Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mean time all the vil , all the mines are closing are they gon na say well yes well |
| 2 | Some signs to look for in detecting when meetings are failing are : |
| 3 | Because the upper limits of resolution depend on the acoustic wavelength being used , the path researchers are following is to increase the sound frequency , thereby shortening the wavelength . |
| 4 | Hey hey I say all these kids are doing is walking round with a bloody turnip with a candle in it . |
| 5 | What the right-wingers are saying is that we will have the trade unions ' money but we will not give 'em the right to vote . |
| 6 | So what the parents are doing is they 're rewarding the duckling that runs the furthest and the fastest , to erm , they 're trying to reinforce that behaviour , because what they 're are trying to do , is get the ducklings away from the nest and start looking for , for food for themselves , presumably . |
| 7 | ‘ Your parents are coming are n't they , and she wants to move in with me . ’ |
| 8 | Well I th I get the impression that there 's sort of a , there 's an assumption that the communists are making is that , you know you get land reform sort of like give these people a bit of land |
| 9 | and interested in what other countries are doing is a great step forward . |
| 10 | As far as I can see , the only thing the privatised companies are doing is keeping the bills rising as the water level drops . |
| 11 | For what you cowardly heroes are doing is n't helping Adolf Hitler . |
| 12 | Catriona Marchant investigates what youth justice workers are finding is wrong — and right — with the new Act |
| 13 | Despite the terms " short-day " and " long-day " , the cue which these plants are following is actually the length of the night . |
| 14 | That view is reinforced by the Newsons , who say : ‘ The measures that stand out as the most predictive of criminal record before 20 years are having been smacked or beaten once or more a week at 11 , and having a mother with a high commitment to formal physical punishment at that age . ’ |
| 15 | Even between technical peers as in a design team there can be difficulties in communication because the models which individuals are using are not identical . |
| 16 | Listening to the radio the only way you can get an idea of how individuals are doing is to see how often they are mentioned . |
| 17 | They 're competing for access to male pouches , what mammalian males are doing is competing for access to female uteruses because it 's only in a female uterus that an offspring can develop if you 're a mammal . |
| 18 | Swedish agricultural policy is principally directed towards the enlargement of farms and an overall reduction in crop acreage and farm labour , but rural communities which earn the major part of their income from agriculture or forestry and whose populations are declining are recognised as a national asset whose survival should be safeguarded . |
| 19 | The phase of education in which Oxfordshire teachers are working is significantly associated with the attitudes represented by two of these factors : the efficiency and the potency of SSE , the teachers in the primary schools being the most positive , those in the secondary schools the least and those in the middle schools occupying a middle position . |
| 20 | The substrate on which the pellets are resting is important , and pellets on soft soil could be pushed into the soil rather than being crushed . |
| 21 | But really what their over-revved egos are betraying is that their boudoir success has all the acceleration of a Sinclair C5 . |
| 22 | Well erm destroying erm Kuwait erm it 's not an easy thing because erm what the allied forces are doing is erm attacking the important military bases and military installation . |
| 23 | Part of the crime prevention initiative which many police forces are following is to assist the public to take more precautions to help themselves . |
| 24 | Indications that such processes are occurring are provided by the existence of molecules such as C 2 H 2 and C 6 H 6 , which can be produced from CH 4 through the action of solar uv radiation or thunderstorms . |
| 25 | The reason that a lot of the older players are going is because they did n't produce the goods when the club needed it most at least the kids were going out battling . |
| 26 | We have only to look at what has happened in England and Wales to see why the fears that Opposition Members are expressing are so strongly founded . |
| 27 | ‘ If the tube is cut then what the doctors are doing is cutting the thread of life , ’ James Munby QC , representing the Official Solicitor told the court yesterday . |
| 28 | For disposal under the seabed the two that scientists are investigating are drilled emplacements and the use of ‘ freefall penetrometers ’ . |
| 29 | What Labour Members say makes it sound as though they do not want parents to know what the schools that their children are attending are like . |
| 30 | Survival instinct is absolutely incredible , to see the wounds of a terrier and a fox when they have locked jaw locked and are pulled squealing out of a hole , I think I am deeply concerned about anybody here today that can turn that blind eye because what their terrier men are doing is dog fighting , make no bones about it , they wo n't be interested in laying the scent , they will not be interested in being retrained and helping your fraternity . |