Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [v-ing] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Ironically , crime is helping provide legitimate employment for 420,000 people battling AGAINST it .
2 Information and cash are two very practical ways that the Campaign is helping encourage more people actively to care for their local surroundings .
3 A NEW breed of telephone is helping create 41 new jobs at the Darlington operation of telecommunications group Hutchison .
4 Ever-improving direct air service from Britain to the gateways of Miami and Orlando is helping keep travel costs down , and tourist living expenses in Florida benefits from competition in the hotel , car rental and tour business , especially in the off-season .
5 An electronic bug the size of a staple is helping protect valuable antiques .
6 Then she feels Sycorax struggling , and though she clamps her arms over hers where they are clasped around her shoulders so that Roukoubé 's head lies against them , Sycorax is letting go .
7 Mr Johnson 's fiancee Gillyanne is helping compile the list — despite her grief .
8 Beyond the slightest doubt the new technology is helping reshape politics here far more dramatically than pious talk of the ‘ socialist market economy ’ .
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