Example sentences of "it is [adv] [v-ing] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give me patience , give me a little more patience , Alida thought , for it is soon coming to an end . |
| 2 | The two elements are equally well reconciled in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , where we are introduced to the workings of the ‘ Spirit ’ to a large degree ; the very setting of the poem , where the poet finds that ‘ at my side my cradled infant slumbers peacefully ’ suggests the power of creation ; it is partly owing to the silent yet undeniable presence of the product of his own regeneration that allows Coleridge to ascend to the levels of ‘ meditation with its strange and extreme silentness ’ . |
| 3 | It is again referring to the needless deaths of youths and Owen 's emotional feelings for the subject having been through it all himself . |
| 4 | It is by definition absurd , but it is also threatening to the stolid supremacy she exercises . |
| 5 | It is already working to the disadvantage of the Exchequer some four hundred million pounds a year of lost tax revenue . |
| 6 | It is already leading to a resumption or the land improvement work carried out by the crofters in the sixties , with the help of the College of Agriculture and the Crofters Commission , working closely together . |
| 7 | Whatever the truth , it is seriously damaging to the Crown . |
| 8 | Broadening its target market from the five star category , it is now looking to the small independent hotel and restaurant , establishments which businessmen are tending to use more frequently . |
| 9 | It is now talking to the Cambridge University Press here and is seeking deals with other European publishers too . |