Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been seconded to the Civil Service Selection Board , where she is helping to devise the entrance competition for the ‘ fast stream ’ applicants to the Civil Service , Diplomatic Service and Tax Inspectorate . |
| 2 | She is beginning to think the word ‘ holiday ’ is an exotic Greek meal . |
| 3 | Instead of turning brick-red or prawn-cocktail-pink , as she had feared , she is turning a pleasant beige , a natural beige , she is beginning to look the same colour that people look in television advertisements . |
| 4 | At times , it is almost as if she is trying to emulate the star-studded image of Suzanne Lenglen , which she clearly admires so much . |
| 5 | Ideally , the manager should be there at the beginning of a band 's professional career because he or she is going to operate the various deals which are set up . |
| 6 | Instead she is planning to spend the holidays with her brother the new Earl Spencer at the family home in Althorp , Northants . |
| 7 | Perhaps it is seeking to increase the audience , or perhaps it was lead astray for a while by the fact that , during the Conservative leadership contest , the exciting politics at Westminster were not in the Chamber . |
| 8 | In addition , it is seeking to bring the credit periods it offers wholesalers into line , at 60 days . |
| 9 | It is seeking to have the order made permanent . |
| 10 | The US maintains that it supports the OAS charter , that it is acting to protect the integrity of the Panama Canal treaties , and that Latin America has no cause to fear that the invasion of Panama will be used as a precedent . |
| 11 | The Government has made Clydeside a Special Development Area where it is helping to provide the capital for these new industries , new housing and a new infrastructure . |
| 12 | If your area is shown as receiving a contribution from the safety net , it is helping to provide the protection for other areas . |
| 13 | For instance , it is hoping to stem the flow of computer spending out of Scotland . |
| 14 | It is beginning to transform the rest , he wrote . |
| 15 | As yet not officially launched in the UK it is beginning to make the odd appearance through various channels and is a remarkable product . |
| 16 | Demonstrating that it is beginning to get the hang of the personal computer mass market , IBM Corp 's Personal Computer Co yesterday announced three new 80486-based lines in its PS/ValuePoint family , in 40 different configurations — and the difference between the three models is not the processor — anything from a 25MHz 80486SX to a 66MHz 80486DX2 , but the size of the box . |
| 17 | ‘ It is trying to shift the burden from land- based quarries to coastal super-quarries , off- shore dredging and the reuse of waste materials , but by meeting forecast demand , even land-based quarries will have to produce 35% more aggregates by early next century ’ ( 2 ) , said Dr Caldwell . |
| 18 | In its small , brief and brutally simplistic way , it is trying to use the language of advertising to discuss fundamental issues about human life and the structure of world politics . |
| 19 | It is trying to understand the details and hopefully finding the key to economic success for muon catalysed fusion that has occupied Steve Jones , and several others , for the last ten years . |
| 20 | He must mean it is trying to hide the hole in its head . |
| 21 | It is trying to hide the fact that it 's policies have bought pain , misery , the pain , misery and hardship of unemployment to thousands of people in the district and millions throughout the country . |
| 22 | A group at the University of Hokkaido is trying to isolate this chemical , which it calls glycinoeclopin A. So far the group has managed to obtain a tiny portion — 0.5 milligrams — of the substance and now it is trying to discover the chemical structure of the material . |
| 23 | But , as many observers will agree , all the evidence is that the tiny infant is not interested in babyhood , on the contrary , it is striving to reach the adult stage with all its might . |
| 24 | The Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester is trying to shake off its persistent image of being just too highbrow for words and it is striving to show the general public that they might actually enjoy some of the things that go on there . |
| 25 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 26 | GEC , which has been making fibres for Telecom for two and a half years , says it is aiming to get the cost down to £100 per kilometre by the end of the 1980s . |
| 27 | It is planning to increase the education budget by 20% — though , with employers crying out for trained manpower , it is difficult to recruit teachers . |
| 28 | It is illuminating to note the difference between the average response to an icon and that of a member of one of the orthodox churches . |
| 29 | One of the services it is offering to attract the self-employed is an introduction to financial and legal consultants who are prepared to offer union members especially favourable fees for their advice ( see Financial Times , 31/3/87 and 30/4/87 ) . |
| 30 | Switching the cabinet voicing off , you realise just how much it is working to condition the sound ready for tape ; because without it , you are straight back to the two gnats in a bottle sound , beloved of direct outputs on many amps . |