Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [prep] the middle " in BNC.

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1 However , do n't make too much of a habit of switch-changing because the opponent may pick up your rhythm and attack just as you are in the middle of a change .
2 If you are in the middle of doing something else and something occurs which you think the doctor or physio or your manager should know about , make a note of it .
3 Whether you are in the middle of a relationship crisis or some anxiety-making moves at work it seems you must be prepared to move on .
4 SINCE we are in the middle of the International Coffee Organisation meeting -how do they pass a week without a visible result ? — I thought it appropriate to think about tea .
5 ‘ If we are in the middle of a broad , flat valley , our mathematical models work well , ’ says Whitman .
6 We are in the middle of a small Shaw revival , with recent productions of Caesar and Cleopatra , The Philanderer , and now Heartbreak House at the Theatre Royal , Haymarket , and Pygmalion at the National Theatre .
7 Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we are in the middle of the media silly-season , a time when papers and TV news bulletins are full of doom-laden Christmas tales .
8 I know we are in the middle of a recession , but surely there is still room for compassion .
9 BETHLEHEM is on the east of the Orange Free State ; it is farming country and Bethlehem as ‘ house of bread ’ has some meaning here — we are in the middle of wheat and maize growing areas , though the maize crop is ruined by drought .
10 SOCCER : Harwich and Parkeston manager Martin Head is currently thinking over his future with the Jewson League club , which suggests he will have left by the start of next season.Head says , ‘ Both the club and myself are looking to next season and we are in the middle of talks .
11 While Deutsche Bundespost Telekom views its joint venture with France Telecom , Eunetcom , as the ‘ foundation for our world activity , we think it is necessary to have a partner from the US and from the Pacific Basin , ’ said Dieter Gallist , a member of the board of management for Telekom at the Networked Economy Conference in Paris : ‘ We are in the middle of discussions so I wo n't say any more , however , ’ he added ; Gallist added later that Bundespost Telekom is also ‘ looking strongly in the direction of software alliances . ’
12 As for any impending agreement with Mitsubishi , she said , ‘ We are in the middle of negotiations , but nothing has been concluded yet . ’
13 We are in the middle of a strategic information revolution where the value of information is recognised ’ .
14 I mean , there we are in the middle of some serious investigation into terrorism and some dickhead stumbles into the office dressed up as a pumpkin . ’
15 There should be no major reconstruction of the industry while we are in the middle of a recession , which is the worst time for such a reconstruction .
16 At the time of writing we are in the middle of the offer period .
17 We are in the middle of the Island , at the top of East Ferry Road , at a pub where yuppies do n't go .
18 The figures are sad but we are in the middle of a recession
19 We are in the middle of a qualifying process and there 's no useful purpose in discussing this before that process is concluded .
20 We are in the middle of a recession which seems to have been wholly engineered by the Conservative Government through their raising of interest rates which are still far too high .
21 We are in the middle of this inquiry , so it is far too early for anyone to make predictions about the outcome , ’ he said .
22 It is very strange to find , after wearing thick overcoats in Peking only a few weeks ago , that we are in the middle of hot summer weather ( by British standards ) here .
23 LASMO 's exploration crew try to make Christmas as traditional as possible , even though they are in the middle of rugged desert terrain and seasonal symbols such as sleighbells and snowmen seem a million miles away !
24 And talking about next door , why is it that neighbours , just like friends , always seem to turn up unannounced when you and he are in the middle of the most flaming and spectacular row ?
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