Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] out " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean increasingly small authorities are effectively opting out of the national negotiat now we ca n't ignore th |
| 2 | They have given up reading texts and treat the water as their scripture , their Bible , their Koran , from which they are constantly teasing out ingenious interpretations of hidden , secret messages . |
| 3 | ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced . |
| 4 | Well I 've spoken to Keith and Kim from B-TEC about some of this and er things are not as clear-cut as people are perhaps making out . |
| 5 | I am merely pointing out the disadvantages of a romantic trip without romance . ’ |
| 6 | These small creatures are the future , they are only acting out what they will be . |
| 7 | Oceanic drift-nets are literally wiping out life over huge tracts of the world 's oceans . |
| 8 | By examining social processes , I am not throwing out the baby with the bath water : I do concede that inherited properties play a part . |
| 9 | I am not going out of my mind , she thought , and if , at the moment , the outside world does not recognise me for what I am , my sister knows she has only to speak a word here and there , to take a decision , and who will listen to me ? |
| 10 | It must therefore be recognised that the greatest protagonist of deregulation are largely acting out of self-interest , and that they themselves demonstrate remarkable inconsistency and reversals in their arguments — depending on which area of that self interest they may be pursuing at any particular moment . |
| 11 | They are making many staff redundant , and they are largely pulling out of the programme , thus leaving a huge hole in numbers and finance . |
| 12 | I think I am just starting out on the steep , rocky — and lots of other corny metaphors — road to recovery . |
| 13 | What happens to those who are already going out with another boyfriend when they discover they are pregnant ? |
| 14 | Monitoring of people moved from Friern Hospital in north London and Claybury Hospital in Essex shows that they are not slipping out of the system and are enjoying a better quality of life with greater independence and a more varied social life . |
| 15 | Even if the species did so , we would have little or no chance of picking up the message , because — to repeat — we are not looking out for it . |
| 16 | The basic constituents of food : water , proteins , carbohydrates , fats , minerals and vitamins , all play an important part in the ‘ upkeep ’ of the body and we should make very sure that our elderly relatives are not missing out on any of them in their diet . |
| 17 | Girls may be there simply because they are young and things are not working out at home or with their boyfriends , or they may be designated as " ESN " ( educationally sub-normal ) , or have had previous children that they have lost through negligence or ignorance . |
| 18 | Government and hospitals are not opting out of the N H S at all , they are every much of it a as part of the Health Service as they every have been and you all know that and it 's about time you stopped saying it . |
| 19 | ‘ We are not putting out any signals which might make the kidnappers think we are going to do a deal . |
| 20 | ‘ I know that people are not going out of their way to create problems but I believe the national side has a great role to play in terms of providing players with status , confidence and a substantially increased market value . |
| 21 | There are occasions when the Nelson touch is needed and a blind eye turned when events are not turning out quite as well as planned . |
| 22 | ‘ We definitely are not running out of steam . |
| 23 | This does not indicate that firms are not carrying out adequate audit work but that appropriate quality control and quality assurance procedures are not in place in all cases . ’ |
| 24 | But it is more likely that Treasury officials are just sounding out reaction to possible measures . |
| 25 | If you are just starting out again on a career or even just looking for a ‘ job ’ , the next exercise is to help you . |
| 26 | ‘ We feel we need to concentrate on our careers because we are just starting out . |
| 27 | They are just carrying out their life in accordance with the rules given them , as all ‘ people ’ including Chewong do . |
| 28 | In addition , there are many other disciplines — philosophy , psychology and psychiatry , sociology and anthropology , Artificial Intelligence , media studies , literary studies — which often examine their object of study — the mind , society , other cultures , computers , the media , works of literature — through language , and are thus carrying out their own discourse analysis , very often some of the best . |
| 29 | You 're only going out again , you wo n't want your ! |
| 30 | We 're only going out to find your er toy that you lost are n't you ? |