Example sentences of "really [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps all they are really reflecting is their public 's depressing penchant for horror-show kitsch and spectacularly well-told lies . |
| 2 | A lot of the times what is really happening is that people are being put into artificial jobs . |
| 3 | It 's erm in fact a quote from Wilson , the founder of Socio-biology , the mo in other words modern er Darwinism as oppo as , as a applied to animal behaviour and Wilson 's point in saying that sex is an anti-social force in evolution was to suggest that what is really happening is that if natural selection is a question of the reproductive success of individual genes , then individuals should be motivated to produce as many copies of those genes as they possibly can , and that will inevitably bring them into competition with other members of the species who wan na do exactly the same thing . |
| 4 | Probably yes , but what 's really happening is , you 're watching television and half your mind is taking it in , and the other half of your mind 's thinking , when I get back to work tomorrow , I 'm going to do so-and-so and so-and-so , because , yes , I 'll do , and you 're really chewing over the problems of today . |
| 5 | Over bacon , cabbage and wine we had admired the elegance of the line that as prison walls got lower what was really happening was that prison was not disappearing but dissolving . |
| 6 | While the differences between the crown of France and its vassals were expressed in a language which was essentially feudal ( a new political vocabulary more suited to developments had not yet evolved ) , what was really happening was something remarkably ‘ modern ’ , the laying of the foundations of a national state under one monarch whose territorial authority could only be effectively exercised through annexation or conquest . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A strong one , you 're really celebrating are you ? |
| 9 | The wit is really astounding is n't it . |
| 10 | Bob could I ask you , if I understood correctly , one is that really logging is not the main problem , cutting down rainforests , and two , if their really was efficient logging it might actually be better for the rainforests , the consequence of which if that 's correct would be that we should be concentrating on governments , rather than on timber . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So , gentlemen , what I 'm really doing is to show you a bit of the background and the fact that it 's not all doom and gloom there is a hell of a light at the tunnel and in matter of fact , we got another lecture on the channel tunnel in a few days time ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yeah but the only thing you 're really doing is , is taking away this nominal erm exploitive relationship , you 're still gon na be exploiting the of existing |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And they may not be able to cope with that , which is why I am always a little bit anxious if marriages break up very quickly , because it might indicate that what they 're really doing is just going into that second phase . |
| 17 | She rather gathered that what Travis was really asking was if he could come round to her flat and chat a few hours away about Rosemary . |
| 18 | I suppose what I 'm really saying is that we should stop for a second each time we leap to elevate some young lad or lass to godlike status for a fifteen second guitar solo , and think about Paul McCartney penning Yesterday at age 23 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | What the miracle is really saying is that the blind man recognises Jesus as the Messiah . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | What he 's really saying is that he does n't know the answer to the question ! |
| 23 | What you 're really saying is that I 've no right to ask Madeleine to make sacrifices . |
| 24 | Well the spirit reveals it to you , that 's what it 's really saying is n't it ? |
| 25 | That 's what it 's really saying is n't it ? |
| 26 | But if it 's not required by law , then I can not issue , and if people ask for advice we are obliged under Fire Services , the Fire Services Act to give that advice , but what I 'm really saying is that with the , the pressure of work on the Fire Safety Department , it 's likely that if it 's a fairly low risk to life , we 'll never get round to it , and that 's the honest truth . |
| 27 | What this model is really saying is that , what we actually do , er , create impressions erm , used . |
| 28 | Well I think what Mr is really saying is that the Conservative round Dorset , in er , the first sort of , I do n't know , six decades of this cen this century were rather more sensible than the Conservatives who ran Wiltshire at the same time , because they made sure they acquired some assets they could flog for development , and put themselves in this happy position , which the ones in Wiltshire had obviously failed to do . |
| 29 | That 's right but I think j I think just the fact that you 're doing psychology and then psychology again in a way I think that 's the pr I agree with you , what you 're really saying is , I mean how many people would object , or how many people would prefer to have the straight two hours rather than the two single hours ? |
| 30 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |