Example sentences of "and [am/are] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voluntary unemployment can be defined as consisting of all those persons who are not in paid employment and are receiving some form of social security benefit , but are not actually seeking jobs at the prevailing rate of real wages . |
| 2 | We can change the terminology , we can give it different words , we can talk about making a commitment to Christ , we can talk about salvation , we can talk about conversion , the word , they 're not the important thing it 's this act of a new birth of receiving God in Christ for ourselves , believing that he died for us and are receiving this new life . |
| 3 | What is happening is that two bones in the body are being pulled together and are wearing each other out . |
| 4 | The transmit shunts bypass the record coils when the send/receive switch is at transmit and are adjusted such that the current through the recorder at the transmitting station is equal to that present on reception . |
| 5 | I 'm happy I have Adrien as a team-mate this season , we get on very well together and are helping each other as much as possible . ’ |
| 6 | The French are terrified of the revolutionary movement and are torturing all prisoners for information , with electricity . " |
| 7 | Preston have started well and are chasing that top spot … |
| 8 | We are tackling our problem areas and are divesting those assets which no longer have a strategic fit . |
| 9 | More and more Ulsterfolk are having their eyes opened and are realising that independence is the only way forward . |
| 10 | Many local authorities have moved ahead and are putting many of their services out to competitive tender . |
| 11 | Today the owners of the horse were unavailable for comment but their solicitor said that while they accepted the horse broke loose they do not accept liability and are disputing any claim the horse caused the boys ' injuries . |
| 12 | A more likely development will be that doctors continue to top up their incomes by private work , and are offered more of this in trust hospitals ( Laing 1991 ) . |
| 13 | hames Water have promised to buy up the affected land and properties at their current value and are keeping that offer open until plans are finalised . |
| 14 | People now think they can make it and are giving that little bit extra necessary … the girls as well as the boys . ’ |
| 15 | Current video printers can produce a paper image approaching the quality of a photographic print and are improving all the time . |
| 16 | Our emotions are saying they are under a lot of stress and are needing some help . |
| 17 | 4. 9 councils in Yorkshire have been testing foods for Listeria and are encouraged that food handlers & manufacturers have been improving their hygiene practices . |
| 18 | Attendance at this meeting was small , due in part to the absence of teachers who are in the National Display Team and are performing that day in Edinburgh as guests of the S.W.K.F.A. We though of them and hoped that all was going well . |
| 19 | The gunman is still believed to be at large , police have sealed off the area and are checking all cars . |
| 20 | People are trying to make sense of the bad news they have received , and are asking all sorts of questions as a way of regaining control of a situation that has frightened and disturbed them . |
| 21 | Responsible tour operators have recognized the problem and are doing all in their power to stop it . |
| 22 | Up to 10 per cent overweight and exercise occasionally If you are a little overweight for your height and are doing some moderate exercise each week , but agree that it 's not really optimum and you could be doing a lot better , you need to follow an " improver " programme . |
| 23 | The Government have moved away from their view that everybody should pay the poll tax and are making some amends . |
| 24 | Needless to say , the credit card companies are up in arms at this suggestion and are fighting all the way . |
| 25 | Detectives have seized 7,000 ecstasy tablets from a flat in the North-East and are linking that to the couple' disappearance . |
| 26 | I still have a few copies and am sending this one for you to see . |
| 27 | I wish you all Long Life — I 'm devastated not to be there and am scribbling this in haste in my dressing room . |
| 28 | I am trying now to wind down that project in favour of others , and am asking those who have helped me to take upon themselves what I have been doing , and find homes for their old journals — in libraries , universities and elsewhere . |
| 29 | And be doing all our they will be gon na come and do all the jobs that we do n't want like in , in catering and , and things like that . |