Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I think that advertising has a lot to answer for , er we have this er , you know on cigarette 's there are so many notices and yet we get all this hype in television ads about cars , well cars are basically to get you from A to B and er there should be restrictions in advertising and try and get away from this macho image that the car has , its in , its a necessity of life its not something which alters your ego . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't have a lot of money when I come home and my parents , who are both on income support , are basically keeping me during holidays . ’ |
| 3 | They rejoice that their pews are full , without facing the sobering fact that they are only filling them by emptying someone else 's . |
| 4 | Do n't worry , no one is going to ever check up on you , you are only doing it for yourself . |
| 5 | His admirers are already comparing him with Chips Channon , Harold Nicolson , Richard Crossman , even Samuel Pepys . |
| 6 | The Open Software Foundation and Unix International as well as Sun Microsystems Inc are already using it as base technology . |
| 7 | The authorities are already threatening me with letters claiming the derelict houses are a public danger . ’ |
| 8 | To persuade their clients of the merits of the extension , the DLC salon is holding monthly wig parties , and punters are already swamping them with demands for afros and bouffant , bum-length Dolly Parton styles . |
| 9 | I think it 's really quite heartening to see so many aspects that the City Council are already taking notice of , and really are already putting it into their policies to view the environment as something precious , something we 've got to look after , but you 're warning us not to be too complacent are n't you ? |
| 10 | The owners of the 124 foot Silver Cloud are tonight towing her off the bank ready to tackle the famous Symonds Yatt Rapids on Friday . |
| 11 | ‘ Details are just reaching us of a major breakthrough in the Martian revolution , ’ Derek Carlisle announced . |
| 12 | ‘ People are always comparing us to Bogshed ’ , slurs Carl in the band van after the third encore and the obligatory dressing room conversation with two fully grown men with Baldrick haircuts , plastic carrier bags , tatty combat jackets , thick lensed NHS glasses and lots and lots of badges . |
| 13 | ‘ People are always asking me about God , ’ remarks Stephen Hawking , as if surprised by their readiness to associate the origin of the universe with a creator . |
| 14 | Now the tory party are forever lecturing us about choice are they not . |
| 15 | In spite of the sharp rise in the costs of doing business in Singapore in the 1980s , many companies are still choosing it as their regional base because of the ease of doing business there : it has one of the world 's most modern infrastructures , a free enterprise system with no foreign ownership restrictions , no exchange controls , few tariff barriers , a highly motivated and skilled workforce and attractive investment incentives . |
| 16 | Remember opportunity costs : in coughing up the money for one project , investors are still comparing it with other possible projects . |
| 17 | ‘ We are still investigating them at present and have not ruled them out . ’ |
| 18 | Of course while they may be imagining that they are bending my ear and creating a good impression , they are also providing me with the kind of evidence I am looking for about the gendered and generational aspects of this kind of racism . |
| 19 | However , at the time of going to press , Berthoud , Chafer and Degania are also offering them as original equipment on their sprayers . |
| 20 | MUSICIANS from a Merseyside orchestra are really knocking 'em for six . |
| 21 | Confirming that the dead boy was James Bulger , who disappeared while out shopping with his mother on Friday , a police spokesman said a post-mortem examination had established the cause of death , but would give no details other than to say : ‘ We are now treating it as murder . ’ |
| 22 | Having allowed a particular expense for some eight years , they are now hassling me on it for the year 1991 . |
| 23 | Though many were crumbling after the Second World War many owners are now putting them in good order . ’ |
| 24 | In some cases , firms , such as Nestlé in regions of Brazil , having purchased haciendas , are now running them with modern agricultural techniques . |
| 25 | Having bought it back from him , they are now offering it for £1.6 million . |
| 26 | Furthermore , I do not see that fastening a label from ancient philosophy upon Wordsworth — in this case to call him a ‘ Pantheist ’ — is particularly helpful ; we are simply consigning him to a museum of dead ideas . |
| 27 | ‘ You are here to assist me in upholding the law , sir . |
| 28 | Keep up the good work — and do n't forget that this column and Postbag are here to provide you with the opportunity to air your news and views on the game ! |
| 29 | The planets are presently influencing you in a positive way , and you 'll become more confident about the months ahead . |
| 30 | These are the bases for some 5,000 tutors and counsellors , who are there to guide you through your studies . |