Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] are [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His point is that there are also molecular changes occurring which are not selected , because they have little or no effect on function . |
| 2 | I mean when we 're walking we are actually falling the whole time , but insects are not like that , they do n't stand on three and pick up the other three . |
| 3 | Diffusing knowledge and acquiring it are as much an art as a science , processes influenced by variables which can not be measured as much as by those which can . |
| 4 | Because once you sit inside , you 're quite right , you 're driving it are n't you . |
| 5 | Reptiles live largely in tropical environments , and the techniques they use for cooling themselves are probably even more important than warming techniques , as we have seen . |
| 6 | And the reason they are not up to the job is that those in charge of hiring them are mostly men . |
| 7 | There are also differences regarding the amount of gesticulation and mobility of the lips when communicating which are culturally determined . |
| 8 | I feel very sorry for the people living who are here |
| 9 | We stand there with two choices : either we turn back the way we came — which may be safer but ai n't gon na get us far — or we go straight ahead past the police van , pretending we are lawfully about our business . |
| 10 | But then your implying something are n't you . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a really nice house , and the rest of the people living there are very easy-going so … no problem . ’ |
| 12 | In fact , this guitar is such a closely guarded secret that at the time of writing there are n't even any pictures available . |
| 13 | At this type of meeting there are usually two sides who are trying to make an agreement or bargain over a point . |
| 14 | The individuals may function well in different compartments , and while they may have inhabited the same house for 30 years , believing they are together , they may , in fact , not be together as far as their hopes and expectations go , so it is terribly important that they voice these things to their partners . |
| 15 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |
| 16 | The question therefore arises that if the system or the people operating it are not effective , should not the whole organisation be scrapped ? |
| 17 | Once you have completed with shaping you are still left with more than one option for completing the top . |
| 18 | I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it . |
| 19 | But you can try to improve the situation by realising you are not responsible for his behaviour and , slowly but firmly , letting him know what is no longer acceptable . |
| 20 | The radically different results obtained by considering and applying such relationships or by totally ignoring them are well illustrated in two of the currently available recordings of the work . |
| 21 | They are good little theoretical exercises because they are easily described and algorithms for solving them are easily programmed , but they have a lot of symmetry , which is most uncommon in real life . |
| 22 | Well you it 's rushing me are n't you ? |
| 23 | If you let your debtors get away with not paying or late paying you are only hurting your own image by letting it be known that your credit control is open to abuse and that you can be financially pushed around . |
| 24 | While waiting they are pleasantly confronted by what must be one of the prettiest and best dressed greengrocers in the country . |
| 25 | Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real , when in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer real , but of the order of the hyperreal and of simulation " . |
| 26 | Notwithstanding the passage of the Divorce Reform Act 1969 , adultery and the case-law governing it are still of relevance in pursuing a divorce action . |
| 27 | I would n't bother with that if I were you , we 're gon na be hoovering it and cleaning it are n't we . |
| 28 | The justification for excluding controversial truths from the original position lies in the social role of justice , which is ‘ to enable all members of society to make mutually acceptable to one another their shared institutions and basic arrangements , by citing what are publicly recognized as sufficient reasons . ’ |
| 29 | We 're all agreed , Rose and Grace say they think you 'll be simply topping and I 've some awfully jolly people staying who are just waiting for me to bring you back with us so that we can decide on the cast and get started . |
| 30 | ’ The chances of walking around a corner and seeing someone stealing something are very slim . |