Example sentences of "[v-ing] they are [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Secondaries can usually be identified because they cluster around the larger primary , often forming chains and other small groups , and because the impacts producing them are at low angles and low speeds and so the craters are usually elongated .
2 In the first category are those often described as ‘ Western ’ , although strictly speaking they are Near Eastern religions .
3 Our emotions are saying they are under a lot of stress and are needing some help .
4 Sir John Donaldson , president of the NIRC , had said in June : ‘ By their conduct these men are saying they are above the rule of law .
5 He said : ‘ We are bound to face criticism from both sides , from people saying we should be locking up thousands of juvenile offenders and throwing away the key and others throwing up their hands and saying they are like the old approved schools and will be universities of crime . ’
6 He added : ‘ The letter suggests the employers have got a spy network in place , indicating they are in a state of war with their own workers .
7 The goals of the organisation are on the whole shared or accepted by its members : only the means of achieving them are in dispute .
8 Consider this : every time a writer/ performer sells an album , their royalty earns them around 60p ( assuming they are on 10 per cent ) .
9 Americans , threatened by nothing more bellicose to their north and south than Canada and Mexico , are not accustomed to thinking they are in a battle zone .
10 He believes the psychology generated in many newspapers is lacking , where the job is treated as a production line with photographers feeling they are on a treadmill .
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