Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sales potential for technologydriven , ultra-real pornographic and violent experiences via the computer is so great that computer engineers are furiously designing software that will satisfy an otaku 's ‘ sexual ’ needs . |
| 2 | British single-parry governments are properly speaking minority governments . |
| 3 | The miners ' strikes that have paralysed about one-third of Soviet pits are slowly breaking backbone industries , such as steel , gas and chemicals . |
| 4 | Barbra , 50 , had her heart set on property in California until she found out it was in the path of the killers which are slowly migrating north from South America where 600 people have been stung to death . |
| 5 | Individual clinicians are constantly taking management decisions . |
| 6 | Solar energy is produced by the thermonuclear reactions which are constantly taking place in the sun which has a temperature of 20 million degrees centigrade . |
| 7 | While curiosity is a fundamental quality for a designer , it must be accompanied by a wide-ranging interest in the social , cultural and industrial transformations that are constantly taking place . |
| 8 | Throughout the world , a host of festivals and special events are constantly taking place . |
| 9 | Similar changes are constantly taking place in other parts of our bodies . |
| 10 | We are constantly seeing TV programmes and newspaper/magazine articles that tell us how bad some things are for us . |
| 11 | Authors in countries around the world are constantly releasing software for business and pleasure use . |
| 12 | Authors in countries around the world are constantly releasing software for business and pleasure use . |
| 13 | We are constantly examining policy in that light . |
| 14 | At the same time , they are constantly weighing evidence . |
| 15 | AS ONE gets older one 's remaining illustrations are constantly following Father Christmas , fairies , fair play , etc. down the plug-hole . |
| 16 | People are suddenly saying investment managers will come into charities which were previously managed by the Official Custodian . |
| 17 | television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news . |
| 18 | ( If you are only using part of the bean mix at one time , the remainder will keep , covered , for 2–3 days in the refrigerator . ) |
| 19 | Women work slightly fewer hours than men on average , even when we are only comparing fulltime workers , so we should expect that women would earn less than men . |
| 20 | That surely places a responsibility on any Government of any political complexion to trample on the bogus libertarian appeal of the tobacco and advertising industries that they are only offering choice . |
| 21 | Thirst is a more imperative drive , intruding into dreams even when the subjects know full well that they are merely taking part in an experiment , and that water will be available in the morning . |
| 22 | Will he also point out to those advocating such a foolish policy that they are merely diverting attention from the villainous crimes of the terrorists and , perhaps more importantly , from the enormous successes of the security forces and thus undermining confidence in the rule of law ? |
| 23 | So you are merely making life more difficult for yourself if you neglect the recruitment and selection process . |
| 24 | Simon Williams in NME coined a telling phrase when he commented : ‘ The Wedding Present are merely treading water when they should be walking on it . ’ |
| 25 | While the Tigers are finally embracing democracy , violence seems certain to continue in the north and east . |
| 26 | As he entered a polling booth in Katutura , a black township outside Windhoek , he said : ‘ Today , we are finally burying apartheid colonialism . ’ |
| 27 | Co-operatives are broadly speaking self-run , as opposed to management committee-run , housing as-sociations ; hence their attractiveness to autonomous groups . |
| 28 | Soon after 1 p.m. , as sporadic gunfire continued to be heard in the capital , Gen. Sani Abacha , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Army Staff , declared that the Chiefs of Staff had pledged their loyalty to the President , and that " most of the disloyal elements have been arrested and are already undergoing interrogation " . |
| 29 | Experts have forecast that even a partial ban will be a blow to Taiwan 's fishing companies , which are already facing recession and rely on driftnetting as the most profitable method . |
| 30 | It is , nonetheless , already apparent that certain provisions of the convention are already influencing state practice . |