Example sentences of "is [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Collins 's expression of self-effacing humility is better than Herbert 's in the sense that Collins 's humility is paramount where Herbert is maintaining a strong concept of self and , indeed , self-applause . |
| 2 | The arguments in favour of the provision of an outer bypass for Edinburgh , designed to a high standard , are so overwhelming that Lothian Regional Council is maintaining a continuing construction programme aimed at completion of the entire bypass by 1990 . |
| 3 | Jackie is maintaining an optimistic outlook for the future . |
| 4 | It may therefore be assumed that a manager is maintaining an adequate policy if the competitive position is being maintained and projections indicate that it is likely to be maintained in future . |
| 5 | One of the most common reasons for a machine not stitching correctly is using a blunt needle or an incorrect size of needle for the fabric and thread . |
| 6 | Steilmann , working in conjunction with leading scientists and investing , to date , DM 5 million , is using a new manufacturing process . |
| 7 | You can always tell someone who is using a digital watch . |
| 8 | In collaboration with the Institute of Hydrology BGS is using a digital terrain model to represent geochemical data from a catchment . |
| 9 | The most popular method or organic farming is using a multi-culture system in which crops are grown and livestock reared . |
| 10 | An operating team from Princess Margaret is using a spare theatre at the RAF Hospital . |
| 11 | The wind is about Force 4 here and Ken is using a large sail . |
| 12 | However , I wonder if the Institute is using a different version of FRS 1 from mine . |
| 13 | From this internal knowledge of Belfast English we can conclude that the speaker who says [ ku : ] for queue is using a careful style strategy to avoid the palatalized segment ( see my comments on avoidance of stigma in chapter 2.6 , above ) , which is a strongly regional marker and also a marker of older male speech . |
| 14 | He is using a human child as research material , removing him from what everybody — our readers — must regard as a normal human life . |
| 15 | That our instinctive loathing for the way Dr. Briant is manipulating human life , is using a human child as a lever to open the box that holds God 's secrets about life , our response , I say , is not reactionary , not the stupid fears of little men , but is born of our awareness of the dangers of knowing too much , is a God-given warning , if you like . |
| 16 | We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits . |
| 17 | Trafalgar House Construction 's Open Learning Centre is using a television-based management training resource as a key element in the development of management skills and work based competence . |
| 18 | Now , North Warren warden Rob Macklin is masterminding a pioneering project . |
| 19 | Bellway is forecasting a pre-tax profit of around £16 million for the year to end-July . |
| 20 | While nobody is recommending investors to indulge in wholesale selling of shares and unit trusts , equally nobody is suggesting a massive buying spree either . |
| 21 | At the same time it is bringing a new generation of management into the MB Group boardroom to mastermind the next phase of the company 's expansion . |
| 22 | On top of this the micro-revolution is bringing a massive rise in computer literacy . |
| 23 | The Government is pursuing a similar line of developments in television . |
| 24 | ‘ It has become quite clear that every authority is pursuing a different model and taking a different approach . |
| 25 | A current research trend , however , is pursuing a unifying concept of susceptibility of disease from powerlessness , that is , having a ‘ lack of control over one 's destiny ’ ( Syme , 1988 ; Haan et al , 1989 ) . |
| 26 | General Instrument Corp says it is pursuing a two-part programme designed to reduce its interest expenses substantially . |
| 27 | Meta says its problems have been compounded by the rise of IBM 's DRDA , which is seeing a tidy flow of SAG members defect to its ranks , including Oracle and Informix , who say they simply can not afford not to pick up DRDA because of IBM 's huge installation base . |
| 28 | The reader is seeing a benign gardener , a cartoon Adam with his trousers tied up with string , who gets his lettuces in on time and knows a Delphinium from a Campanula . |
| 29 | In reality , full scripts are seldom ready in finished form by this date , especially on serials where the pressures on the Script Editor , who is handling a whole team of writers , are extreme . |
| 30 | The Publications Officer is handling an increasing amount of such material , and preparing it to increasingly high technical specifications . |