Example sentences of "[noun] is [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Desertification is also occurring in South America and is most extensive in Argentina where the severest cases are recorded . |
| 2 | Nixdorf is also co-operating with Pyramid Technology , whose technology is used in Nixdorf 's Targon/35 . |
| 3 | Ensure that the boom is always pointing into wind . |
| 4 | But even though the river 's dry a nearby training stables is now applying for permission to drill a bore hole and pump up to £10m gallons out of the ground to water horse gallops like this . |
| 5 | It is of course tragic that her marriage is now ending in failure . |
| 6 | Concern about the condition of the fringes of major urban areas is also growing in view of widespread dereliction and the ‘ browning ’ of large areas of the Green Belt where development pressures may be particularly severe . |
| 7 | IBM is also working with Apple on Bento , Apple 's format for identifying and interchanging objects , and is looking at using the two developments together . |
| 8 | Such downgraded land will still have to be pumped and embanked , since it will have dropped even further below sea-level , a situation worsened both by the fact that , due to the tilt of the land , eastern England is steadily falling in relation to the level of the North Sea , and by a possible rise in sea-level due to the greenhouse effect . |
| 9 | ‘ Rumours are going around about the bread It is making , the increase in circulation , the increase in ads , and yet that cat is still hustling for bread . ’ |
| 10 | As a result equipment is late coming on stream — a blow to the morale of the users . |
| 11 | On the face of it , our young lady is singularly lacking in family connections ; yet , from her appearance , she has not been left to her own devices . ’ |
| 12 | I should tell Opposition Members who are giggling , and who will also benefit from this , that the council is also twinning with Cognac . |
| 13 | A BABY girl is still battling for life following an accident in which her mother died . |
| 14 | In the heart of the City , one of the most adventurous projects in many decades is now coming to completion . |
| 15 | And so , as in Winter Notes , Dostoevsky is really talking about pochvennost , his own brand of romantic conservatism , half history , half dream . |
| 16 | The $3,000 package is currently shipping on Sun 4 and Sparc machines running SunOS 4.1 and RS/6000s with AIX 3.2 . |
| 17 | As the public sector debt repayment is now contracting in size ( to only £0.4 billion in 1990/91 compared with £14.7 billion in 1988/89 and £7.9 billion in 1989/90 ) and as a public sector borrowing requirement is expected for the 1991/92 and 1992/93 financial years , it seems likely that regular issuance of Treasury bills will be maintained . |
| 18 | The stern ramp is down almost as quickly as the anchor and the first mexeflote raft is soon manoeuvring into position … . |
| 19 | It is difficult to say exactly what impact — if any — this shift is currently having on undergraduate curricula , but its future importance can not be doubted . |
| 20 | A BAND which chooses a lemon-shape as its logo is just asking for trouble . |
| 21 | We have achieved a better than expected pro-forma combined profit and Stoddard Sekers is now putting in place the strategic plans to enable it to grow strongly both organically and by acquisition ’ . |
| 22 | But whatever symbolic power this picture has , it is diminished by the suggestion that , stylistically , the picture is merely playing with tradition . |
| 23 | One of the methods that the business intends to use to stay on top is now coming into play . |
| 24 | After a year of further research , planning , test transmissions and consultation with concerned groups , the service is now going into operation on the main edition of Central News . |
| 25 | The level of undiscovered malpractice is a matter for conjecture although such evidence is continually coming to light , as illustrated in the manner in which leading drug/pesticide/herbicide companies callously exploit the Third World . |
| 26 | ‘ And unless you 're going to allow it to be your husband — to let him be boss , in fact — your relationship is never going to work . |
| 27 | One fact that was used to support the idea of a recent origin was the recognition that the human race is obviously evolving in culture and technology . |
| 28 | Thornton Swish is now offering to double-glaze the seven windows and french doors at the house in Chester-le-Street , County Durham , for £3,900 . |
| 29 | If the bond is currently trading below par , its operative life is likely to be the number of years to maturity . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyone who starts talking about reviewing territorial frontiers is consciously moving towards confrontation , and incidentally , not only with local significance , ’ he warned . |