Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gallery is also bending over backwards to boost attendance , and in doing so is rather alarmingly bowing to populist pressures . |
| 2 | The ability to display airframes and artifacts within such a building is only just beginning to be capitalised upon by NAM . |
| 3 | Although broadcasters may feel that RDS is user-friendly the consumer-industry is only gradually responding to the growing dislike of over-complex and often confusing controls ; c.f. video recorders easily set to record the wrong programme on the wrong channel at the wrong time , and teletext units that remain under-used . |
| 4 | The role of phospholipids in this process is only now beginning to be appreciated . |
| 5 | The movement became a tradition which is only now degenerating to a faction , and it is from that tradition Dr Runcie springs . |
| 6 | It is well known that the Princess wanted ‘ out ’ of the Royal Family , but to her fellow passengers it was also clear she is only now coming to terms with the fact that she really is out — and quite alone . |
| 7 | The full impact of last Thursday 's freak storm in Llandudno , Conwy and the surrounding areas is only now coming to light and it could be several months before some of the 500 people forced to leave their homes will be able to return . |
| 8 | To describe this as sewing is perhaps slightly flattering to the bird , for the silken thread is never used for more than one stitch at a time . |
| 9 | The B version of the play is much less accommodating to this perspective . |
| 10 | TIM BURTON , currently Hollywood 's golden boy with Batman Returns , is not just sticking to the obvious — even if there 's a vast amount of money in it . |
| 11 | It is important here to stress that it is not just hitting to the target that is foremost , but at all times moving the feet to take the ball in one bounce . |
| 12 | Though we may become more irritable and find life 's demands more stressful , loss of sleep is not physically damaging to the body . |
| 13 | He has command , but he is closed to everything which is not exclusively pertaining to military order . |
| 14 | One is not simply alluding to the tradition of Padraig Pearse , one of the leaders of the Easter rising of 1916 , who paralleled national violence and bloodshed to the salvation effected by the blood offering of Christ . |
| 15 | The preamble further asserts that the company are making ‘ considerable progress ’ on the remaining portion of the main line between Bishop 's Castle and the Cambrian , which is not exactly according to fact , in as far as the term ‘ considerable progress ’ is popularly understood . |
| 16 | But it is not always going to be the most economic route . |
| 17 | As J. K. Galbraith ( 1979 ) has pointed out the adman actually creates markets and implants ‘ needs ’ in people ; he is not merely responding to consumer demand . |
| 18 | And diagnosis is very , very important that , if you have a medical , clinical state of depression try and pull yourself out of it , by your , your own efforts and doing alternative things is not necessarily going to be effective . |
| 19 | This is not only damaging to the final exam marks of the Student ( since a Student who had managed 60% in the Final Examination could fail because their End of Module Tests reduce the mark ) , but foolish , since they can take as many retakes of the End of Module Tests as they wish in order to achieve a good pass-mark . |
| 20 | It 's taken gravity-defying tightrope walking by boxing authorities to keep the title unified , even if it is once again threatening to be shattered into pieces by Bowe 's refusal to honour a deal to immediately defend against Lewis . |
| 21 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 22 | By this , he could mean Hewlett-Packard Co 's Posix-compliant version of its proprietary MPE operating system , MPE/ix ( CI No 1,983 ) , but is more probably referring to the fruits of the group 's agreement with Digital Equipment Corp . |
| 23 | erm is probably also going to be easier for me . |
| 24 | I wonder if it 's just some sub-conscious thing that my casualness is really just wanting to be recognised … ’ |
| 25 | Alongside this opening of the official archives , interest is now increasingly turning to the whereabouts and availability of private papers . |
| 26 | Office ( or business ) software is now fast coming to be recognised as able to offer as much to education as to training . |
| 27 | Er Miles is now definitely coming to England . |
| 28 | A stallion that behaves in the same way is psychologically more threatening to us , but it is best to respond with tact — to stroke the horse briefly and then to leave it in peace . |
| 29 | Even if you are not a great fan of exercise-to-music and think stepping up and down on a bench is n't exactly going to be a barrel laughs , you may still find this fun . |
| 30 | But let's face it , the sleeping bag that did you proud on those hot summer nights in Italy , and got you through the night on the floor after the party , is n't exactly going to be your best friend when the temperature drops below freezing . |