Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if you plan your planting , and especially if you are building up a garden from scratch , it pays to think in terms of shape , colour and texture , and then arrange the plants with these factors in mind . |
| 2 | Gradually they are building up a resistance to a sting that could otherwise kill them . |
| 3 | PA are building up a definitive database of companies and contacts interested in ESPRIT CIME . |
| 4 | Here we reckon we are building up a specialisation in this aspect of human development . |
| 5 | They already have a children 's play room , an art room , conference space and are building up a library . |
| 6 | We are gathered here a little before Christmas to perform our annual fishing industry pre-ministerial Council season 's service — that litany of woe from every corner of the kingdom — telling of sad tidings of discomfort and no joy in the industry . |
| 7 | If the need for more labour intensive economic activities is recognised , and if the full social costs of continuing rural decline and urban expansion are calculated then a strong case can be made for more determined political action and considerably increased government investment in many DRAs . |
| 8 | PLAYER : Between " just deserts " and " tragic irony " we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent . |
| 9 | Once more , we are given only a masculine point of view . |
| 10 | Those who saw him freeze into immobility against Mike Tyson before crashing to the canvas in the first round in July 1990 believe they are seeing now a repeat of the same symptoms . |
| 11 | ‘ We need to consider how the economy of the West Bank can one day be integrated with that of the East Bank ’ , declared Jordan 's minister for the occupied territories , ‘ We are drawing up a West Bank five year development plan aimed at integrating what we do there with what we have here . |
| 12 | Customs are drawing up a paper to assist the Commission , in consultation with the Royal Yachting Association , the British Marine Industries Federation and others . |
| 13 | Well , she says that the boatmen and wharfers are drawing up a petition which they would like you to look at . |
| 14 | When a whole number of Landau levels are filled in a MOSFET , the Fermi energy , EF , lies in a mobility gap . |
| 15 | Better decisions result when the task and maintenance leadership roles are filled in a way that leads to coordination , thus overcoming the slowness , tangential discussion , loss of focus and other inefficiencies of groups . |
| 16 | The person who is out in the front teaching the class , or directing the piece of work they 're doing , they do , and everybody in it does … the kind of work we do is to do with a group of people … getting into a drama studio , and you know the set-up here ; there 's no uniform , there 's no ‘ Sir ’ or ‘ Miss ’ , it 's all Christian names , and that means that the holds are broken down a lot , so what is done in the end is to produce work which we hope makes statements which come from the pre-occupations , the beliefs , the honestly held beliefs of the people involved , whether they 're working from a text , an interpretation of a text , or whether they 're working from improvisation , doing their own work … so they get constant assessment from that . |
| 17 | GOVERNMENT health watchdogs are to carry out a survey of women working in computer microchip factories amid fears they may suffer a higher risk of miscarriage . |
| 18 | * South Korea and Russia are to carry out a joint survey to assess the damage caused by Soviet dumping of radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan . |
| 19 | BRITISH eye surgeons are to carry out a pioneering implant operation which could mean short-sighted people throwing away their glasses . |
| 20 | BRITISH eye surgeons are to carry out a pioneering implant operation which could mean short-sighted people throwing away their glasses . |
| 21 | Four hospitals in the central south area are to carry out a pilot study in running their own affairs , a first step towards opting out of the National Health Service . |
| 22 | The two staircases that are situated just a couple of yards from each other are another curious remnant from the past . |
| 23 | Touchmaster are bringing out a range of software designed specifically for use with their tablet ; games and educational programs in the main but the real proof of success will come if independent software houses decide to support it . |
| 24 | The popular budget and mid-priced range from EB seems not to be with us any more , alas , but the importers are bringing in a good looking range from Gravity which they hope will take over from where EB left off — prices from about £45 to £55 . |
| 25 | But , er , so hopefully Michelle will get this next Tracey 's position , and obviously sort of in in the meantime and providing her position comes up they are bringing in a Telesales County Secretary , which was n't gon na come in for about a year cos they wanted to sort of like , trial it , but now they 've decided if that 's what they want the position to do erm it 'll probably happen in the next two months and they said for me to go for it from our division , so I said right , okay . |
| 26 | In these cases the chambers are approached down a flight of steps . |
| 27 | A team at London 's Institute of Cancer are to try out a vaccine developed by gene technology against melanoma , which kills 2,000 people in Britain each year . |
| 28 | Managing Director Stuart Hyslop said the posters with slogans on issues including the poll tax , crime , health and employment are carried on a commercial cash basis and no other party has approached the company to book space . |
| 29 | They are spaced only a few metres apart , each wearing the garish colours of their clan , two on the kiteline , others as reel carriers , coaches or vociferous fans . |
| 30 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |