Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just then one of Father 's secretaries , who was standing right behind me , said , ‘ Such purity of line , do you notice , even when she 's only showing that sweet child how to curtsy . ’ |
| 2 | Layla , our loving secretary , has at last learned that when she 's adamantly refusing some tenacious committee member and I say , ‘ Here , give me the phone . |
| 3 | She is obviously following this insane dialogue with remarkably close attention . |
| 4 | But the 1922 is not promoting any one candidate . |
| 5 | If you watch the treatment sessions , you may sometimes think that the patient is not taking any active role in initiating movements , whereas the physiotherapist seems to be doing the movements for him . |
| 6 | John Weber where an exhibition of his newest denunciation may be seen until the sixteenth of this month is not leaking any advance information about the show . |
| 7 | After a long day 's hearing , such as obviously took place here , that might be the sensible thing to do so that the court is not producing these important findings and reasons under pressure . |
| 8 | A prognosis can necessarily be only an educated guess , but for the person hearing the answer , it is not helping this underlying question : ‘ Do I have to start grieving yet or is there time to get used to the idea ? ’ |
| 9 | White is not making any rash predictions for this coming affair . |
| 10 | the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and |
| 11 | Tolonen said Novell is not feeling any competitive pressure from Microsoft Corp 's Windows for Workgroups . |
| 12 | This is already benefiting several million people , including in particular many married women and pensioners , who although not liable for tax , were losing money through the composite rate tax system . |
| 13 | From that assessment , a group to be known as the Trailblazers will be formed and will come under the guidance of the Cliff Richard Development Trust , which is already supporting some 11 youngsters who previously progressed from the former Search for a start scheme . |
| 14 | National Childrens Home is already planning another 5 treatment centres . |
| 15 | But erm it 's just having that one room with a kitchen I think for if someone calls probably you see . |
| 16 | He says he 's not supporting any particular party . |
| 17 | He 's not taking any more notice of her than he is of me . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , he 's not having any more fun at my expense , ’ said Dora flatly . |
| 19 | Now the Home Office has said , the Home Secretary rather , has said this year that he 's not granting any more policemen this year , but he also said that if county councils wished to fund more policemen , he would certainly look at that . |
| 20 | It 's not making any serious allegations . |
| 21 | KEN DOHERTY is still savouring that winning feeling . |
| 22 | So that when he returns to Mother England he 's still sporting that delicate shade of complexion so beloved of English males , and above all English females . ’ |
| 23 | McGroddy is also kicking some financial resources into Power Parallel and will help with chip design , high-speed switching and parallel compilers . |
| 24 | I believe Mrs McLellan is now enjoying this little book . |
| 25 | The study of non-verbal communication or body language is now receiving much more attention and the term ‘ kine ’ has been adopted for each ‘ unit ’ of body movement which transmits a message . |
| 26 | From a behavioural standpoint the issues are the same as in any other field where technology is simultaneously providing many new facilities for supporting and measuring human performance . |
| 27 | But at the moment , automating the payment cycle is seen very much as a second phase , so AEI is n't taking any electronic payments from customers . |
| 28 | My own reading of the evidence is that the wide ranging family network ( Rosser and Harris 's ‘ extended family ’ ) is fast losing all functional significance and , that being so , the elementary family of conjugal pair and children is reverting to its original condition — once again it is a domestic group not a kinship group . |
| 29 | More than that , Direct Line is undoubtedly creating many more jobs in Glasgow at present than the Group is shedding . |
| 30 | No , what I meant , is if saying that if I camped onto that number over there 3414 , and if that phone becomes free , this phone starts ringing and I might be doing something , so by the time I 've picked it up to make that connection , suppose 3414 is then making another outgoing call , do I have to camp on yet again to 3414 ? |