Example sentences of "and it [is] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 across and it 's touching that hole in the middle and she 's getting all blocked up and the stuff 's running all the way down the back of your throat , that right ?
2 It 's organisers say it 's for everyone and it 's receiving public funding .
3 But the Americans are coming and it 's causing great alarm in some circles .
4 LOS ANGELES ' hottest T-shirt , and it 's heading this way : ‘ I survived the 100 per cent off sale at Fedco ’
5 necessarily calling for radicalization cos it was forced erm I , I , it appeared to me that how that the Communist Party would have continued a moderate policy had the peasants not erm been demanding further radical change and in actual fact the tone of the document 's quite moderate and it 's protecting middle peasants , rich peasants , even some landlords who had remained loyal to the Party so it 's not at all radical but erm it 's just it 's radical in the sense that how that it wants to get rid of feudalism , but it 's not getting rid of landlords per se as a class .
6 It 's staging its own marches to counter the official demonstration and it 's changing some street names back to what they were before the revolution .
7 This is a cowardly form of protest and it 's putting innocent people in danger .
8 Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities .
9 This year , I have set the Employment Service the task of placing 1.3 million people in jobs — 5,000 every working day — and it is achieving that target .
10 In collection building , it is working carefully with publishers to secure the deposit of electronic materials ; and it is exploring possible revisions to the law of ‘ copyright ’ deposit .
11 There is a 50 gallon mark on the 4′ tank but I have filled it higher than that and it is holding 65 gallons .
12 It recognises that the Church 's media centre has an important part to play in training and encouraging women who work in the media , and it is considering inviting women to take part in its forthcoming Media Commission meetings .
13 K has literally just rung over the moon that I had fixed this as her mother is very fond of David and has known him for years — and it is fitting that widow of first Prof of CEGS ( as above ) be included — her dad built up the department enormously and I knew him through European seminars etc via Law Society with and others including who is a Heriot Row neighbour .
14 It is from page one , at least seven column-inches long , and it is pouring cold water on reports of a more sensational nature .
15 Despite the strong reception for the Prolinea machines , Compaq does not believe it is out of the woods yet and it is cutting 1,000 employees or 10% from its worldwide workforce over the next few months , with 700 to go this month , including 100 in Scotland .
16 On the bank of the Oxford canal at the bottom of my garden is a large willow tree , and it is pumping downy seeds into the air .
17 Certainly , that institute is of the highest international standard and it is doing good work here and overseas providing advice and assistance .
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