Example sentences of "it is [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In addition , it is seeking to bring the credit periods it offers wholesalers into line , at 60 days . |
| 3 | It is seeking to have the order made permanent . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If your area is shown as receiving a contribution from the safety net , it is helping to provide the protection for other areas . |
| 7 | For instance , it is hoping to stem the flow of computer spending out of Scotland . |
| 8 | It is beginning to transform the rest , he wrote . |
| 9 | As yet not officially launched in the UK it is beginning to make the odd appearance through various channels and is a remarkable product . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He must mean it is trying to hide the hole in its head . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is planning to increase the education budget by 20% — though , with employers crying out for trained manpower , it is difficult to recruit teachers . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | His voice sounds as if it is attempting to name the floors as he passes them . |
| 26 | But the committee has denied that it is attempting to influence the outcome of the election . |
| 27 | The British Library Research and Development Department , which , along with the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales and the Schools Council , has funded most of this research , is aware of that problem , and using a standing committee called the Discussion Group on User Education in Schools , it is endeavouring to bring the research into general practice , and even to extend the influence of the work into other levels of education , eg primary schools ( the concentration has been on secondary education so far ) . |
| 28 | In times of national emergency , it is reassuring to see the Territorial Army around . |
| 29 | If this is the way it is going to go the public will reject it , so it 's got to be done in a very humane and very human way . |
| 30 | I wonder if that is fair , even if it is going to ease the burden on hard-up viewers ? |