Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | with a s as we were picking up from last week , a c a c in , in a sense that land reform is , is already taking place , there is this sort of groundswell from the masses that to move beyond the , the moderate policy and that is then formalized in the May the fourth directive which marks like the return to land reform going back to and then y y y y you 've got the implementation of that May the fourth directive and then out of a very difficult position in nineteen forty seven when they , they are under attack from the Kuomintang and i in the spring of nineteen forty seven is actually taken by Kuomintang . |
| 32 | And burning it sends huge quantities of carbon dioxide into the air , adding to the ‘ Greenhouse Effect ’ that is already influencing world climates with such disastrous results . |
| 33 | The first project to be developed since privatisation , at Roosecote , is already supplying electricity to the grid . |
| 34 | ‘ Her Grace is already having breakfast . |
| 35 | The part of the Leicester relief road known as the SDDR — the southern district distributor road — is already discharging traffic on to the A6 at Oadby , a borough in my constituency , to the south of the city . |
| 36 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
| 37 | RICHARD ROGERS Ca n't Stop Loving You ( BCM ) ‘ Written and produced by Marshall Jefferson ’ says the sticker on the US version , explaining why this is already doing business on import . |
| 38 | Separately , Computer Associates International Inc , which is already doing Unix versions of its mainframe software , is to do a version of its Unicenter systems management software for Microsoft Windows NT . |
| 39 | This monetary squeeze , which is already retarding recovery , could tip the world economy into a depression . |
| 40 | And he is already preparing Christmas stamps for the Ascension Islands . |
| 41 | Hyundai , meanwhile , is already partnering Metaflow Technology on the high-performance Thunder Sparc , formerly the abandoned LSI Logic development , Lightning , and has poached staff from Sun , IBM , MIPS , Pyramid Technology and Opus Systems to aid that effort . |
| 42 | In fact , wind power is already contributing energy to the national grid in places as far apart as Ilfracombe in Devon , and Ripon in North Yorkshire , with dozens more wind farms planned by the turn of the century . |
| 43 | Maybe it 's the hope that whenever you get there it will be populated with totally happy families , a Dad that is always helping Mum , and the parents giving the 2.2 children their every hearts desire . |
| 44 | The Electricity Board is always having power cuts . ’ |
| 45 | If it is extremely fortunate , it may become a double-suckler by finding a female whose pup has just died and who is still producing milk . |
| 46 | If it is accepted that general management is still gathering momentum , more may yet be to come . |
| 47 | ‘ We saw her yesterday afternoon and though she is still getting treatment she is better . ’ |
| 48 | Horseshoe Quarry , that well known hole in the ground , is still getting attention from its favourite son , Jim Kelly . |
| 49 | Her wrists were reset and to this day , two years later , she is still seeking compensation . |
| 50 | He is still taking medication for injuries to his hand caused by the extreme cold blowing in through a hole in the fuselage during a ten-hour flight . |
| 51 | The rebuilding is still taking place , but while they perhaps lack Wigan 's all-round capability , some of the assurance that carried them so successfully through two-thirds of last season has looked to be returning , and they could possess the forward strength to disrupt Wigan 's composure . |
| 52 | Today , much the same debate is still taking place . |
| 53 | Contact lenses are less frequently prescribed for children than spectacles because physical growth is still taking place and because they are relatively more expensive . |
| 54 | I mean to give an earlier example , when at the beginning of this century , Mendel 's laws of genetics were rediscovered and an enormous growth of genetics took place and indeed is still taking place , initially Mendelism was seen by it 's practitioners and by biologists as a whole as a challenge to Darwinism , as an alternative to Darwin , and great fights took place for twenty years or so between the Darwinians and the Mendelians . |
| 55 | My father Arthur was secretary of the Southern Division for a number of years and is still enjoying life to the full . |
| 56 | In such a situation , it is hard to believe Zarei 's claim that he is still enjoying running , but an essential part of the make-up of any top ultra runner is a fierce determination to test themselves to the limit . |
| 57 | Charles Manson was not merely a symptom of the drug age ; he was the epitome of a certain sickness that gripped some sections of society , by whom he was exalted as the inspiration for the killing of so-called pigs , the word daubed in blood on the living-room walls of director Roman Polanski 's home , after the so-called Sharon Tate murders , for which the bearded prophet of the drug age is still serving life . |
| 58 | Geothermal power ( heat from rocks ) is a technology that is still undergoing research in this country and which is seen by the Government as an energy longshot . |
| 59 | ‘ Your work is still creating interest , and the women of the Fabian Society are talking of following it up with a scientific examination of the social and economic condition of the women in the poorer parts of London , carrying on where Booth in his great survey of poverty left off . ’ |
| 60 | He is still receiving treatment and with Canadian international Forrest still sidelined with a stomach muscle problem , it could mean a first team debut for Jason Winters . |