Example sentences of "it [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And out of the disorder of the mangled metal work comes a process as flowing and systematic as if it were building a pristine model from scratch . |
| 2 | erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one . |
| 3 | It 's terribly unfashionable , so it 's getting a new coat of paint at the Old Fire Station In Oxford . |
| 4 | That 's it , it 's getting a little bit annoying . |
| 5 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 6 | It 's taking a long time to heal . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly . |
| 8 | Alpha Microsystems has written off its Italian and French subsidiaries and will be closing them soon , citing poor margins and continuous losses : as a result it 's taking a non-recurring charge in the second quarter , ended August 30 , and posting net losses of $3m , or 99 cents a share , on sales of $12.9m , up 9% . |
| 9 | For businesses affected by the strike , it 's proving a long wait . |
| 10 | Keep your ropes tight chaps , it 's moving a little bit now . |
| 11 | plastic cover to try and keep it nice it 's looking a little bit er worse for wear . |
| 12 | I mean , th th they 're just moving away from the issue , because it it 's using a psychoanalytic stories . |
| 13 | Now the body that controls all prescribed medicines in the UK has written to the McConnell 's telling them it 's conducting a detailed investigation into the effects of this type of steroid on the immune system . |
| 14 | It 's transferring a limited provision of legal aid into a grant to an auth to an organisation which it controls and funds , which is not allowed to do the work that is currently done under the legal aid scheme . |
| 15 | It 's asking a good deal , but rather a lot depends on it . ’ |
| 16 | Richard Crossman , the Labour minister who introduced a failed attempt at morning sittings in 1967 , wrote in his diary about the reaction of fellow cabinet ministers ( ‘ It 's asking a terrible lot of us … |
| 17 | For a 13-year-old who may not be too hot on writing at all , it 's asking a great deal . |
| 18 | " You probably think my life 's some kind of tragedy , but I 'll tell you — one of the hardest parts of it 's keeping a straight face . |
| 19 | But it 's becoming a major issue as landfill sites fill up . |
| 20 | Given the number of mergers that have happened over recent years , it 's becoming a rare event when a firm can celebrate its centenary with the same name it started out with . |
| 21 | It 's becoming a favourite pastime , combining the thrill of the chase with the joy of the bargain which is why we regularly try and bring you news of the latest openings . |
| 22 | ‘ Now it 's becoming a big sport here , ’ says Paul . |
| 23 | It 's the same with Prince — it 's great having a bit of rumpy pumpy on the TV with a few cheeky videos and lots of naughty bits , but it 's becoming a little standard . |
| 24 | San Jose , California-based 3C , now trafficking as Super Workstation with ex-Sony VP Mike Hilgenberg in as president , claims it is making the LSI/Sbus-based CPU and frame buffer boards for Goldstar 's Sparcettes in the US and shipping them to Korea for final assembly : it also says it 's planning a Viking-based add-in card and is designing its own Sbus/Mbus 24-bit and 32-bit graphics accelerators . |
| 25 | Apple 's out to prove that its alliance with IBM will revolutionise the computer industry : so it 's offering a free video on the subject and picking up leads in the process . |
| 26 | It 's measuring a refractive index of the solution but , and giving you a read out in terms of salinity , okay . |
| 27 | Now that sort of policy does have its problems because some people would say that is allowing people to break the law , it 's turning a blind eye to people who are breaking the law . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's making a clicking sound — the sort of sound you make when you click your thumb and forefinger together — but the others are remaining silent . ’ |
| 29 | His voice trembling with anger at the English writer 's ignorance , Rozanov said , ‘ It 's making a huge difference . |
| 30 | Smoke detector 's batteries must be going down cos it 's making a funny noise . |