Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A touching 86% agreed that ‘ sex is most fulfilling with the person you love ’ . |
| 2 | Doubtless that is not so much a reality as an ideal — and one for which due respect is conspicuously lacking in the ethos of the STV . |
| 3 | This is what is effectively happening in the scenario posed . |
| 4 | Redmond , now with Oldham , is slowly recovering from the misery of his final few months at the club he joined as a boy . |
| 5 | All that and Benn has made the grand gesture of giving his new WBC belt to his first conqueror , Michael Watson , who is slowly recovering after the brain damage he suffered against Eubank last year . |
| 6 | The unthinking brashness of the adult expert is altogether lacking in the youngster and our nurturing and helpful instincts are unconsciously aroused , wanting to help the recent arrival become familiar with its new physical overcoat , gently coaxing it into utilizing its full capabilities , like the mother bird calling from the twig . |
| 7 | Shirai 's voice here seems to have taken on a new dimension , a darker tonal colour , a new expressiveness that is constantly compelling with the emphasis on the drama . |
| 8 | Despite the strictures imposed and the tough economic climate , William Grant & Sons is constantly investing in the future . |
| 9 | However , the incident is highly revealing of the concern felt in Cuba about the difficulties of persuading Moscow to make a substantial commitment . |
| 10 | While it has made no formal application to offer video-on-demand to customers — the official line is that it is merely looking at the technology 's potential — it is already clear that it faces a tough task convincing regulatory bodies that it has the right to do so . |
| 11 | Unfortunately it seems that it has been the agricultural ministry which has won the debate , and Britain is merely tinkering with the problem . |
| 12 | Erm , the agency has considered a paper on this as is referred to in the final paragraph , what it 's basically suggesting to the Department of the Environment and the Home Office is , is that a formula is based upon the supply factors er , such as the , the number of fire stations and standard crew levels etcetera . |
| 13 | Just as the smell of a ripe Camembert is only mouthwatering at the dinner table , the attraction of female odours is likely to depend on their context . |
| 14 | is only looking in the mirror |
| 15 | Agnes is only waiting for the guest to start speaking his reason for coming . |
| 16 | Sheedy may think that Madden , after a club record 375 games and with more than 570 goals during his career , is perhaps coming towards the end of his tether . |
| 17 | One of them , it was pointed out to him , was the great ex-Soviet chess player , Korchnoi , who is apparently training with the team in order to reach maximum physical fitness for his world title challenge to his arch-rival , the darling of the Soviets , Karpov . |
| 18 | This is probably best explained in terms of the different dialect backgrounds associated with the two areas ( see map 4.1 ) and the progressive adoption in Belfast of a Scottish pattern which is apparently spreading across the city from east to west ( see further Milroy and Milroy 1985b ; J. Harris 1985 ) . |
| 19 | He is apparently emerging from the sea , as he is dripping wet and in the background there are waves . |
| 20 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 21 | The new town is literally blooming with the growth that foreign investment has brought . |
| 22 | After recent bad weather and rough seas , local farmers are concerned their land is literally disappearing into the sea . ’ |
| 23 | A church that is dedicated to a gentle , caring man who cared about the poor , instead of helping the man who needs help and who is literally sitting on the doorstep , is showing tourists paintings , especially commissioned to educate the illiterate about God , is not even showing them to the illiterate . |
| 24 | The bungalow is literally sitting in the path of progress , surrounded by redevelopment and waiting to be bulldozed . |
| 25 | The book is also universally regarded as McGahern 's masterpiece , a view probably best expressed by playwright Tom Kilroy who described ‘ Amongst Women ’ as ‘ one of the most significant achievements in Irish fiction ’ and suggested that McGahern ‘ is obviously writing at the fullness of his power . ’ |
| 26 | The Chair is obviously referring to the fact recently in the courts , there was consideration of the closure of old persons ' homes , and you know that you are under a legal requirement to consult in respect of those otherwise any decision , to close without consultation can held to be invalid , and that has impinged on some authorities who were going down that route , so there is a duty there . |
| 27 | Future generations will condemn us for inaction in the face of what is obviously happening in the world at present . |
| 28 | yes , it 's already going to the top of the charts to be number one for Christmas all the other Christmas songs are |
| 29 | It 's something cold , and it 's already sitting in the fridge . |
| 30 | London , of course , and our Amsterdam exhibition has been trading since the beginning of the year and the price increase is generally coming at the beginning of the season , which is more or less now for the parks , earlier for the exhibitions . |