Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply by providing a variety of equipment and allowing the children to experiment , we are effectively increasing the possibility for incidental mathematical experience and learning . |
| 2 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
| 3 | And after working for seven minutes I am already feeling the need for the ingestion of sugar . |
| 4 | They are already investigating the scope for putting some more services — management services , computer services and the collection of moneys — out to the private sector . |
| 5 | At a rally addressed by Labour 's Dennis Healey , they spent most of the time trying to avoid one of their school dinner ladies , who was forever shouting to the platform : ‘ You 're just feathering the beds for the Tories . ’ |
| 6 | Sh I mean to , to my mind , should n't the land ownership possibly one of the key issues cos that is if you have land ownership and then you 're just paving the way for the new capitalist society and to , you know , according to Marxist theory which I think is a pretty dodgy one , they have to go from capitalism to achieve socialism |
| 7 | Yeah I think he , I think he 's , I 've explained like everything , we 're just paying the money for it that is all |
| 8 | Although you 're reaping the rewards for many of the brave decisions you took earlier this year , it seems you 're still paying the price for some others ! |
| 9 | Libraries are rapidly accepting the doctrine for which we have contended for many years . |
| 10 | I should add that Decca are still using the notes for the original LP set . |
| 11 | Armed police are still combing the area for the robbers.They 've warned that the men are dangerous , and may shoot at anybody who approaches them.Mike Rowbottom reports . |
| 12 | Homebuyers are also paying the price for insurance company ineptitude over unemployment cover . |
| 13 | James Zinreich and colleagues at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore have used the sensor arm successfully in five operations to remove deep-seated brain tumours , and they are now adapting the system for sinus surgery . |
| 14 | These so-called rivals are now paying the price for being tired , dull and unimaginative . |
| 15 | Having denounced the election as a ‘ stinking farce ’ designed to hand Cambodia over to Vietnam , they have suddenly warmed to the democratic ideal and are now denouncing the CPP for resisting the result . |
| 16 | Nicholson and Hoffman , Duvall and De Niro , Paul Hogan — I 'm still leaving the house for them . |
| 17 | The truth is , of course , that I 'm still presenting the programme for HTV more than twenty one years later . |
| 18 | Librarians are increasingly defining the requirements for a new type of employee within ‘ converging ’ information services , who possesses the best qualities of current professionals in both organisations . |
| 19 | ‘ Contrary to rumours circulating in the area , the Cambrian News is not in financial difficulties , and we are simply placing the contract for printing the paper elsewhere because we can not justify an investment of around 2m ( pounds ) for new machinery to go tabloid and bring in colour , ’ said Mr Read , whose great grandfather established the company in Aberystwyth in 1890 . |
| 20 | Occupational pensions are undoubtedly delivering the goods for those people who are members . |
| 21 | The starlings are undoubtedly using the marjoram for nest decoration . |
| 22 | A small but growing number of sane , apparently successful men and women are voluntarily abandoning the struggle for material gain and accepting the stem discipline of relearning the near-forgotten skills of smallholding . |
| 23 | We are currently investigating the reasons for the apparent localized , enhanced Fe(III) reduction by Desulfovibrio in the zone of the concretions . |
| 24 | ‘ We have in some cases , I certainly have experienced situations , where the parents are actually buying the cigarettes for their children . |
| 25 | So that you are actually creating the drama for the people that are looking at you . |
| 26 | The reason often lies in an over-eager management who are continually hounding the PRO for more column inches or to keep up with the supposed coverage of competitors . |