Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pink of this species is generally verging on pale purple , and extends from the head in a wedge which tails off to the lower part of the back of the body . |
| 2 | If the press is not reviewing other media , it is normally reporting on current events . |
| 3 | The army 's ballistic missile defence command in Huntsville , Alabama , is still working on missile-based ‘ terminal ’ defence design to stop missiles as they approach their target . |
| 4 | Tonight snow is still lying on high ground , but the floods are falling . |
| 5 | Mlle Adjani , who made her first film , Faustine , at the age of 16 and is best known for The Story of Adele H , is now working on new film projects and promoting Christian Dior . |
| 6 | Sapiens International Corp NV has definitive agreement to acquire SmartStar Corp , the privately-held Goleta , California that came up with the first applications generation language for Digital Equipment Corp 's VAX/VMS , and is now working on object-oriented user interfaces for databases . |
| 7 | The Purchaser is however insisting on certain statements being made before he agrees to buy — and they are more accurately termed warranties . |
| 8 | Sybase is currently working on new software engineering repository front-end systems using object-oriented and multi-media technologies derived from its Gain Technology acquisition , which according to Sybase vice-president of marketing Stewart Schuster , is now focusing Microsoft Corp-based development on Windows NT rather than Windows or MS-DOS . |
| 9 | Sybase is currently working on new CASE and repository front-end systems using object-oriented and multi-media technologies derived from its Gain Technology acquisition , which , according to Sybase vice president of marketing , Stewart Schuster , is now focusing Microsoft Corp-based development on Windows NT rather than Windows or MS-DOS . |