Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [v-ing] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's rather pointing that way , though . ’ |
| 2 | We know it 's already heading that way . |
| 3 | I had hoped that the facts would make themselves so apparent that the motive could emerge in its own good time — but it 's not looking that way at all . |
| 4 | They did , they say they got water hammer we went into the ladies toilets and one door , one cubicle was shut and there was this loud drumming noise and I said to Brenda perhaps it 's an alarm signal perhaps somebody on the other side of that door has been taken ill and has pressed some sort of alarm signal , anyway we went out and they said oh no it 's always making that noise ! |
| 5 | It is hardly encouraging that Terrace himself , whose book Nim ( 1980 ) is regarded as a classic in the field , after an exhaustive analysis of filmic evidence concluded that only a very small proportion of Nim 's gestures , in both training and free living , could reasonably be thought to have been initiated by the animal ; the vast majority were repetitions of what humans had just signed or , to a lesser extent , merely random . |
| 6 | ‘ The Commission itself has placed a great emphasis on the promotion of milk and it is ironic that it is now undermining that investment with a proposal which could result in further reductions in the intake of milk by those who need it most ’ . |
| 7 | Although surprisingly few of our colleagues have died ‘ in the field ’ , it is nonetheless fitting that field-work should have assumed the character of a tribal ordeal or initiation rite the performance of which , under appropriate conditions , is virtually indispensable if one is to gain professional status . |