Example sentences of "they are [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although many local authorities in their strategy documents state that they aim first at rehabilitation , I remain unconvinced that they are devoting the same resources in terms of skilled social workers with small caseloads and adequate financial support to natural families , as they do to finding and supporting new families . |
| 32 | The dogs love to take part.It seems like they are enjoying the chase . |
| 33 | I ADMIRE Freddie Starr and his wife Sandie for the mature way they are handling the end of their 18-year marriage . |
| 34 | They are handling the sale of this six bedroom detached property in Wood Lane , Huyton Quarry , Liverpool 36 . |
| 35 | They are disrupting the market and there are problems of pilfering and rubbish . |
| 36 | It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically . |
| 37 | We do accuse the Liberal Democrats of jumping on the bandwagon at a late stage , but in this they are running true to form and they are confusing the issue by doing their own irrelevant thing . |
| 38 | They do this to make us feel that we are significant — they are recognising the customer as an individual . |
| 39 | By their work they are promoting the idea that goods should be of merchantable quality and fit for their purpose . |
| 40 | A great deal of publicity has been given to CFCs , not just because they are destroying the stratospheric ozone layer but because many are extremely powerful heat trappers as well . |
| 41 | Earth Dwellers have now begun to grasp that they are tattering the ozone layer , which protects them from the harmful rays of their sun ( star 4135 in our heavens ) . |
| 42 | It is hoped that a bond will develop in the future with the ‘ Safer Edinburgh ’ initiative as they are targeting the age group in relation to crime prevention . |
| 43 | They are targeting the 4,000 who owe more than £1,000 in rent . |
| 44 | c ) Support CHAS nationally at Christmas — rather than send your family and friends socks or hankies — make a donation to CHAS in their name and we will send you a card , with a ‘ Gift token ’ which explains what you have done , saying that they are helping the work of CHAS . |
| 45 | By concentrating upon the physical consequences , the surgeons are deluding themselves and their patients into believing that they are helping the problem and that they are providing encouragement for the future . |
| 46 | But there is a mysterious group of British engineers , who are not allowed to let us know what they 're doing — I suppose they are helping the Chinese build a factory or something — anyway , it has been refreshing to hear a homely Lancs. accent at the next table . |
| 47 | They are bearing the one-eyed god from some unseen station of its progress to the next . |
| 48 | The strong points in their argument have been that they exhibit voluntaryism in its purest form , that they are free of any obligation to find a programme for the tutor-organiser to teach and that , in managing on voluntary effort alone , they are saving the District that portion of a full-time salary which would not be covered by government or local authority grant-aid . |
| 49 | The Japanese influence is also noticeable : hardly surprising , since it seems that they are saving the land from its current fathers , British Coal and the English . |
| 50 | Tory councillor Alan Blumenthal commented : ‘ By spending all this money they are sticking the two-fingered salute up at their taxpayers . ’ |
| 51 | Halcrows say they are stabilising the soil by pinning down the hillsides . |
| 52 | To be on the safe side they are calculating the platform price of $250 . |
| 53 | He is describing the sudden new apprehension of divine truth bestowed upon people who have just embarked on the spiritual life when they are rediscovering the truths of their faith during their periods of study . |
| 54 | The owners are not seeing guilty behaviour when Rover slinks across the floor , they are seeing the submissive behaviour Rover displays in anticipation of the aggression , however mild , the owners are about to use in attempt to reprimand him . |
| 55 | PEOPLE may be flocking to the sales — not because the recession is ending but because they are seeing the most realistic prices in years . |
| 56 | They are hoping the authorities will turn their customary blind eye . |
| 57 | But they are hoping the reception can still go ahead . |
| 58 | They are hoping the programme will meet with the same success as Darlington 's pioneering Railside Revival scheme . |
| 59 | The second thing of course is , that they are coordinating the erm , through , through the single regeneration agency , and the , and the single regeneration budget , the way in which they handle their monies , which , which go into economic development type activities . |
| 60 | If all the cases that attract attention , because they are argued in important appellate courts before public scrutiny , are occasions on which judges are scrupulous in denying that they are serving the goal of protected expectations through their decisions , this can hardly do much to reinforce the public 's faith in that ideal . |