Example sentences of "is [v-ing] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | economic about Taiwan and there 's a great deal of irony in this because you know here you are in the nineteen fifties in China rich peasant economy which is accepting and preserving inequalities |
| 2 | Again , we assert it since we accept ( i ) an independent nomic conditional roughly to the effect that in the world as it is , and within certain large limits as it might be , if it is raining and certain other things are the case , then the balcony is wet , and we also accept ( ii ) that those other things are the case . |
| 3 | What is the explanation of why I am right to conclude , as I am , that if it is raining and certain other things are true , the balcony is wet and , in brief , that it would be wet no matter what else were true ? |
| 4 | To reduce RE to opposing camps of Christianity versus world faiths is belittling and damaging . |
| 5 | It is demanding and monotonous work . |
| 6 | the sounding board — actively interested in what is happening and able to give good advice . |
| 7 | It is untrifling and serious , even open to the charge of blasphemy . |
| 8 | Comlon as a part of its employee relations policy is restructuring and improving internal communications and repackaging the payment systems . |
| 9 | On with the motley , the show must go on , smile though your heart is breaking and other assorted clichés . " |
| 10 | The basic aim of any damping scheme is to extract stored mechanical energy , which is in the form of rotational kinetic energy when the system inertia is moving and potential energy when the system is displaced from its equilibrium position . |
| 11 | Would my honourable friend er recognise that just up the River Thames from er the South Thames tech is the Surrey tech which is doing and excellent job with local industry in re-skilling particularly younger people and this partnership with industry , not just dependent on what the government does , but what industry itself does to try and help people get back into jobs with the new challenges that are coming from the difficulties that are presented by higher calibre needed particularly for school leavers and other and will he w would she welcome the Surrey tech 's initiative ? |
| 12 | This is the Monin-Obukhov length ; like the Richardson number it is defined to be positive when the stratification is stabilizing and negative when it is destabilizing . |
| 13 | It seems to me it 's almost impossible to do so , because what is threatening and abusive in one situation would n't be in another . |
| 14 | It will only be able to achieve this if the LIFESPAN system is running and available ( i.e. logicals are set up correctly ) , if the User Name/Password are valid , and if that user is not already logged into LIFESPAN ( either interactively or via PI or PMR ) . |
| 15 | It will only be able to achieve this if the LIFESPAN system is running and available ( i.e. logicals are set up correctly ) , if the User Name/Password are valid , and if that user is not already logged into LIFESPAN , either interactively or via PI or PMR . |
| 16 | It will only be able to achieve this if the LIFESPAN system is running and available ( i.e. logicals are set up correctly ) , if the User Name/Password are valid , and if that user is not already logged into LIFESPAN , either interactively or via PI or PMR . |
| 17 | The contribution of librarianship as a whole , including the public library sector with its schools services , as well as other groups within the profession , to supporting the needs of teachers and students , is increasing and important , and not only in the resource-based learning field . |
| 18 | These figures indicate that the number of potential dependants in the population is increasing and likely to go on increasing . |
| 19 | The number of unemployed is increasing and human beings have failed us , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The role of general practitioners is changing and expanding . |
| 21 | My belly is writhing and wriggling ! |
| 22 | This inappropriate behaviour can indicate the level of distress or anger that the child is feeling and extensive investigations into family functioning are indicated . |
| 23 | She is maddening and charming . |
| 24 | The telepathy is working and extra singles are being clocked up . |