Example sentences of "are talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gangs and guerrillas are talked of Wealthy people are talking of escape from a Caribbean version of James Baldwin 's ‘ the fire next time ’ . |
| 2 | I think there are questions of style and dimension which come down to what type of theatre you are talking about . |
| 3 | They are talking about buying , he said . |
| 4 | ‘ Frozen and chilled pasta comes into its own when you are talking about filled pasta , especially individually quick-frozen products . |
| 5 | ‘ We are talking of the art of the conjuror … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We are talking ourselves into a fine slough ! |
| 7 | We are talking of two very perceptive men — whose métier is perception ; and their recollection of Leonard at this young age , his late teenage years . |
| 8 | ‘ Here you are talking and holding forth , ’ says the latter , ‘ but tell me this : are you going to kill the old woman yourself ? ’ |
| 9 | Regardless of whether we are talking isolated or non-isolated , however , the capacitors introduce two entirely non-trivial problems . |
| 10 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 11 | ‘ We are talking about the right to behave as members of a democratic organisation and introduce amendments to our own fundamental policies . |
| 12 | We are talking of them being competitive a long way down the road . ’ |
| 13 | But there is almost something sad about it — we are talking about people who have become politically impotent . ’ |
| 14 | Inevitably , we are talking about the South-east , which is where the development pressure is . |
| 15 | So what we are talking about is probabilities , and unquantified ones at that . |
| 16 | Therefore , they try to conceal the fact that they are talking to people , sometimes by giving the impression through non-verbal behaviour that they are issuing directions , or by calling at their homes . |
| 17 | If you are talking of definitives you are talking of Olivier as Richard III , Charles Laughton as the Hunchback of Notre Dame , W C Fields as Mr Micawber , Phil Silvers as Ernie Bilko , and Albert Sharpe as Darby O'Gill . |
| 18 | If you are talking of definitives you are talking of Olivier as Richard III , Charles Laughton as the Hunchback of Notre Dame , W C Fields as Mr Micawber , Phil Silvers as Ernie Bilko , and Albert Sharpe as Darby O'Gill . |
| 19 | The muddle that these two uses of the word cause is in part Marx 's and Engels 's fault because when they are talking about society based on communal property , that is , before false consciousness arises , they mean by ideology the total process of cognition including language , political ideas , social rules , etc. , but when they are talking of class society where false consciousness is present they seem to mean by ideology something much more restricted : moral , political , and religious ideas and values . |
| 20 | The muddle that these two uses of the word cause is in part Marx 's and Engels 's fault because when they are talking about society based on communal property , that is , before false consciousness arises , they mean by ideology the total process of cognition including language , political ideas , social rules , etc. , but when they are talking of class society where false consciousness is present they seem to mean by ideology something much more restricted : moral , political , and religious ideas and values . |
| 21 | We are talking major league performance here , even in 1990 ; in 1965 nothing road legal would even look at a Cobra in a straight line . |
| 22 | Football was used as a way of encouraging working people to buy or hire televisions in the 1950s with the slogan ‘ When they are talking about the big match on TV will you have to remain silent ? ’ |
| 23 | You are talking about 2 or 3 per cent , and the Government are putting people 's lives in jeopardy . ’ |
| 24 | PEOPLE in the West are talking about traps built into the proposed DDR travel liberalisation law . |
| 25 | SUDDENLY more Germans than ever are talking about the feasibility of reunification . |
| 26 | At this stage they are talking of a concept . |
| 27 | At this stage they are talking of a concept . |
| 28 | We are talking about premeditated acts of cold-blooded mass murder perpetrated upon defenceless citizens . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ They are dedicated people who clearly know what they are talking about and have guided us through it . |
| 30 | And , like the movers and bustlers they are , when we miss the train at Carmarthen because we are talking too much , they summon a cab to race the train to Swansea . |