Example sentences of "it is [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As part of its co-operation with Digital Equipment Corp ( CI No 1,952 ) it is also co-funding research work with DEC on the ‘ Active Badge ’ .
2 However , while Accountancy Personnel estimated similar average pay increases of around two per cent , it is also noted student recruitment and partnership prospects for qualifieds were on the up and redundancies were falling in public practice , and some demand for specialist skills and pro-active commercial skills in commerce and industry .
3 This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia — it is sometimes called sound symbolism : there is no question of auditory resemblance .
4 Then , deciding boldly not to enter another beguiling-looking passage which , had he done so , would have wasted very many miles and many days ( it is now called Canal Jeronimo , and leads into an immense maze of lakes and passageways ) , he sailed directly north-west , up the Paso Largo and finally into the Paso del Mar .
5 Microsoft Corp says it is now shipping LAN Manager 2.1a for Unix Systems to OEM customers : the new version adds a Windows Network Administration program that gives administrators a unified tool for managing multiple servers from a Windows-based desktop , the LAN Manager Print Station that enables an MS-DOS- or Windows-based micro to be designated as a print server , and support for OS/2 2.0 clients .
6 Command Technology Corp , Alameda , California says it is now shipping SPF/PC Version 3.0 , an upgrade to its programmer 's editor .
7 It is now travel business legend that Airtours had seen ILG 's demise coming and despatched staff to the most popular resorts in February to talk to hotel owners about the possibility of booking spare space if any other tour operator found itself unable to fulfil its obligations .
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