Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliza is portrayed as the most emotionally-balanced member of her family : she is loving as well as reasonable ( hence the original title of the book — ‘ Love and Reason ’ ) . |
| 2 | Information in the briefing includes who is going Where tonight , and various vehicles to be searched if the opportunity arises . |
| 3 | Mr Kemp said : ‘ Given the scale and complexity of the closure programme , I think it is going as well for residents and staff as it could be at this stage . ’ |
| 4 | Ben Hanbury is flying as well and he picked up the big race there yesterday with White Crown . |
| 5 | Firstly people are living longer , there is low infant mortality , but the average age of the population is rising as well . |
| 6 | If he is , attack while he is rising because then he will have little opportunity to launch a powerful counter-attack . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's what everyone round here is saying as well , ’ the convener agreed . |
| 8 | Nobody is playing as yet , but the lines have been freshly painted , a large old roller is being stored by an elderly man with tribal scars on his cheeks ( like the marks made by French grill pans on bifteck ) , and a big jug of lemon squash is standing in the shade of a little thatched tennis house , protected from the desires of wasps and flies by a beaded lace doily . |
| 9 | The trouble is with demonstrating is talking as well as . |
| 10 | Social skills can involve not only self-monitoring but also monitoring of what another person is thinking as well as doing . |
| 11 | Eight years on , that DIY exercise has become the main display pool , and is working as well as ever . |