Example sentences of "that is [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is a valuable addition to the growing volume of news from Tibet that is helping to undermine the brutal occupation of this tragic region . |
| 2 | In a show of unity rarer than a dodo sighting , the US Big Six have issued a joint statement of position in an attempt to focus attention on the ‘ epidemic of litigation ’ that is beginning to threaten the very existence of many American firms . |
| 3 | The chances are they are not going to be changed again in a hurry and to saddle ourselves with something that is going to allow the development and perpetuation of something which most of us hero would call bad and unacceptable practice in care of the elderly with dementia , would be a totally retrograde step . |
| 4 | It is not the branding iron or the hypodermic needle that is going to make the most impression on the horse at these times , but our own behaviour , and how we go about it . |
| 5 | Asked by an exit pollster which way he had cast his vote , he replied : ‘ I voted for the party that is going to run the country for the next five years . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We have found something that is going to revolutionise the archaeological interpretations of Peru 's ancient civilisations . |
| 7 | Though a diligent search of the green mist that is starting to hide the larch branches fails to find a listening hen , he presumably knows what he is doing . |
| 8 | Backbenchers also noted , and liked , the political populism that is starting to become the Major hallmark — good news for the football-watching , pipe-smoking , beer-drinking man on a modest income , less good news for directors with free flats and swanky company cars . |