Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second observation is that learning is a " total " event in that is involves the entire person. , The third and most characteristic observation is that a person is constantly responding to innumerable influences , a few of which are conscious and rational , but most of which are either non-conscious or non-rational , or both . |
| 2 | IVF is already spreading to developing countries , and it is easy to imagine that other new methods will be introduced as well . |
| 3 | ‘ I notice now the accent is already switching to more mobility as they come to terms with the new laws , ’ he explained . |
| 4 | Israel 's tourist industry is gradually recovering to pre-Gulf War levels , according to latest Israeli Government statistics . |
| 5 | Finally , the strategies for change can be found in an analysis of what has gone before and a cultural intervention in what is socially happening to disabled people . |
| 6 | In addition to the foul stench it produces , it is also damaging to sensitive mucous membranes . |
| 7 | Such erosion is also contributing to accelerated sedimentation in reservoirs but it is not the only cause , as Tejwani ( 1987b ) has discussed in relation to reservoirs in the Indian Himalaya . |
| 8 | British Rail North East is also talking to local authorities about other ways of winning more people over to rail travel and reducing road traffic levels at the same time . |
| 9 | The Trust is also responding to increased threats to the environment . |
| 10 | The CPRE is now appealing to local councils to carry out mowing in late summer , after the flowers have blown , rather than early in the season , thereby allowing natural seeding to take place . |
| 11 | Opposition is now beginning to proposed gold mining in Co . |
| 12 | In some of these , initial confrontation is now leading to constructive dialogue with local authority officials . |
| 13 | What is the point of the Government providing billions to help our economy when the help is mainly going to other countries ? |
| 14 | There must be a limit beyond which expenditure on the social and public services is detrimental to economic growth ; there is , however , a corresponding point below which social service expenditure is equally damaging to economic development . |
| 15 | Africa 's disenchantment with the two Washington institutions is fast turning to outright hostility . |
| 16 | If the sentence-grammarian wishes to make claims about the ‘ acceptability ’ of a sentence in determining whether the strings produced by his grammar are correct sentences of the language , he is implicitly appealing to contextual considerations . |
| 17 | Every teacher who makes excessive sacrifices in the time and attention needed for his own personal growth to the demands of the organisation within which he works or to its students is ultimately denying to that organisation and those students the very knowledge , understanding and skill which it is his professional responsibility to offer . |