Example sentences of "[vb -s] that they are [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He concludes that they are suffering from fame displacement reversal syndrome , and hints that he had a pretty bloody awful childhood himself . |
| 2 | Although the user thinks that they are deleting the material they are only really removing them from the current display list — all the text and graphics are still being held in the file . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Er two points , one comes onto environment for Mr who says that they are seeking for the environmental benefits to the A sixty one and relates something to the percentages . |
| 5 | Strathclyde 's spokesman says that they are acting in loco parentis , in place of the parent , but whereas many parents will happily take children hillwalking or boating without training , the council insists on trip leaders having proper qualifications . |
| 6 | The most frequently visible research is into the size and composition of the audience for specific programmes and commercial breaks , as a guide to the planner in selecting spot times and in evaluating what the schedule has achieved ; there is also research into the viewing patterns of the TV audience , to provide the basic data from which cumulative audiences and viewing frequencies can be calculated ; and research into audience behaviour and attention — when the research says that they are watching your commercial , what are they actually doing ? |
| 7 | She says that they are causing damage and disruption . |
| 8 | This , of course , assumes that they are rewarded on this basis as well . |
| 9 | Furthermore , this Convention also requires that acceptance of the right or obligation by the third party organisation be in accordance with its constitutive rules , which again assumes that they are binding on the organisation , although contained in a treaty to which it is not a party . |
| 10 | Gollancz confirms that they are reprinting 20,000 copies with the deletions . |
| 11 | However , even a rudimentary enquiry into the problems discussed above shows that they are connected in obvious ways . |
| 12 | To think they are , shows that they are governed not by the Spirit but by the attitudes and outlook of their unregenerate days ( 3:1,3 ) . |
| 13 | Analysis of the recordings made from Aplysia motor neurons following sensory stimulation shows that they are responding both directly , monosynaptically , and polysynaptically , by way of interneurons . |
| 14 | This reveals that they are made up of thin lamellae , often lozenge shaped , sometimes oval , about 10 to 20 nm thick , depending on the temperature of crystallization . |
| 15 | So an insistence on the importance of principle in no way denies the value of experience or customary practices but simply requires that they are subjected to evaluation , and not just taken on trust . |
| 16 | How can my right hon. Friend help to allow my younger constituents personal access to such people , so that they can talk over with them the art forms that they are seeking to promote ? |
| 17 | He recognises that they are boasting when they talk . |
| 18 | COUNTRY pubs are thriving in East Anglia despite Consumers ' Association fears that they are disappearing . |
| 19 | The pioneering scheme , run by Age Concern Cleveland , provides escorts for elderly people in the hospital 's accident and emergency department and ensures that they are settled at home after discharge . |
| 20 | The Japanese influence is also noticeable : hardly surprising , since it seems that they are saving the land from its current fathers , British Coal and the English . |
| 21 | It seems that they are designed and marketed to challenge the world 's top players to the extreme . |
| 22 | The authorities need not follow his recommendations , but like his counterparts in England and Wales , he has powers to cap their Community Charge levels if he judges that they are overspending . |
| 23 | Now , it appears that they are to take great pride in the fact that we are spending more on public services , and it is right to acknowledge that . |
| 24 | These two clauses could have been separated at " library " but the semi-colon indicates that they are linked and that the second explains the first . |
| 25 | As Zachar ( 1982 ) has described , the poor cohesiveness of loess soils , due to the paucity of binding colloids , means that they are characterised by high erodibility which is made worse by leaching that rapidly removes cations like calcium and magnesium . |
| 26 | Objectives are usually very general to begin with , and the non-directive nature of the work means that they are defined as the work goes on . |
| 27 | These verbs are very similar in sense , but it can be maintained that they are not quite synonyms , because shut focuses on the completion of the event , and so suggests an abrupt momentariness which chimes with click.6 In [ 9 ] , the separation of the " shutting " and " clicking " in two clauses means that they are conceived of as separate , though simultaneous events . |
| 28 | The delay in placing children in Total Communication programmes frequently means that they are seen as ‘ failures ’ , both by parents and by themselves . |
| 29 | A limited number of ISE member firms are registered market makers in options , which means that they are required to make a market in classes of ISE listed traded options . |
| 30 | Bruised knuckles can be bandaged and this , together with the mitt , means that they are cushioned sufficiently to allow punches to be used . |