Example sentences of "is [adv] giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense of balance is constantly giving our brains guidance about the way we are facing . |
| 2 | Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap . |
| 3 | The Government is rightly giving more responsibility to local authorities for planning and decision making , while still providing the necessary framework . |
| 4 | On page 23 too there is a picture of Carol McMahon who is generously giving hours of her time patiently illuminating a new Book of Remembrance for Eccleston Square . |
| 5 | The purchaser of the bill is thus giving the issuer of the bill a loan from the date of purchase until the date of maturity . |
| 6 | This is just giving in to your Ego , which loves to play ‘ Ai n't I awful ! ’ |
| 7 | Lady Helen Taylor , daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent , who is just giving up her job as a Soho art dealer , and her husband , West End art dealer Tim Taylor , have traded in their black 10-year-old Porsche sportscar for a K-registered £27,500 family-sized black Range Rover . |
| 8 | The Community is already giving some of this : it set aside 500m ecus ( $685m ) from this year 's budget for the three ‘ front-line ’ states : Jordan , Egypt and Turkey . |
| 9 | He is always giving people small presents ! |
| 10 | He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself . |
| 11 | She is always giving out her official gilt-edged card , with the invitation to : ‘ Call in for a cuppa . ’ |
| 12 | and as Martin is still giving out |
| 13 | He is still giving new life to those who believe and trust Him . |
| 14 | It seems that in Solihull schools recently , a considerable amount of thinking has gone into developing schemes for teacher-appraisal : perhaps SSE in the form taken by the Solihull booklet is gradually giving way to more personally focused types of staff appraisal . |
| 15 | He seems to be genuinely fond of our family — my younger brother and sister and myself — for he is forever giving us presents , very expensive presents , too , and it seemed churlish to refuse his invitation . |
| 16 | But Mr Ratner is clearly giving customers what they want . |
| 17 | Many people have found it has helped to make a pact with a friend who is also giving up ; or they have asked for sponsorship from their friends , fellow office workers or family ( their support will be invaluable ) . |
| 18 | Atkinson is also giving a trial to Canadian striker Alex Bunbury . |
| 19 | Her father 's loving- ( or lying- ) competition , designed though it may be to give her the best part of England ( which he is also giving himself , of course , since he intends to live in retirement with her ) , and revealing , in a way , his love for her , is nevertheless so constructed that she would have to compete with hypocrisy in order to win . |
| 20 | The Queen has accepted a Sun newspaper apology over the premature publication of her Christmas broadcast.The paper is also giving £200,000 to charity . |
| 21 | The election is also giving a green light for policies about the environment . |
| 22 | As long as the bird 's eye is visible , it is automatically giving the cat a ‘ stare ’ that inhibits its attacking lunge . |
| 23 | ‘ Now that is a true , a genuine , bargain — £65 for a coat like that is really giving it away , ’ he said . |
| 24 | but the youngest one is really giving her a attack at the moment . |
| 25 | A new concept in movie-making is now giving cinemagoers the chance to decide how the plot should develop as they are watching . |
| 26 | Bob graffiti : He Lives , and is now giving a living to more Jamaicans than when we walked the streets of Kingston |
| 27 | Heidrick and Struggles , which had previously never really made much of an impact in the UK scene , although they were strong worldwide , reorganised in the mid-1980s and attracted a strong team which is now giving them a significant presence in the UK search market . |
| 28 | A shift to passive would indicate that the author is now giving a summary statement ’ . |
| 29 | If he is now giving us a commitment that the reasons for a refusal will be made available to the applicant , that is welcome . |
| 30 | Since the exposure of Iraq as having consistently , to quote United Nations ' reports , ’ obstructed and cheated on ’ divulging information on its nuclear programme , North Korea is now giving rise to the greatest concern , as the hon. Member for Clackmannan ( Mr. O'Neill ) said . |