Example sentences of "are [verb] [conj] [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 We now return to the processes by which they are formed and consider their impact on freedom of choice .
2 I can choose not to do things that do n't excite me , but fortunately things are happening that do you know .
3 Children misbehave when they are discouraged and believe they can not succeed by useful means .
4 As far as the logistics are concerned , if you are organised and know what you are doing it is not so difficult .
5 All of these factors weaken the ties that such businesses have with the communities in which they are located and make it less difficult for them to close down and/or relocate if and when business conditions deteriorate in one country relative to other countries .
6 ‘ In particular , over and above their local roles , councils are located and locate themselves in what may be termed the ‘ national local government system ’ ' ( Dunleavy , 1980a , p. 105 ) .
7 ‘ I can not give any indication on which companies we are meeting but suffice it to say that one is trade and the other two venture .
8 We might get a good ideas of the shape of the man we are promoting but do we really know the " shape " of the job he is going into ?
9 To date , in certain areas of company law , minimum standards have been laid down at Community level , and apply to companies throughout the EC , irrespective of where they are incorporated or have their central administration .
10 Make sure the horses are fed and settle what debts we owe .
11 Contract ‘ And as a chauffeur to top management , you do as you are told and say nothing to anybody .
12 ‘ This bagpipes , they are sounding that remind us of our doina .
13 Qaddafi is convinced that nature is better than art ; that society based on natural givens is not only more comfortable and just than one based on acts of will and rational choice , but more likely to survive : ‘ A flourishing garden or field is one in which plants grow , flower , are pollinated and root themselves naturally .
14 I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ?
15 If you have the opportunity to visit the workplace in advance you can see the type of clothes which people are wearing and wear something similar .
16 As these loans are spent and find their way back to the banks as additional deposits , so the money supply expands .
17 But the laws of physics are valid only until further notice " , i.e. until instances are found that falsify them , and this conceivably might be such an instance .
18 ‘ May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the good work you are doing and assure you of my prayers . ’
19 Change is often resisted because it can be a nuisance and an interference ; it requires other people to stop what they are doing or redirect their thinking .
20 The primary role for researchers should be to work alongside practitioners and help them understand not only what clients are saying but help them think through the nature and impact of their interventions .
21 Early teens to adult age , you are maturing and pick your friends carefully and take into account their interests being compatible with your own interests .
22 Irregular words and those not dealt with by the set of suffices are marked and have their own entries .
23 The idea is simply to take the subject or problem with which you are dealing and write it in the centre of a piece of blank paper .
24 Seeing the tide running in his direction , Havelock Wilson renewed his campaign in a series of meetings of sailors and firemen all over the country , declaring that a majority of the shipowners of the United Kingdom were favourable to a National Board and that " it will come if the seamen are united and demand it " .
25 Stop every now and then ; look away from the text you are reading and let your eyes focus on objects further away from you .
26 Social policy planners in particular are perplexed and tie themselves in appalling knots trying to work out equitable ways of dealing with this anomalous creature .
27 Come on , SHE , show that times really are a-changing and let us see models with curves !
28 Fortunately , modern enclosures are slowly replacing these cages which are cramped and provide nothing for the animal .
29 This is a key area where professional accountants have already begun to experiment — the 1991 environmental accounts of the Dutch company BSO/Origin , for instance , are reproduced and show what can be done with a bit of imagination and lateral thinking .
30 Only if you are determined and prove yourself will people recommend new tricks and local clubs . ’
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