Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An electronic bug the size of a staple is helping protect valuable antiques . |
| 2 | At St Gabriel , Louisiana , USA , ICI is helping to create new wetlands on the banks of the Mississippi . |
| 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 | Money raised from a variety of enterprise initiatives , including a cafe , is helping to send handicapped pupils from Catcote School in Hartlepool on summer breaks . |
| 7 | In another ear the sole consultant ophthalmologist has resigned from the district general hospital and bought a caravan which he is using to provide private consultations at fundholding practices . |
| 8 | The operating profit of £410.9m is redefined to exclude exceptional items . |
| 9 | The second key component in the RAWP procedure consists of an adjustment which is intended to represent regional differentials in need for each service . |
| 10 | Figure 3.1 is intended to represent Cartesian dualism in a schematic , highly simplified form . |
| 11 | The project , which aims to cover three-quarters of the service work by the end of the century , is intended to give chief executives of agencies a higher degree of autonomy from central control . |
| 12 | Although each version is intended to serve pedagogical needs , neither one provides a pedagogically-based rationale for the selection of themes that it proposes . |
| 13 | Consequently , it is intended to acquire inflected versions of the above collocation dictionaries and compare these with their lemmatised equivalents ( using the same text recognition data ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The program ‘ Search Strategy ’ is intended to teach new users search strategy design for online systems which make use of Boolean logic . |
| 16 | Such financial and staffing delegation is intended to enable governing bodies and headteachers to deploy their resources in accordance with their own needs and priorities and to make schools more responsive to parents , pupils , the local community and employers . |
| 17 | It is intended to reassure key figures in Hong Kong that they have a ‘ safety net ’ and need not emigrate elsewhere if relations with China do not improve as the 1997 handover approaches . |
| 18 | It is intended to reassure key figures in Hong Kong that they have a ‘ safety net ’ and need not emigrate elsewhere if relations with China do not improve as the 1997 handover approaches . |
| 19 | Although it is intended to charge actual staff costs , including incentive allowances , National Insurance , pensions and other costs , to the school 's budget , the formula by which the school 's finances are allocated does not take this into account . |
| 20 | This leaflet is not an authoritative interpretation of the law , but is intended to help employed people to understand their duties and obligations and also to advise them of the protection the Order gives to them . |
| 21 | This leaflet is not an authoritative interpretation of the law , but is intended to help self-employed people to understand their duties and obligations and also to advise them of the protection the Order gives to them . |
| 22 | Although the test is intended to delineate specific abilities and disabilities in children so that remediation may be undertaken , it is clear that the restrictions placed upon selection of the standardisation sample limits the value of the standardised scores for the purpose of comparison ( Weener et al . |
| 23 | It is intended to identify specific issues for attention within a comprehensive national agenda of issues of science and technology policy thought likely to be prominent over the next 10-15 years . |
| 24 | The differential fee for night visits is intended to discourage general practitioners from using deputising services , but it is not known whether it has had this effect . |
| 25 | The satellite , called Astron , is intended to study ultraviolet radiation and X-rays from celestial objects . |
| 26 | Apart from the fact that the 1908 legislation was commendable and is still valid , it is unnecessary to repeal it , because the European Community directive is intended to establish minimum standards . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | An analysis already exists of the migration patterns of 1974 and it is intended to make direct comparisons between this and the 1983 results . |
| 29 | It is intended to make detailed case-studies , over two years , of three educational institutions : one each from further education , polytechnic and university sectors , chosen to reflect the diversity of cultures and structures in post-compulsory education and on the basis of their explicit intention to implement equal opportunities policies . |
| 30 | 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 . |