Example sentences of "are not [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After losing 83–6 to Blaydon and 42–3 to Horden in recent weeks , the injuries are not helping to get back on the rails in time for their final two league matches this month against Sunderland and Mowden Park . |
| 2 | It follows that if the managers do not satisfy the s416 definition of control ( they do not need to if , for example , they are not borrowing to acquire their shares ) then Newco and management will not be connected and the notional loan provisions in s162 should not be triggered . |
| 3 | Judith Masterman , whose daughter Alison works in the orphanage , said : ‘ We are not aiming to provide everyone with a mattress but whatever we can get helps . |
| 4 | Unless there is a transfer of resources of the dimension that is necessary in terms of trade agreements and aid , we are not beginning to tackle the problem of economic migration , which I forecast will be the greatest problem that Europe and other parts of the world will face over the next 50 years . |
| 5 | However , I have to say I have been disappointed that through TOP we are not managing to achieve more . |
| 6 | We are not expecting to come up with a definitive plan to seize power ! ! but rather to begin to discuss some of the issues which are reducing the impact we are having . |
| 7 | Just so long as you are not intending to ask me not to leave London . |
| 8 | If , however , you are not intending to obtain a Woolwich mortgage then the fee will reflect the fact that there will not be a need for a mortgage valuation report . |
| 9 | This is something everyone wonders when starting out , even if they are not intending to make a living out of acting . |
| 10 | They are not wishing to stop the project . ’ |
| 11 | Practically , the banks are not wishing to pull the plug . |
| 12 | ‘ We are not trying to rip people off and planned to put a sticker on the records saying they were recorded 10 years ago . |
| 13 | BANGKOK — Cambodian guerrillas are staging raids from Thailand on government positions in the northwest of the country but are not trying to hold territory , a guerrilla spokesman said yesterday , Reuter reports . |
| 14 | But since different kinds of wink cause other people to behave differently , there is no quick way to settle the dispute and we are not trying to say that behaviourism is plainly wrong . |
| 15 | We are not trying to say that divorce is never the answer . |
| 16 | We are not trying to say that the number of deaths are going to increases substantially so that the population is not growing . |
| 17 | They are not trying to replace the skill and judgement that comes with years of training and practice , but to enhance and prolong the surgeon 's own capabilities . |
| 18 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |
| 19 | The women are guided in fashion , deportment and etiquette classes : ‘ We are not trying to mould clients into an image of Miss Perfect , ’ she adds . |
| 20 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |
| 21 | ‘ We are not trying to force people to change , but to accompany them in their struggle for a better life , ’ he added . |
| 22 | We are not trying to ignore the material traumas of contemporary cities . |
| 23 | In Kuwait , the resistance , we are not trying to kill them , we are trying to destroy their tanks , to destroy their erm bases , to take their weapons , and to bring them to our sides for to send them to Saudi . |
| 24 | ‘ We are not trying to undercut anyone but gas and oil are at the competitive end of the energy spectrum . ’ |
| 25 | But Tony Craven-Walker , chief executive of Monument Oil and Gas another member of the consortium investing in the mining project said : ‘ We are not trying to undercut anyone , but gas and oil are at the competitive end of the energy spectrum . ’ |
| 26 | An authority spokeswoman said : ‘ Of course we are not trying to tell people to go and visit Paris . ’ |
| 27 | They know that you are not trying to portray yourself as a know-all , that you have accepted being ‘ only human ’ . |
| 28 | You are not trying to pull the sail out ; you should lean with straight arms and back whilst pushing with bent legs . |
| 29 | ‘ We are not trying to restrain the numbers , ’ he added . |
| 30 | We are not trying to excuse the behaviour , but to explain it . |