Example sentences of "are really [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Rachel remained silent , he said , ‘ What you are really thinking is that you ca n't imagine Jennifer fitting in here , are n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps all they are really reflecting is their public 's depressing penchant for horror-show kitsch and spectacularly well-told lies . |
| 3 | By emphasising the ‘ primacy of action ’ what these theologians are really saying is that we do not know — indeed we can not obtain knowledge except through praxis . |
| 4 | What the critics , of the trade unions and managements alike , are really saying is this : that they do not like normality with all its faults . |
| 5 | are really making is that this period may seem trivially small compared , say , to the sinkage of capital involved in the decision to build and operate a power station . |
| 6 | It would appear that when ARA representatives speak of ‘ black leadership of the anti-racist struggle ’ , what they are really doing is asserting their right , as self-appointed ‘ leaders ’ , to dictate to ordinary black and white anti-racists . |
| 7 | But what you are really doing is finding the creature , for it is , in a mathematical sense , already sitting in its own place in the genetic space of Biomorph Land . |
| 8 | Tom Kalinske , president of Sega US , adds : ‘ All we are really doing is interpreting what one sees in the world today and making some form of game play out of it . |
| 9 | The rates should not be compared with those for , say , 16-year-old school-leavers ; what we are really measuring is difficulty in finding a graduate-level job , not difficulty in finding a job of any sort . |