Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wait until September before she starts another novel is mostly owing to her publicity commitments . |
| 2 | ‘ I heard this morning , through Guy 's fiancée Nicola Schreider , that Guy is secretly negotiating with Farthingdales , ’ she said shakily . |
| 3 | Prince Charles is sitting with his legs spread but there is a give-away sign of his unease : he is nervously playing with his cuff-links . |
| 4 | Others , and this is most telling in the religious context , abandoned Christianity and became Muslims . |
| 5 | A touching 86% agreed that ‘ sex is most fulfilling with the person you love ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I feel extremely anxious about you , being well aware that this time of year is most trying in England . |
| 7 | It is most demanding in terms of irrelevant information — the information I think is irrelevant , all the extras — bits and pieces … |
| 8 | When , in One Hundred Years of Solitude , the last Aureliano Buendía tries to persuade others of the truth of his version of certain events , he runs up against the scepticism of the local priest who , ironically , is conspicuously lacking in the certainties which he is supposed to embody : |
| 9 | Doubtless that is not so much a reality as an ideal — and one for which due respect is conspicuously lacking in the ethos of the STV . |
| 10 | But much , in any case , must be allowed to a man who is single-handedly fighting against the times . |
| 11 | I find it to be an irritating reminder that the solid rail service taken for granted by this part of the country , the one that provides an essential lifeline spring , summer , autumn and winter , is eventually going to be lost to these seasonal theme-park trucks full of florid , truffle-guzzling lounge lizards . |
| 12 | If the end result is eventually going to be thrown away ; memos , reports , flyers , price lists and so on , then page printer output is probably more than adequate . |
| 13 | But if PRP substitutes for existing pay , it is rarely going to be practicable for the employer to pocket the whole of the saving , since this would imply not only a reduction in the employees ' gross pay , but also an element of risk in remuneration that had previously been assured . |
| 14 | With Hartie mortally wounded by the vengeful NZRU council , Kirwan has now made himself available and the newly appointed backs coach Earle Kirton has been heard suggesting that ‘ King John ’ might be assigned a new role at centre , a position he is successfully filling for his second division Italian club Thiene who are coaches by another Kiwi , John Boe . |
| 15 | AMERICAN born Lisa Price , now living in Llanidloes , has been appointed sales manager for Radio Maldwyn , and is successfully canvassing for advertisers in time for the independent local radio station 's launch on July 1 on 756kHz medium wave . |
| 16 | This is what is effectively happening in the scenario posed . |
| 17 | It would seem that erm i it was n't in the interests of one 's ultimate reproductive success to be too easily satisfied too much of the time because remember , it 's a question of relative reproductive success an and the individual that gets that little extra is is effectively gon na be , gon na be the one selected , so yes I would think that erm it 's probably naive to think that natural selection would , would make you feel er satisfied and content all the time it would probably induce erm a state of mild chronic discontent which is I think what most people actually experience in life |
| 18 | Although Table 16–2 shows that the income tax system in the UK is progressive , it is the entire structure of taxes , transfers , and public spending that we must examine before we can judge how much the government is effectively redistributing from the rich to the poor . |
| 19 | The fire is slowly spreading from the 3rd floor in both directions . |
| 20 | Redmond , now with Oldham , is slowly recovering from the misery of his final few months at the club he joined as a boy . |
| 21 | All that and Benn has made the grand gesture of giving his new WBC belt to his first conqueror , Michael Watson , who is slowly recovering after the brain damage he suffered against Eubank last year . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ Time is running out , Northern Ireland is slowly developing into a Bosnia situation . |
| 23 | Because the man continues his role outside the home he provides a window on the adult world which may be sorely needed by his partner when she fears she is slowly sinking beneath piles of dirty nappies and baby talk . |
| 24 | Unisys Corp is slowly settling on Staffware as its workflow automation software , Unisys Information Systems having pledged to make it their only workflow offering , renamed their Staffware-derived OFIS Procedures product back to the generic labelling Staffware and a co-marketing agreement with the Staffware company : Staffware has also nosed out the Dublin-created Workhorse workflow software at Imix , Arix 's imaging arm , in Imix' Supervision integrated imaging and workflow system . |
| 25 | While the balance of research is slowly shifting from the US , Britain and a few other European nations and toward the Pacific rim , change in this area will come quite slowly . |
| 26 | She is slowly coming to terms with her past and exorcising the ghosts . |
| 27 | Support for him is slowly growing among influential Tories . |
| 28 | With the lack of grazing pressure much of the scarp slope has developed scrub and is slowly reverting to woodland . |
| 29 | And erm this one is slowly closing on that one , this one is catching up on this one at quite a rate of knots . |
| 30 | If there is some improvement , persist for another month or two — the Candida is slowly dying of starvation , and it may take a little while to finish it off entirely . |