Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wait until September before she starts another novel is mostly owing to her publicity commitments . |
| 2 | For all our participants , and undoubtedly for many of this age-group , a central issue that is constantly recurring in their interpretation of the day-to-day practices they encounter in their social lives is the extent to which they are recognized as persons of independent dignity and standing . |
| 3 | Perhaps then Britain is only losing from its delay in moving to ‘ post-Fordism ’ , and creating the flexible small modern factory . |
| 4 | The point is summed up in one of Aesop 's fables : ‘ The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner . ’ |
| 5 | One reason for this is summarized in the Aesopian moral : The rabbit runs faster than the fox , because the rabbit is running for his life , while the fox is only running for his dinner . |
| 6 | Taking pills or powders for headaches and stomach upsets is only adding to your system 's toxicity . |
| 7 | If the gritty Hugh is away opening for his country , then no doubt there is a stronger case for testing out the leadership qualities of Maynard , who has himself been the subject of some speculation concerning the furniture vans . |
| 8 | An analysis of interpellation and legitimation which would underpin the central claim that subjects are constituted by ideology is thus striking for its absence . |
| 9 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 10 | That beast is just waiting for his chance . |
| 11 | Everything focuses on the fact that he is always struggling with his desire for love and power as well as for an end to all his problems . |
| 12 | DUNCAN Bond , the 13-year-old son of Springfields site visits officer , Eric , is still competing with his father for possession of a coloured sticker representing the flight of the Atlantis space shuttle . |
| 13 | The government is still sticking to its account , which names 10 dead and a further 37 detained . |
| 14 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
| 15 | Everyone round the table listens intently to the story — the Chases , the Waylands , the Chyldes , the Kessels , the Bernsteins , Charles Aught , Luci Hayter , Rayner Keat , and Francis Fairlie who is still hesitating about what life to commit himself to — a great audience stretching back into the dim recesses of the room , a densely cultivated field growing faces . |
| 16 | The victim , aged 44 , is still recovering from her ordeal which happened outside Barclays Bank in Kingsway , Dovercourt , on February 22 . |
| 17 | So we 're one of the important environmental health departments , sure , so hopefully we will actually get somebody who is really very good , a food technician to assist in this erm field , and there have , I hope that through Food Forum we may well be able to help Matthew with his , well not just Matthew , but help , help that section with the nutrition advice that he feels is still lacking in his team under the circumstances . |
| 18 | Note that my right elbow is still pointing towards my hip and that my upper arm is close to my body . |
| 19 | Mr Joseph Bronson ( HMS Milne ) , of Helmington Terrace , Hunwick , is still waiting for his medal but is expected to receive it within the next few weeks . |
| 20 | HQ is still waiting for your report , Trumper . ’ |
| 21 | CATALINA PBY-6A EC-FMC is still working for its living and is actively used as a fire-bomber . |
| 22 | He is still lying on his back . |
| 23 | A baby is still fighting for her life a week after being critically injured in a road accident in Teesdale . |
| 24 | But even having said that , er it is still performing in my view or would perform an extremely valuable er service in terms of taking out the A fifty nine through traffic . |
| 25 | To laughter , he joked : ‘ He is probably looking after his pond . ’ |
| 26 | Well at the present moment it 's about , where he is it 's about half past five , twenty to six , so he is probably waiting for his supper I should think his evening meal . |
| 27 | When you are chatting in a public place , be careful not to give away sensitive information about your personal movements , holiday plans , valuables or your house , just in case some unwelcome eavesdropper is enthusiastically tuning into your conversation . |
| 28 | An authority which consistently fails to provide sufficient places is clearly failing in its duty . |
| 29 | He is also dealing with our insistence on historically specific analysis . |
| 30 | We just passed the revenue , the capital , the revenue then goes on the base budget , is called the revenue consequence of capital expenditure and all the fire officers ask for is enough to build a fire station and the cost of running it is automatically going onto your bill . |