Example sentences of "are [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.

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1 But I ca n't accept the argument that because you make provision to deal by law as well as by practice with the situations where things have got to that point in order to safeguard children , that you are thereby saying that you are going to take more children from their parents !
2 ‘ They are obviously regretting that they let her start the paper round , but there seemed to be no reason for them to object to it . ’
3 Secrecy and restrictions on communication between scientists and engineers are so stultifying that many reportedly are discouraged from undertaking defence work .
4 We also need Government investment to back up the youth services , teachers and parents so that the next generation of youngsters does not include a minority whose self-discipline , self-esteem and respect for their own future are so lacking that they get kicks from racing stolen cars or lobbing bottles at the police .
5 Their calls are also very intricate , and the sounds of some of them , the young , sexually mature humpback males , are so haunting that they have become a best-selling record .
6 For many of these , memories of the country are so haunting that the real world has lost is charm .
7 And in Bosnia-Herzegovina journalists continue to work in circumstances which are so threatening that most foreign correspondents covering the conflict have fled .
8 We are merely suggesting that if the right hon. Member for Chingford has information he must place it before the appropriate authorities .
9 But Gray and Gallistel are merely denying that there is any certainty in the selection .
10 This would not end the wars , but it would in effect be a declaration from the Israelis announcing that whilst they intend to fight to keep the disputed territory , they are nevertheless admitting that their right to it is no different from that of anyone else , and until the world produces some better way than fighting , this is how they will-operate .
11 What we are saying , and this is as a result of figures which are supplied by O P C S is that we are broadly saying that we will remain in this narrow band towards the end .
12 The TECs ' chairmen are already warning that budget cuts are forcing them to concentrate on alleviating the worst excesses of the training shortage , rather than on instigating innovative schemes .
13 As the community care reforms bed down signs are already emerging that the government may have significantly over-estimated demand for field social workers .
14 Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net .
15 But the graduates are already finding that publicity stunts are n't that easy , picking grapes in a gown and mortar board does have it 's problems .
16 ‘ We are just hoping that it will turn out to be good news but I am terribly concerned for her . ’
17 er it was , basically the Kuomintang are just saying that the people who are actually leaving associations are riff-raff , you know
18 People are always complaining that they do not have enough work space/dumping space , but it may well be what they really need is better organized storage .
19 ‘ I 'm not making light of the situation , it 's very very serious , and we are still hoping that somebody in Wales will come forward to be our main sponsor .
20 Young Stuart Duncan is back in action after his career was put on hold following a serious knee injury last Christmas and Malone are still hoping that former Irish Schools ' star Scott Kirkpatrick remains at home rather than taking up an option to return to the States .
21 But despite the heavy rain , water companies are still warning that last summer 's drought ca n't be forgotten .
22 Recall that we are temporarily assuming that irreducibles and primes are one and the same thing in Z.
23 David Hudson and Katharine 's father are both hoping that she 'll get the opportunity for a quiet word in the Prime Ministerial ear .
24 ‘ I think you are both forgetting that the Pitts died by poison , ’ said Coffin .
25 With this in mind , banks have already been set up to conserve species , and some theorists are urgently arguing that we should begin to treat genetic information as a ‘ fourth resource ’ , as crucial as land , labour and capital .
26 The Americans are clearly hoping that it will be possible to bring the Palestinians and Israelis around the negotiating table without confronting the contradictions and achieve an historic breakthrough .
27 The Americans are clearly hoping that it will be possible to bring the Palestinians and Israelis around the negotiating table without confronting the contradictions and achieve an historic breakthrough .
28 Some Tory MPs are also hoping that Chancellor Kenneth Clarke will decide to limit the VAT levy to just 8pc and ditch the second stage rise to 17.5pc .
29 But we are also emphasising that proper provision must be made to collect , store safely and dispose of even reduced amounts .
30 The families of mass murderer Allitt 's victims are also demanding that any inquiry be held in public .
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