Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is helping to supervise three post-graduate associates in a marketing exercise for BICC , which marks a broadening of the scheme 's primary role in manufacturing . |
| 2 | He is helping to supervise three post-graduate associates in a marketing exercise for BICC , which marks a broadening of the scheme 's primary role in manufacturing . |
| 3 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |
| 4 | Detailed three-dimensional structural analysis of church buildings is helping to reveal great complexity in their development . |
| 5 | Ironically , crime is helping provide legitimate employment for 420,000 people battling AGAINST it . |
| 6 | ‘ It is quite clear that there is a major shortage of trained manpower in computer science in the US , which is threatening the technological progress of that country and the brain drain from India is helping to mitigate this problem . ’ |
| 7 | If there is an entity identifiable as ‘ the topic of conversation ’ , the analyst should consider what evidence from each individual speaker 's contributions he is using to make that identification . |
| 8 | Tax is deducted from all interest payments at a ‘ composite rate ’ which rate is calculated to yield that amount of tax which would have accrued to the Exchequer had the standard rate been applied only to the interest received by those liable to pay tax . |
| 9 | Figure 3.1 is intended to represent Cartesian dualism in a schematic , highly simplified form . |
| 10 | It is intended to update this listing on a regular basis . |
| 11 | It is intended to foster greater appreciation of the complex and contentious issues associated with research in this and other controversial areas . |
| 12 | The Act is intended to preserve this state of affairs in section 3(3) , which provides that : |
| 13 | In an open letter to MPs this week , he stated : ‘ The programme is intended to extend performance-related pay to clerical staff , to reward them for their success and hard work . |
| 14 | ‘ A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing relative to the subject matter of the indictment or proceeding , without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing , his attention must , before such contradictory proof can be given , be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always , that it shall be competent for the judge at any time during the trial , to require the production of the writing for his inspection , and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purpose of the trial as he may think fit . |
| 15 | The editors of Arlidge & Parry on Fraud ( 1985 ) , p. 97 , para. 3.39 , express doubt as to whether the term ‘ employment ’ is intended to include any form of paid work or is confined to contracts of employment in the strict sense . |
| 16 | New legislation at the end of the 1980s is intended to take this process further , by reducing the housing stock managed by local authorities . |
| 17 | Finally , the index is intended to remedy one defect of the book , which is that topics , theories and approaches recur at different places as we go along . |
| 18 | The project is intended to remedy this deficiency by examining the use made of mathematical statistics , and particularly of their application in sampling , in the production of Soviet official socio-economic data . |
| 19 | The system is intended to allow greater transparency by making clear the extra spending that will follow the awarding of the ERDF grants . |
| 20 | To what extent this is the case is a matter for debate ; however , the fact that trade with the developing nations is intended to play some part is indicated by the Guidelines for the Economic and Social Development of the USSR for 1981–5 and for the Period Ending in 1990 adopted at the 26th CPSU Congress in 1981 , which envisage ‘ [ the development ] , on a long-term and equitable basis , [ of a ] mutually beneficial exchange of goods … with developing countries ’ ( in Koshelev : 1982 , pp. 8–9 ) . |
| 21 | The programme is intended to start this summer with an introduction period of three years . |
| 22 | The term ‘ fuel pump ’ is intended to encompass any type of pump used to dispense fuel for use in vehicles . |
| 23 | The satellite , called Astron , is intended to study ultraviolet radiation and X-rays from celestial objects . |
| 24 | Through a survey of 6 publishing companies , differentiated by size and type , it is intended to develop both case studies of companies and research tools to be used in a later industry wide study . |
| 25 | However , it has been said that advice which is intended to have persuasive effect is not distinguishable from inducement and ‘ the fact that an inducement to break a contract is couched as an irresistible embargo rather than in terms of seduction does not make it any the less an inducement . ’ |
| 26 | Denton has classified the various forms of aid to industry under three headings : general incentives provided under various programmes to all industrial firms in all parts of the country ; industrial restructuring which again is universal in scope and geographical area and which is intended to encourage industrial efficiency ; and regional aid which is limited to firms in the deprived regions of the country . |
| 27 | Nothing in these Guidelines is intended to prevent two Network members from reaching mutual agreement , on an ad hoc basis , for the application of a different set of protocols to govern their relationship in a particular transaction . |
| 28 | On the basis of the findings it is intended to ascertain effective management structures , and to identify the circumstances in which a collaborative approach may or may not work . |
| 29 | The short-term effects may , therefore be perverse in the sense that a higher interest rate regime is intended to exert downward pressure on the growth of M3 . |
| 30 | Fractal Design Painter — like its greyscale kid brother , Fractal Design Sketcher — is intended to bring real texture to bitmapped pictures . |