Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emissions from BS 's Teesside works and ICI Wilton are widely suspected of having a detrimental effect on health . |
| 2 | The next section will also be very useful earlier , when you are merely thinking of returning to work . |
| 3 | On completing the timber structure and roof , the external walls are usually constructed of facing bricks , cement rendering on metal mesh , weather boarding or vertically hung clay tiles . |
| 4 | If you are also thinking of replacing your heating system , having better standards of insulation may also mean that you can specify a less powerful ( and less expensive ) boiler . |
| 5 | And the Australians are also thinking of bringing in both Brendon Julian and Michael Slater for a taste of international cricket . |
| 6 | They are also accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice . |
| 7 | Both are also accused of obtaining property by deception . |
| 8 | Those who place the company second to private or domestic interests are often accused of possessing little ambition and become an object of contempt . |
| 9 | In most parts of the world , the churches are often accused of responding too slowly to the challenges imposed on society by the media . |
| 10 | In most parts of the world , the churches are often accused of responding too slowly to the challenges imposed on society by the media . |
| 11 | Against that , Labour in the person of Harold Wilson had a more widely respected leader then it has now , and many experienced Tory canvassers are convinced that thousands of former Tory voters who are now thinking of defecting will gloomily return to the Tory fold within the next few days as they come face to face with the possible reality of a Kinnock government . |
| 12 | The English are sometimes accused of caring more about animals than fellow humans but it is not an accusation that can be levelled at Christine Hall . |
| 13 | Several hundred people from Northern Ireland are expected to cross the Atlantic to support the Republic 's team , who are virtually assured of qualifying for the final stages after their 2–0 defeat of Lithuania in Dublin on Wednesday . |
| 14 | They are jointly accused of conspiring with others to cause an explosion likely to endanger life . |
| 15 | Scaffolder Clinton Jenkins , 27 , of Medbourne Crescent , Kirkby , and unemployed Desmond Aley , 28 , of Ormonde Crescent , Northwood , Kirkby , are jointly accused of conspiring with others to cause grievous bodily harm , using or threatening unlawful violence and damaging the pub windows to the value of £100 . |
| 16 | Scaffolder Clinton Jenkins , 27 , of Medbourne Crescent , Kirkby , and unemployed Desmond Aley , 28 , of Ormonde Crescent , Northwood , Kirkby , are jointly accused of conspiring with others to cause grievous bodily harm ; using or threatening unlawful violence ; and damaging the pub windows to the value of £100 . |
| 17 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 18 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 19 | Archivists are therefore thinking of combining digital technology with robust media . |