Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , giving rules for determining where the boundaries are placed is not easy , except in cases where a clear pause separates tone-units . |
| 2 | I will argue , first , that we are inveterate formers of hypotheses about what we are seeing ; second , that computers can only be programmed to see things if they are provided with suitable models ; and third , that our habit of guessing what we are seeing is astonishingly successful . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Even between technical peers as in a design team there can be difficulties in communication because the models which individuals are using are not identical . |
| 5 | In other words their comprehension is at fault , or put another way the text they are using is too difficult for them . |
| 6 | In that regard , does my hon. Friend agree that the commission that the Secretary of State has set up under Professor Alexander to look at the way in which primary school children are taught is particularly welcome ? |
| 7 | Turning a scornful look upon the gipsy spokesman , he said , ‘ What you are suggesting is quite preposterous . |
| 8 | The range of problems on which solicitors are consulted is quite narrow , and of 27 categories adopted in the survey , seven accounted for over 80 per cent . |
| 9 | We want to say quite explicitly that the language with which the problems of contemporary urban life are addressed is necessarily problematic . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The support given by knitters to the events which are organised is very good . |
| 12 | One need is the ability of the photocopier to collate automatically , since some of the documents which are photocopied are quite lengthy . |
| 13 | Horses and people who are stressed are extraordinarily resistant to changing their eating habits . |
| 14 | Those crimes which are reported are more likely to be committed by the working class because they are more visible , such as crimes against property . |
| 15 | Frequently the evolutionary preconception in terms of which such theories are framed is implicitly group-selectionist , but it is possible to rephrase the theories in terms of orthodox gene selection . |
| 16 | As with the Bar , many local authorities award grants for maintenance , but some do not , and the grants that are made are often inadequate . |
| 17 | The " language " in which these assertions are made is only special in that it uses money as a social indicator where the corresponding symbolism of other economic systems might use something quite different . |
| 18 | ‘ Every day we 're delayed is quite serious , because it concentrates the autumn workload , ’ he says . |
| 19 | But on the river , when you 're getting a bite a chuck , especially on the lead and missing most of them , I 'll guarantee the hook size you 're using is too small to find a purchase in the fishes ' mouths . |
| 20 | Tim Midgely , a director of Biomass , said : " The technology we 're using is as old as the hills . |
| 21 | Okay I think that 's very good really I I do n't think I think you 're writing is very nice as well . |
| 22 | A spokesperson told NME : ‘ The stuff they 're selling is unbelievably shoddy and the T-shirts wash out after two or three washes . |
| 23 | I 've been watching you , and the price you 're paying is too high . |
| 24 | Arousal curve well understanding the need for arousal for me helped because I now understand that having nerves while you 're speaking is not unnatural it is n't something that you 're able to get rid of but you need to be able to work with it and practice to improve performance . |
| 25 | I mean I , what you 're saying 's quite valid I mean , i if you 've got a situation where you have been successful and you 've got an accumulation of stuff that 's been recovered from robberies , at least it gives you some method of returning it to it 's previous |
| 26 | So financial effect of what we 're saying is completely incompetent . |
| 27 | Erm so My Lords I am left in the slight dilemma that erm I 'm not er none of the amendments we 're discussing are absolutely ideal from my point of view and meet the three difficulties er which I have touched on and indeed the amendment to which I have put my name erm number eleven , would I think be better erm to have a minority of er er a minimum number of eighteen rather than sixteen so as to simplify the arithmetical processes of contemplated er a two-thirds majority , but of the er amendments that we are discussing er if the opinion of the House is to be sort , I myself would go along with Amendment five and the two other associated amendments with which the Noble Lord , Lord has submitted for consideration of the Committee . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's why , ’ says Howard , ‘ we must make sure that the terms they are offered are self-evidently unacceptable … |
| 29 | 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 ! ) . |
| 30 | The changes in behaviour which are needed are not unrealistic , but they are more likely to be adopted if large scale health education programmes take account of the diversity of human nature . |