Example sentences of "they are [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They are buried 18 inches into the ground , preferably in a vegetable garden . |
| 32 | Still , they are giving 5 per cent of their profits from ‘ Infinity Within ’ to Greenpeace . |
| 33 | At the reconstructed Berlin Wall where they are reconciled 34 years later , the crowd will swell to 500 . |
| 34 | ‘ They said they were so impressed — and now that green issues are moving up their agenda , they 've become aware that they have to run themselves in a green way — that they are committing three million dollars into researching ‘ golf and the environment ’ , and appointing an ecologist to lead the research . ’ |
| 35 | GPs will often find themselves in a situation where they are working one day , they are on duty all night , and then have to work the next day as well . |
| 36 | Gordon Prentice ( Lab , Pendle ) urged : ‘ Will you join me in condemning the 24 per cent pay increase and the 35 per cent pay increase of the chief executive and chairman of Rolls-Royce at a time when they are sacking 5,000 skilled workers , including 170 in my constituency ? ’ |
| 37 | Double week Championships Series events are firmly under the impression that , at the moment , they are guaranteed three of the top ten , which is , on average , what they received throughout 1991 — and sometimes it was rather better . |
| 38 | In effect , they are making two claims , one of which I want to call the minor and the major claim , which are not logically necessarily following one from the other . |
| 39 | When people of different generations decide to live together , because the older of the two is in need of care , they are making one of the major decisions of their lives . |
| 40 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , during the recent debate on the Asylum Bill , our right hon. Friend the Home Secretary pointed out that about 30,000 people are registered as asylum seekers , without their families , and that they are allowed six months ' benefit immediately upon registering as asylum seekers ? |
| 41 | They are allowed one Int test per round to see the illusion for what it is , although they can also be helped out of the chamber by unaffected comrades . |
| 42 | Back home they are celebrating 200 years but that seems nothing compared to her . |
| 43 | If they are offered three piece suites they should be suspicious and if they see any of these things they should report it to us . |
| 44 | More often than not they are located ten miles outside town under a tin roof , in wasteland surrounded by a car park the size of Brazil . |
| 45 | go out nine to five to work , they are stressed nine till five , women , especially women with children have it twenty |
| 46 | They are fighting one struggle with the youth in Palestine , the youth in Namibia , the youth in Korea . |
| 47 | They are visiting 6 sites , including Bishop 's Castle , on their itinerary . |