Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , they are organising a promotional campaign to expand the Lanka Guardian 's readership . |
| 2 | In this way they are exploring the relationship between psychological well-being and issues such as experienced relative poverty , income related stigma , perceived ( non ) entitlements , spending and consumption patterns and attitudes , the domestic division of family economic management , coping strategies and budgeting tactics . |
| 3 | Here people accept the importance of regular exercise but it is not clear if they are translating the message into action . |
| 4 | The theft , at allotments behind the Beechwood and Easterside Club , Middlesbrough , has angered the racing club members so much they are forming a vigilante group to keep overnight watch on the lofts . |
| 5 | When activists like the Cape Town Sixteen fight this system of oppression and exploitation , they are demanding a democratic say in the running of their lives and and the right to determine their own futures . |
| 6 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 7 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 8 | They are chewing a drug plant and drinking their quite disgusting beer or spirit — I had only one sip and did not stay to analyse the taste but rejected it instantly — the dancers — wearing headdresses feathered like exotic birds and daubed all over with signs and scribbles — messages to their gods , I assumed — then begin to pound the earth in a movement which matches the drumming perfectly and , like the drumming , is powerfully affecting . ’ |
| 9 | This is one case where , again , I make the point that I am proud to stand here and support the policies of the Adam Smith Institute which every Tory Member should also support , but unfortunately they are afraid to do so because they are facing a general election , knowing that they will be out of power within six months . |
| 10 | Erm , now as as this so called generous funding in fact , the police authority are facing a straight deficit of three hundred and twenty-eight thousand , they are facing a further deficit of four hundred and twenty-five thousand because they have only been given one and a half percent for pay , where all the information we have been given from the Home Office , you can shake your head as much as you like Chairman , it is in fact true , and in fact , in fact as reported in the Guardian , on , only the day before yesterday , yet again the police bill is to be , almost certainly four percent , not one and a half . |
| 11 | Collegians grabbed a late consolation try from Michael Dorrity , but their lack of pace and bulk up front probably means they are facing a long hard season . |
| 12 | Environmental Health officer Richard Hallows admitted yesterday they are facing a problem and called on the public to help them . |
| 13 | These , under pressure to increase the returns on their portfolios over very short review periods , turn over their holdings frequently ( known as ‘ churning ’ ) , disposing of a company 's shares on the first sign that they are under-performing the market . |
| 14 | Worse , they are achieving the opposite of what they intend . |
| 15 | ‘ They are searching the Castle ; and they have set a guard on the trapdoor . ’ |
| 16 | They are searching the flat methodically , opening cushions , moving furniture , looking beneath the floor . |
| 17 | Ideally , all doctors should participate in regular ongoing appraisal and training to ensure that they are providing a good service to their undergraduate and postgraduate students . |
| 18 | Local authorities must be sure they are providing the right care for children , and with increasing pressure on budgets they must know the money is well spent . |
| 19 | Shareware libraries provide you with a program on disk for a ‘ nominal ’ sum — they are providing the program for free , and charging only for the disk , duplicating and administration , all of which includes a small amount of profit , I suppose . |
| 20 | For example , if a researcher wants to investigate the factors that influence pupils when they are choosing the subjects they wish to study at higher levels of education , then group discussions with , for example , fourteen-year-old pupils in almost any secondary school would give some ideas about what questions to include in a questionnaire . |
| 21 | When people are feeling wound up , there are different things that can unleash the barbed remark : another small demand for their attention , a lost key , not being taken seriously enough by the person to whom they are cataloguing the disasters of the day , or TOO MUCH NOISE . |
| 22 | The Government seem to have washed their hands of the problem : they are taking no responsibility for it , and that is not good enough . |
| 23 | Reigning champions Striders have injury problems so they are taking no chances and have drafted in Gary Lough , who is a student at Loughborough University . |
| 24 | But when apparatchiks from Central Office , who have us acting as stewards ( ie , usherettes ) are often seen risking life and limb , SAS-style , in order to arrive at a doorway at the same time as a minister does , they are taking a serious risk with morale . |
| 25 | Never feel uncomfortable warning people you encounter halfway up a mountain who are dressed for the beach that they are taking a great risk proceeding without extra clothing and food . |
| 26 | Precise figures are hard to come by , because many European discount chains are privately owned , but no one doubts that they are taking a growing share of the $140 billion or so that Europeans spend on food each year . |
| 27 | In the third year , honours students with German as their major subject spend a minimum of eight months in a German-speaking country , either as a student , or as a part-time assistant in a school , or , if they are taking a joint degree , most probably attending courses at a university . |
| 28 | ‘ They are taking a hell of a lot on . |
| 29 | Mr Davison said : ‘ We are aware that they are taking a fairly careful look again at all the information . |
| 30 | They are taking a risk in borrowing the cash . |