Example sentences of "it is [v-ing] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A horse standing perfectly in the show ring , with its ears nicely pricked , may indicate that it is cross by pressing its lips tightly together , as if it is refusing some nasty-tasting medicine . |
| 2 | But today it is providing many useful applications in the financial sector |
| 3 | And — in collaboration with AEA Petroleum Services — it is converting some selected microcomputer software to run on multiple workstations . ’ |
| 4 | It is ingesting many different types of foods , living and dead , plant and animal . |
| 5 | It is striking that federal spending on research and development into energy was halved in the 1980s ; R&D into renewable energy alone fell from $700m in 1981 to $115m in 1989 . |
| 6 | While these books had probably disintegrated by Leapor 's time , it is striking that poor scholars might be taught Latin . |