Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [is] [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | commented Jo , ‘ The overall standard of the children we are seeing is gradually improving although we still need to encourage many more children to play tennis ’ . |
| 2 | You may be familiar with those sorts of stories which say my convent life was hell with the Sisters of Mercy er that kind of story about er church organisations that absolute not to show er Christian qualities in the way that they are organised is quite true that often Christian organisations do find it hard to show forgiveness . |
| 3 | Tim Midgely , a director of Biomass , said : " The technology we 're using is as old as the hills . |
| 4 | Okay I think that 's very good really I I do n't think I think you 're writing is very nice as well . |
| 5 | A spokesperson told NME : ‘ The stuff they 're selling is unbelievably shoddy and the T-shirts wash out after two or three washes . |
| 6 | If the type of gig you are offered is so unusual that it is not covered by any of the existing contracts , an MU official will devise one to suit your needs , or add necessary clauses to an existing contract ( for performing on the back of a moving open-back lorry , the contract might require clauses covering additional risks ! ) . |
| 7 | The easily identifiable tartan mark is your guarantee that the salmon you are buying is genuinely Scottish and produced in accordance with a stringent set of quality standards , enforced by Food From Britain inspectors . |
| 8 | What I am saying is perfectly clear and straightforward . |
| 9 | ( Metcalfe and Richards 1987b : 74 ) Analytically , the distinction becomes important : in situations where attempts by individual organisations to pursue their own ( private ) aims independently of what others are doing is both self-defeating and counterproductive from the ( public ) point of view of the performance of the system of which they are the parts . |
| 10 | ‘ What you are saying is more obfuscatory than explanatory , ’ Catherine said crossly . |
| 11 | But he said ’ The offence with which you are charged is so serious that despite your personal mitigating factors a non-custodial sentence can not be justified . ’ |
| 12 | The process involved is known as diapirism , and diapirs rise because the hot rock of which they are composed is less dense than the cooler surrounding country rock . |