Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At St Gabriel , Louisiana , USA , ICI is helping to create new wetlands on the banks of the Mississippi . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Detailed three-dimensional structural analysis of church buildings is helping to reveal great complexity in their development . |
| 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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The EEC is struggling to provide alternative video choices to programmes imported from the USA and other western countries . |
| 11 | Much community education is struggling to achieve that objective . |
| 12 | If someone wants to go from A to B , who else is competing to take that person there ? |
| 13 | In particular it is revealing to consider two principles in deterrence theory which are considered to inhibit ‘ conventional ’ crime — these are ‘ the certainty of being caught ’ and ‘ the severity of the punishment ’ . |
| 14 | Among brothers and sisters it is becoming to entertain each other with witty remarks , hoaxes , family games and jokes , unbecoming to be solemn , to monopolize the conversation , to talk shop , to create emotional scenes . |
| 15 | And when we remember what Eliot did with the gibe , taking it over in the title of Old Possum 's Book of Practical Cats , that collection of whimsical fireside charades in verse , we may well think again about Auden 's comment that in English family life ‘ it is becoming to entertain each other with witty remarks , hoaxes , family games and jokes ’ . |
| 16 | The defendant contract for their negligence is omitting to register this option before the and just before that submission I wish to make . |
| 17 | Another firm , Tiger Rail , is bidding to run three trains a week to carry china clay from Cornwall to Scotland . |
| 18 | A joint venture between the American Mobile Satellite Corp and Cruisephone Inc is bidding to provide cheap telephone service to marine users : using American Mobile 's 70-foot satellite , to go up next year , the companies say they will be able to provide service at around half the price of Intelsat . |
| 19 | BROADGREEN MP Jane Kennedy is bidding to make sure jobs at Liverpool 's new customs offices go to local people . |
| 20 | NHL is endeavouring to arrange alternative cover for its borrowers . |
| 21 | It is looking to open further offices abroad too , to complement the distributor network it has set up across Western Europe , the Pacific Rim and Australia . |
| 22 | AT the start of another sailing season , International 's yacht paints team in Sweden is looking to make better headway this year . |
| 23 | Ferguson said : ‘ I think Howard is looking to strengthen other areas of his team . |
| 24 | Still bubbling after his irresistible display against Turkey in midweek , Wright is looking to inflict more damage on Leeds ' porous defence , which has leaked 28 goals in 15 games — more than any Premier League side . |
| 25 | It hails from a strong mainframe background , which still represents 85% of it sales , though it says it is looking to downsize this commitment to 70% over the next two years . |
| 26 | The WWF is seeking to persuade major timber retailers to sign a pledge that all their supplies will come from sustainable sources by 1995 . |
| 27 | Computer Horizons Corp 's largest shareholder , CGI Informatique SA , itself under agreed offer from IBM Corp , is seeking to persuade other shareholders to overturn corporate policies that it thinks deter potential acquisition offers for the Mountain Lakes , New Jersey company . |
| 28 | He is seeking to promote environmental awareness in a society which , he claims , tends to view such ideas as a western luxury . |
| 29 | It is of course necessary for landowners or prospective purchasers to apply for planning approval in the usual way and such applications may be refused , particularly where the local planning authority is seeking to ensure comprehensive development of an area , of which the site in question forms only a part . |
| 30 | Recovering Alphameric Plc is seeking to raise another £363,000 to bolster its return to prosperity with a placing of 1.29m shares at 28.25 pence a time via Henderson Crosthwaite Corporate Finance Ltd . |