Example sentences of "they are [v-ing] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japanese producers of cars and many other products are in fact already behaving as if Fortress Europe is a reality — that is to say they are setting up full-scale manufacturing plants in Europe . |
| 2 | By the stage we define broadly as intermediate , learners are some way towards developing control of the language they are learning : their store of language has grown to a point where they can adapt , adjust and add to it with some facility ; they can transfer language use from one context to another ; they are building up more complex networks of language and the work we do in the classroom at this level is similarly more complex and less controlled . |
| 3 | they are trying out different ‘ personalities ’ as they prepare for adulthood ; |
| 4 | A Special Branch Officer said : ‘ It shows they are driving around nationalist areas , consulting electoral register records and basically doing their homework . ’ |
| 5 | They are carrying out directed interviews there , and will collect time and money budgets . |
| 6 | Although it is only necessary to show an element of bounty to come within these provisions now , this case is important and taxpayers should bear it in mind when they are carrying out any reorganisation of share capital . |
| 7 | They will never do this if they are running around loose . |
| 8 | They are screening out risky clients or moving out of audit into less litigious areas of service . |
| 9 | The eyes of the world may be on Microsoft Corp Windows NT , but over at the IBM booth they are pulling out all the stops to show that OS/2 is far from dead . |