Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That is especially so at this time , when we are effectively handing from Parliament to Ministers the right to decide , on private Bills , to lay orders .
2 They claimed that ‘ voices demanding Pakistan 's withdrawal ’ from these pacts were ‘ increasing ’ , and that ‘ the Iranian people are effectively campaigning for Iran 's withdrawal from the aggressive CENTO bloc , the abrogation of the military treaty with America and for Iran 's return to a policy of neutrality ’ .
3 They are mostly heading for Israel , but a lot would prefer to stay in Europe .
4 My window sills are badly rotting in places .
5 Since they have been in Brazil things have not been easy but they have settled in well and are slowly coming to terms with the language .
6 In nature small fish are constantly looking for food , and will eat small amounts whenever they find them .
7 Catering establishments of all types are constantly looking at ways of saving energy without reducing performance and there are a number of areas within the kitchen where such savings can be made .
8 As for the future he said : ‘ We are constantly striving for ways in which to improve quality and efficiency and to eliminate waste and mediocrity .
9 In the course of our social lives we are constantly learning about ways of thinking and behaving considered appropriate by those other members of society with whom we come into contact ( as well as those considered inappropriate by them ) and this learning process only ceases when social life itself ceases — on death .
10 Silent battles are constantly waging as coral colonies fight each other for living space and , as with fish , every species of invertebrate has its predators and many of these are other invertebrates .
11 We are constantly searching for ways to better the nutritional quality of our menu , whilst retaining the characteristic taste and flavour of our food .
12 ‘ Then there are those who work in manufacturing , in police forces or hospitals who suffer because they are constantly functioning below par . ’
13 The methods available are constantly increasing in number and their utility is greater as the complexity of contemporary processes is revealed .
14 In many cases the onset of symptoms is found in situations where water quality has deteriorated , where aggressive fish are constantly battling for territory or where opportunist parasites find a weakened fish and multiply rapidly .
15 General practitioners have always had to manage and plan their businesses and are constantly adapting to changes in medical care .
16 Quantum mechanics implies that the whole of space is filled with pairs of ‘ virtual ’ particles and antiparticles that are constantly materializing in pairs , separating , and then coming together again and annihilating each other .
17 Not all people who use enforced vomiting as a method of avoiding the consequences of overeating ( or who use it simply as a method of slimming in order to follow the dictates of fashion ) are necessarily suffering from bulimia .
18 If all that does n't stop the person , they are obviously looking for trouble of some sort and you must quickly decide whether to lash out first or run for safety .
19 Extensive grassland based systems are especially sparing of energy use ( 14 ) and could well assume an increasing importance not only for this reason but also because the rate of expansion of production has now declined to around 2% per annum in lowland agriculture and may not increase ( 15 ) .
20 Thus Anderson may have been more prophetic than was realized at the time ( Earley 1988:61 ) : Parents are basically looking for reassurance about their children 's schools and teachers .
21 But potentially devastating revelations about big-money transfer deals in soccer are apparently lurking in Sugar 's evidence .
22 ‘ If some of our visitors are somewhat lacking in restraint , ’ noted an RCM report euphemistically , ‘ it must be remembered that many are overwrought with anxiety . ’
23 Today , it is difficult to define a particular Hautvillers style : all have a good fruit content , and although some are perhaps lacking in definition , the finest attain great distinction , balancing high extract with a delicacy of flavour .
24 In contrasting the earnings during the French wars of a mill-employed Lancastrian family with those of a southern farm labourer 's family , we are perhaps dealing with extremes .
25 That would give him a chance to reduce tax on lower incomes , which are so discouraging to people caught in the poverty trap .
26 However , once we start to distort the operation of open justice and the consideration of the matters , we may very well , through the operation of rumour and all its insidious effects that are so damaging in libel cases — the only justification that I know for the high damages granted in such cases — inflict more damage on justice than we realise .
27 Yeah but effectively the customers are only dealing with plastic of
28 At the moment they are only selling by mail order and at Woodturning Supplies , 7 Parker Close , Elson , Gosport , Hampshire , ( 0705 ) 522032 .
29 If he then varies or strays from the agreement in an unsatisfactory way you are only asking for trouble if you do n't act promptly for full recovery .
30 I 've played all over Europe , although we are only going to Scotland , England and Wales on this trip . ’
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