Example sentences of "it is [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances soil erosion is potentially of utmost importance to the livelihood of these vulnerable people , even if it is not happening at present . |
| 2 | It is not going for growth . ’ |
| 3 | It is not going for growth . ’ |
| 4 | The aim of RE according to the phenomenologists is promoting respect for , and understanding of , religion and its significance for behaviour in such a way as to leave intact pupils ' integrity — it is not educating into religion in any way , but educating about religion understood as more than information because involving a positive and creative approach to pluralism . |
| 5 | The movement was not without criticism from those whose support might have been taken for granted ; Robertson Nicoll pronounced the 1894 Congress a ‘ failure ’ because ‘ it does not represent Nonconformity and it is wholly lacking in enthusiasm and initiative . ’ |
| 6 | And it is surely dying from cancer with dignity which requires bravery . |
| 7 | Now you 're trying to walk through the mirror , and it is n't going to work . ’ |
| 8 | And everybody knows from the Depratment of transport downwards that it is n't going to work . |
| 9 | It is also asking for air-time on radio and television , and for access to national and provincial newspapers and magazines . |
| 10 | It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . |
| 11 | As a result , abattoir owners are beginning to speculate that the operating framework of the beef sector could swing overwhelmingly towards exports — as it is already doing with lamb . |
| 12 | It is not responsive to the local communities and it is totally lacking in democracy . |
| 13 | At the moment it is still looking for funding from private and public sources ; the Netherlands has provided an initial grant of US$1.5 million . |
| 14 | Despite its problems ( see page 1 ) OSF says it is still shooting for self-sufficiency by 1994 . |
| 15 | The defence of a firm accused of predatory pricing is often that it is merely responding to competition : so evidence of its intentions may be quite important in deciding whether a firm 's conduct is predatory or not . |
| 16 | ‘ It is now moving towards balance sheet entirely . |
| 17 | Britain , of course , lagged behind the States , but it is now beginning to surface . |
| 18 | If the hon. Gentleman would listen rather than talk , he would learn that the price formula for gas has also been revised : where it was minus 2 on the controllable costs it is now going to minus 5 — another tough target . |
| 19 | There is already a KSR1 at Manchester University and the company has established a UK subsidiary ; it is now opening for business in Germany and France . |
| 20 | Nor do I feel compelled to depart from that conclusion by the fact that , under the present practice , a local authority which acts as a relator in a relator action is required to give an undertaking in damages even though it is so proceeding in order to enforce the law in the public interest . |