Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By scattering the fertiliser pellets over his vineyard the vigneron is helping to restore the vine 's balance of resources . |
| 2 | She has been seconded to the Civil Service Selection Board , where she is helping to devise the entrance competition for the ‘ fast stream ’ applicants to the Civil Service , Diplomatic Service and Tax Inspectorate . |
| 3 | Sevenhampton was where novelist Ian Fleming once earned a living writing about a secret agent called James Bond and Rupert likes to think that Roves Farm is helping to put the village back on the map . |
| 4 | She has raised many thousands of pounds for good causes throughout the North-East , and at present is helping to organise the Sacriston Carnival , which takes place on Saturday July 4 . |
| 5 | The final function that the professional-managerial class perform for the ruling class is helping to develop the consumer goods market , ensuring that the working class consume new products produced by capitalism . |
| 6 | At one stage I had the same reservations , but in the light of the experience of the last six years and the credibility that the festival has given to drama with elected members , headteachers , and officers of the Authority , I am convinced that , at any rate for Leeds , this annual festival is helping to develop the quality of drama in the Authority ( pp. 44–45 ) . |
| 7 | If your area is shown as receiving a contribution from the safety net , it is helping to provide the protection for other areas . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | SEAWEED is helping to slash the cost of a new generation of drugs by 1,000 fold , delegates were told yesterday . |
| 10 | But in reality , none of these programmes is helping to increase the production of firewood . |
| 11 | Now what I 'd like to do this afternoon in the short time that we have is to outline some of the ways in which the British government is helping to meet the challenges of under development . |
| 12 | RIGHT Some unusual tools can be employed , such as this vacuum cleaner which is helping to expose the remains of a human burial at Sutton Hoo , Suffolk . |
| 13 | Mr Johnson 's fiancee Gillyanne is helping compile the list — despite her grief . |
| 14 | To neglect these questions and concentrate instead on the ‘ environment ’ of learning , however important that might be , is to risk encouraging the belief that teachers are judged and advanced on the basis of how their classrooms took rather than how and what their pupils learn ; consequently , some may feel that it is strategically sensible to concentrate on surface at the expense of substance . |
| 15 | To list the symphonic achievements with the Berlin Philharmonic is to risk neglecting the opera recordings and , beyond them , Karajan 's work in the theatre itself . |
| 16 | Obviously , if you have only reserved the code , you must re-enter Option 9.3.0 when the item is initialised to change the state to 2 . |
| 17 | A second mean diameter is derived by immersing the pebble in water to determine the volume of water displaced , from which the volumetric diameter , D v is calculated using the expression . |
| 18 | The refund of interest in the event of early repayment is calculated using the formula known as ‘ The Rule of 78 ’ as required by the Consumer Credit ( Rebate for Early Settlement ) Regulations 1983 . |
| 19 | The refund of interest in the event of early repayment is calculated using the formula known as ‘ The Rule of 78 ’ as required by the Consumer Credit ( Rebate for early Settlement ) Regulations 1983 . |
| 20 | These show how the data trend is shifted if φ is calculated using the value of u τ that would exist in the absence of stratification instead of the actual value . |
| 21 | It is calculated to stir the Greeks against the destructive influence of Achilles , whose self-indulgence has sent ripples of discontent through the Greek forces . |
| 22 | It is calculated to prick the envy of a modern pilgrim : Rome , Sutri , Siena , San Gimignano , Lucca , Borgo San Donnino , Piacenza , Santa Agata , Ivrea , Aosta , the Great St Bernard Pass , Saint-Maurice , Lausanne , Pontarlier , Besançon , Rheims , Laon , Arras , Guînes and the Channel . |
| 23 | Lord Diplock laid down the essentials for a passing-off action : 1 ) a misrepresentation 2 ) made by a trader in the course of trade 3 ) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumers of goods or services supplied by him 4 ) which is calculated to injure the business or goodwill of another trader and 5 ) which causes actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trader by whom the action is brought . |
| 24 | Factually , it is the operation of the port and opening of the Gillingham Gate throughout 24 hours which is calculated to attract the vehicles up and down those roads in the immediate vicinity of the port . |
| 25 | The percentage is calculated to reduce the WDV to the scrap value over the estimated life of the asset . |
| 26 | The percentage is calculated to reduce the WDV to the scrap value over the estimated life of the asset . |
| 27 | Harkabi described the idea of a ‘ transfer ’ — the mass expulsion of Palestinians — as just the kind of project that is calculated to lend the struggle its absolute , ‘ existential ’ character . |
| 28 | Apart from its main function of storing a set of measures this procedure contains some diagnostics and also outputs a dot each time a measure is calculated to show the user that the program is running correctly . |
| 29 | The input is adjusted to set the output some standard level ( such as the rated output power ) . |
| 30 | As in any library , the material is arranged to suit the specialist : there are magazines featuring chicks with big tits , there are magazines featuring chicks in silk and lace and garter belts , there are magazines featuring chicks getting roughed up . |