Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [am/are] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all the cases that attract attention , because they are argued in important appellate courts before public scrutiny , are occasions on which judges are scrupulous in denying that they are serving the goal of protected expectations through their decisions , this can hardly do much to reinforce the public 's faith in that ideal . |
| 2 | You may feel rather unsure of what you want in life mid-June , Capricorn , but by the end of the month , you will know that you 're doing the right thing ! |
| 3 | For the older 40-plus age groups , often high-flying career woman who have remained childless and perhaps unmarried , the principal sources of despair and anxiety are very often an inability to accept that they are nearing the end of their reproductive years , coupled with the fear of growing old and being lonely . |
| 4 | The farmers want to know that we are fighting the proposals . |
| 5 | Parent Ali Smith says it 's reassuring to know that you 're leaving the children with someone who knows what to do in a crisis . |
| 6 | in the coming year , and he is today announcing that we are doubling the size of the homeless mentally ill programme in London . |
| 7 | The fact of the matter , at the same time , erm , as you yourself have said , Chairman , we are in a situation where we have four communication rooms coming down to two next year hopefully , I personally think it should come down to one , but lets recognise that they 're costing the police authority one point six million pounds , they 're tying up forty-one uniformed police officers , and something like fifty er , civilian officers on those exercises . |
| 8 | I suddenly realise that we are attacking the enemy positions and we are now running through the trees . |
| 9 | I sense that you are suggesting the County Council should have done more than write a paragraph or two |
| 10 | But we 're dealing with a devil we do n't know and we 're paying the devil more than his due . |
| 11 | And it looks like we 're doing the same thing , over and over , but we 've got one damned thing the phoenix never had . |
| 12 | I do n't know if I am doing the right thing , but I want to make her feel safe . |
| 13 | Indeed , the local authority must be the key agency around which services are designed if we are to make the best use not only of social services but also of housing , education and leisure facilities . |
| 14 | It is always difficult estimating the room you will need unless you are having the greenhouse built for a specific purpose . |
| 15 | Mr Hurd said today : ‘ We will win because we are asking the House to examine the Bill in detail . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That 's a police whistle in case I 'm attacked while I 'm collecting the week 's takings . ’ |
| 17 | Recent surveys find 80% of Americans in favour , though the proportion drops when they are offered the alternative of a life imprisonment that genuinely means for life . |
| 18 | The cost of rehabilitating a patient after a heart attack is somewhat less than being in a hospital bed for a third of a day , so I do not think that we are denting the NHS 's resources by providing this for everybody . |
| 19 | Although the user thinks that they are deleting the material they are only really removing them from the current display list — all the text and graphics are still being held in the file . |
| 20 | ‘ And now , how about introducing me to some of your friends seeing that they 're enjoying the freedom of my house ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So you , ’ he said , his mien so dangerous that Mary beside him , fearful , put a restraining hand on his arm , ‘ must be the Marquess of Blaine , seeing that you are escorting the former Miss Maybelle Foy , of Chicago . |
| 22 | It 's importers , Ebco , deny that they 're harming the British coal industry . |
| 23 | Remember that your colleagues need your reassurance too , to confirm that they are doing the right thing . |
| 24 | Will he also confirm that we are leading the way in many training schemes and that there is no doubt that housing — Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that there is no doubt that , in housing and in many other matters , the north-west of England is showing the way and will continue to show the way ? |
| 25 | Erm can you confirm that we 're doing the Green World stuffing ? |
| 26 | By concentrating upon the physical consequences , the surgeons are deluding themselves and their patients into believing that they are helping the problem and that they are providing encouragement for the future . |
| 27 | Do you feel that you 're giving the parents the kind of support that they require ? |
| 28 | There are , there are other ways to come by children , erm I have a relationship with a man who has three children erm he 's been married , he 's divorced , separated , and I do n't feel that I 'm replacing the children 's own mother , I feel like I 'm not even stepmother , I 'm just their friend , get on very well with them , and we we share I share mothering , if you like , with their own mother whom they see . |
| 29 | Many of you have said that you are finding the two morning services a help in meeting others . |
| 30 | But I just imagine that I 'm wearing the most beautiful blue dress , and a big hat with flowers on , and blue shoes , and then I 'm happy ! |