Example sentences of "are [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buy in the afternoon when your feet are swollen to simulate the effect of a run . |
| 2 | SEAFOOD fans are queueing to buy the Eldorado prawn . |
| 3 | Their names and background are known to their neighbours in Baldersdale but they are very anxious to avoid as much as possible becoming involved in the publicity which continually surrounds Hannah and hope that interest in her former home will eventually decline and disappear However , they have agreed to reveal their detailed plans for Low Birk Hatt and they are calculated to please the most critical defender of Dales traditions . |
| 4 | When a bargain has been struck the TOPIC ( " Teletext Output of Price Information on Computer " ) price displays are altered to show the last trades made . |
| 5 | Digital data occupy a central position in this applications field and a number of examples are given to illustrate the extent to which their development has been hampered or facilitated in various countries by the policies of the organizations with responsibility for digital data provision . |
| 6 | A number of practical examples are given to illustrate the principles explained in this chapter , and the chapter ends with a case study of how market segmentation might be implemented . |
| 7 | Overall findings of these analyses are given to assess the sensitivity of the main results to the choice of target group . |
| 8 | A slight ( and I mean very slight ) rhythmical easing back is all we are given to signify the transition from Allegro tempestoso to Moderato tranquillo ; albeit accompanied by a beautiful singing cantabile . |
| 9 | Today reasons other than those voiced by Hale are given to justify the marital rape exemption . |
| 10 | Figures for 1971 are available on both bases and are given to indicate the potential disparity . |
| 11 | These details are given to emphasize the enormous difference of scale between any problem Howard dreamed of and the problems facing recent TDC directors . |
| 12 | The Tories would like to repeat the mistakes of the 1950s , while Labour are determinted to repeat the mistake of renegotiation in the 1970s . |
| 13 | The models are developed to simulate the stress train field induced on the living bone by the implant . |
| 14 | The standards that are developed to support the authenticity of a piece of information as an ‘ official record ’ require organizational commitment and formal recognition . |
| 15 | Much of Western psychotherapy draws , in various forms , on the catharsis model , whereby it is held as necessary for emotional health to come to terms with the repressed anger that is assumed to be inside the individual , and techniques are developed to make the individual confront these in a dramatic form . |
| 16 | Cheaply produced coal from Colombia is one of the main sources of imports which are helping to undermine the competitiveness of domestically produced coal in Britain . |
| 17 | The Government are helping to support the idea that coal is a pollutant but that nuclear power is green friendly and that gas is green friendly . |
| 18 | Dr van der Merwe 's bones or , rather , those of the Crow Indians of the Ohio valley , are helping to trace the spread of maize across the Americas and establish how , by the time that the conquistadores arrived , it was powering not only the imperial civilisations of Mexico , but the modest villages of what was shortly to become New England . |
| 19 | You 've a job , you are helping to keep the fire at check , you are helping to extinguish the fire , it 's a good necessary job . |
| 20 | Weak demand for windows for homes is being offset elsewhere and the West Midlands property developments and disposals are helping to keep the leap in interest charges within bounds . |
| 21 | You 've a job , you are helping to keep the fire at check , you are helping to extinguish the fire , it 's a good necessary job . |
| 22 | So both in your letter to me and your letter to Mr Deva MP , you are helping to keep the voice of public opinion heard , and I thank you for both . |
| 23 | Scissors in the shape of dolphins are helping to boost the funds of International Dolphin Watch , the leading organisation for the study and conservation of these fun loving and intelligent mammals . |
| 24 | In this general context , handheld media are increasingly offering the same utilities which are helping to build the electronic information market globally , together with portability , an ingredient new to electronic media but for long one of the most cherished advantages of the printed word . |
| 25 | Does that mean that we are helping to subsidise the German coal industry while shutting pits in this country and throwing people out of work ? |
| 26 | Essex Chief Constable John Burrow says the Service Delivery Standards initiative is ‘ crucially important ’ if the police are to continue to receive the public 's trust and co-operation . |
| 27 | If we are to continue to meet the rapidly growing needs of those who look to us for care and prevention , we urgently need you to share the challenge with us . |
| 28 | Family routines are adjusted to accommodate the worsening disease . |
| 29 | To stop this occuring prematurely preservatives are adjusted to suit the level of concentration supplied . |
| 30 | Conversely , if the checks are adjusted to allow the hammers to pass freely on their way up , they will not be checked on their way down . |