Example sentences of "is [verb] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun and water power in Toledo : BP Solar Espana is helping to connect a 1MW photovoltaic plant to the Spanish grid near Toledo in central Spain . |
| 2 | It is this willingness to buy anything , and our increasing ability to go into debt to do it , which is helping to power the so-called North American recovery . |
| 3 | But it is a valuable addition to the growing volume of news from Tibet that is helping to undermine the brutal occupation of this tragic region . |
| 4 | By scattering the fertiliser pellets over his vineyard the vigneron is helping to restore the vine 's balance of resources . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Its use is helping to create a change in the nature and pattern of industries , as shown in the next chapter . |
| 7 | A cause for celebration A GRANT from Cheshire Celebration is helping to fund an arts and environment event today at Reaseheath College , Nantwich . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Jamie 's father is helping to organise a protest group , which may yet take Thames Water to court for damages over the cryptosporidia contamination . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He has a right to come face to face with me , and judge for himself whether he can honourably deliver them , and never fear that he is helping to lure a brave man to his death . ’ |
| 12 | The purity and quality of Pryseg , which was the first brand to gain natural mineral water status in Wales in 1986 , is helping to capture a major share of the 1990's market . |
| 13 | Government money is helping to convert a former library in the city centre into 14 flats and bedsits , money which the Enviroment Secretary says must be fought for in competition with other cities . |
| 14 | THE blood-sucking ability of the leech is helping to develop a new family of drugs to treat heart disease . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Now Britain is helping to build a modern fleet for the junta |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If your area is shown as receiving a contribution from the safety net , it is helping to provide the protection for other areas . |
| 20 | The UK remained in deficit with all parts of the world outside the EC , except the oil exporting countries , where the massive Al Yamamah defence contract with Saudi Arabia is helping to maintain a positive balance . |
| 21 | SEAWEED is helping to slash the cost of a new generation of drugs by 1,000 fold , delegates were told yesterday . |
| 22 | But in reality , none of these programmes is helping to increase the production of firewood . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | At Shortwood Farm at Pencombe in Herefordshire , Duchess the Shire horse is helping to revive an ancient tradition . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Francis Maginn dominated the proceedings and proposed a resolution in the following terms : That this Conference is of the opinion that the combined system , as advocated by Dr E M Gallaudet before the Royal Commission , is calculated to confer the greatest benefit upon the greatest number of the deaf and dumb . |
| 30 | Nothing , simply nothing , is calculated to put a railway enthusiast on his mettle than for somebody or some organisation to say that something is impossible . |