Example sentences of "is [v-ing] some " in BNC.
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| 31 | Social Worker : Why is experiencing some pleasure in that situation blameworthy ? |
| 32 | We have seen that it is communication with another person who is experiencing some kind of emotional trouble , or acting under stress in some way . |
| 33 | On many occasions assessments will be carried out because it is suspected that a child is experiencing some difficulty with linguistic communication , or because there are other areas of functioning in which the child is having difficulty which may have implications for language development . |
| 34 | SCORPION WOLFCHILD , just recently moved to London , is stalking some attractive , mysterious , bright , sweet-smelling females to show him a good time . |
| 35 | In this case the programmer is forgoing some of the precision of single-length fixed-point arithmetic in exchange for an increased range of values . |
| 36 | Another sequence of frames , this time in the lower , warmer hills of southern Lebanon , where a uniformed officer is teaching some young Muslim men how to load and fire rifles . |
| 37 | Gironella has said he was drawn to this painting because Lezcano is holding some playing cards , so his disconcertingly direct gaze is inviting us in to test our wits and/or our luck against him . |
| 38 | He is holding some back . ’ |
| 39 | He is holding some of the letters he has received . |
| 40 | King 's College is facing some difficulty today and the Whittington had problems yesterday . |
| 41 | Now , as the year-end deadline for removing the becaks from Jakarta 's streets approaches , the city government is facing some stiff resistance . |
| 42 | The motorbike industry is facing some hot competition — from the Chinese . |
| 43 | Any resistance or reluctance by the scion to take everything , perhaps because it is getting some of what it needs from its own roots , and the stock has to start looking for ways to get rid of the unused energy , and that means making its own top growth , which takes the form of suckers or ‘ briars ’ . |
| 44 | has become an increasingly dangerous on this right hand side I have said just now they must try and stop this coming in because he is getting some magnificent balls in to the penalty area and sooner or later they 're gon na concede a goal . |
| 45 | On closer examination , however , it emerges that the Soviet Union is self-sufficient in many of the traditional Latin American primary exports and indeed is exporting some of them in competition with Latin American supplies . |
| 46 | This practice continuously compares budgeted amounts with actuals and as such is providing some measure of performance against a predetermined standard . |
| 47 | However , it seems that leave is refused for between a quarter and a third of all AJRs , and this might suggest that the leave requirement is performing some other function such as keeping the number of pending AJRs down so that the delay between the granting of leave and the hearing is not too great . |
| 48 | While some British Gypsum customers were eager to use EDI , others have been less quick off the mark , but the company is doing some proselytising . |
| 49 | Claiming to have ‘ seen it all , ’ they say Fujitsu is doing some interesting things with Sparc , but the Cypress Semiconductor Corp/Ross Pinnacle effort is ‘ still a long way off . ’ |
| 50 | In these examples the adult is doing some simple cognitive monitoring for the child . |
| 51 | ‘ I imagine Dieter Erdle is doing some sort of history project ? ’ said Melissa unthinkingly between mouthfuls . |
| 52 | This project is examining some of the longer term implications for housing consumers and housing policies of the important changes which have recently been taking place in the institutional framework of owner-occupied housing finance in Britain . |
| 53 | Paper Tiger is spending some £10,000 on a promotion for its graphic and fantasy art list in April . |
| 54 | Mr Clinton might say in June that he is renewing MFN until 1994 ; that he is looking at the application of other American laws to areas like weapons proliferation and trade abuses ; and that he is starting some ( as yet murky ) process to ensure that the Chinese are discharging their obligations under human-rights treaties . |
| 55 | And I think it is a great pity , that this council is losing some of it 's capacity to produce reports which are independent of the departments which are the most affected by them . |
| 56 | Although it is giving some of its ‘ glue ’ source to USL , most of what USL will have and what will be distributed is binary . |
| 57 | The Atomic Energy Authority is giving some of its protective equipment to the Ukraine to help with the continuing clean-up operation at Chernobyl . |
| 58 | ‘ You 're implying that the KGB is running some big operation in Romania . |
| 59 | When in Ephesians 4:3,4 Paul is sketching some of the things all Christians have in common , he has this to say : ‘ Endeavour to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace . |
| 60 | Looking at the act of speaking in a broader way , we can see that intonation can signal to the listener what is to be taken as ‘ new ’ information and what is already ‘ given ’ , can suggest when the speaker is indicating some sort of contrast or link with material in another tone-unit and , in conversation , can convey to the listener what kind of response is expected . |