Example sentences of "are [not/n't] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are not suggesting Swindon did anything deliberate , but the fact is that they are now in the Premier League . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ People will say we are not helping locals by signing imports , ’ said Anderson . |
| 3 | People tend to think , because they are not doing sums on paper they are not learning maths — but they are . ’ |
| 4 | He now accepts that we are not privatising HMI . |
| 5 | Alongside them will be the new inspectors , from private organisations — I repeat that we are not privatising HMI . |
| 6 | These are not shrieking cornflower hues , but smoky , inky or even blackish blues ( Lauder 's Dress Blue/Blue Mist duo , Lancôme 's Illusion Bleutée , Chanel 's Paradis ( Enfer ) . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ There are people who might try to take the law into their own hands if they find that the police and community leaders are not achieving results . |
| 8 | Individuals can now be banned from estate agency work if they have engaged in ‘ undesirable ’ practices such as failing to inform the vendor about services being provided to prospective purchasers , discriminatory conduct against purchasers who are not accepting services from the agent , misrepresenting the existence or status of a prospective purchaser and failing to send written details of offers made by prospective purchasers . |
| 9 | The couple are not discounting marriage . |
| 10 | They are not taking things lying down as many other Third World people tend to do . |
| 11 | These people are not taking hostages , or causing any sort of trouble . |
| 12 | In particular it seems that members in the UK are not taking advantage of the scheme to the same extent as members in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland . |
| 13 | Members in Northern Ireland are not taking advantage of the savings available on Homecover to anything like the same extent as members in the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain . |
| 14 | There are very good grants but farmers are not taking advantage of them . ’ |
| 15 | When she and her husband Bob are not taking breaks to beauty spots such as their beloved Weymouth , Betty fills her time quilling . |
| 16 | And though Moody 's and S&P rate nearly all big debt issues in America , they are not taking Europe for granted . |
| 17 | Even though school generated activities are not taking place at these times judgements are made about the standard of work on display and the general state of order and cleanliness . |
| 18 | Police are not taking action until they know whether the men face charges . |
| 19 | Architects on both sides of the wall are worried that racing to provide the new capital , the politicians are not taking time to consult Berlin 's architects about the problems on either side of the wall . |
| 20 | Yeah , sorry I was going to ah er do , do you find that er the criminals are not taking notice of alarms off now because they know that people will be |
| 21 | Unlike the construction of age equivalents , in the generation of standard scores it may help to include children with linguistic difficulties in the standardisation sample , since the test 's items will be designed to discriminate these children from children who are not experiencing language difficulties . |
| 22 | If you need to send the remedy through the post and are not using dropper type stock bottles I have personally found it safest to add the granule to 10mls of alcohol in say a 10ml screw cap vial . |
| 23 | A steady rise in teenage pregnancies suggests teenagers are not using contraceptives . |
| 24 | And I bet you , if you look at how many of your accounts are not using carriage forward when they should you would be amazed . |
| 25 | Fattening pastures , as opposed to land where growing youngstock is reared or dairy cows kept , require little manure apart from the droppings of the grazing animals , as they are not exporting bone ( phosphorus ) or milk ( calcium ) from the land . |
| 26 | It is also important that the areas where the varnish is being applied are dust-free and that you are not wearing clothes which will shed dust or fibres on to the surface . |
| 27 | In addition it is freezing cold , and the mares are not wearing rugs because they have foals at foot . |
| 28 | Badly fitting shoes will rub even more painfully if you are not wearing tights . |
| 29 | ‘ We are not expecting miracles but we think we can do well . |
| 30 | Staff levels have reached a low ebb and many firms are not expecting salaries to keep pace with inflation in the immediate future . |