Example sentences of "is [v-ing] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Student Keith Marsh is particularly interested in science and has organised a trip for pupils to use the college laboratories while Clare Phillips is helping in the primary school library . |
| 2 | ALTON 'S nostalgic days of steam could be numbered as the future of the famous Watercress Line is hanging in the balance . |
| 3 | So often the right tool for the job is hanging in the tool shed at home when you are helping a friend in his house , or have broken down in the car away from home . |
| 4 | Charlotte 's husband , Mr Nicholls , is reading in his room , and our servant is cooking in the kitchen . |
| 5 | It 's the catch in her breath tells me she is weeping in the dark . |
| 6 | However , telling lies to the police is assisting in the retention of stolen goods : Kanwar , above . |
| 7 | On a normal day at home , he is given his breakfast , which he may or may not eat depending on his mood and Trish then rides him , unless she is competing in the evening , when she delays it until later . |
| 8 | Barbel Abela is competing in the first round-the-world air race in a fifty-year-old bomber . |
| 9 | Only one Northumberland and Durham diver is competing in the national one metre springboard championships at Huddersfield this weekend , Louise Gibson ( Newcastle ) , holder of three Twin Counties titles . |
| 10 | It now makes perfect sense to give a remedy that is capable of bringing about the same or very similar healing responses , that is symptoms , to the healing response which is occurring in the patient as shown by his individual symptoms . |
| 11 | Heaven knows what pollution of the ocean is occurring in the form of emission of radionuclides , and building up in the various food chains in which plankton play a part . |
| 12 | There is no indication that the same is occurring in the world 's most populous countries . |
| 13 | The actions we are announcing today demonstrate IBM 's continuing resolve to deal aggressively with the difficult transition that is occurring in the computer industry . |
| 14 | The tendency of legal doctrine to permit and even require the directors of a company to weigh the interests of groups other than those of the shareholders is closely allied with the claims that a revolution is occurring in the goals which corporate enterprise sets itself and that corporate managers are assuming for their companies ' social responsibilities . |
| 15 | Mr O'Sullivan said : ‘ If this infection is occurring in the swans again , questions must be asked . |
| 16 | Monitoring of healing is best done with serial ultrasonic scans as this is the best way of producing an image of what is occurring in the centre of a damaged tendon . |
| 17 | It is perishing in the tent , but I ca n't be bothered to dress — it will only take a moment , I tell myself . |
| 18 | Halliday 's analysis is revealing in the way it relates precise linguistic observation to literary effect . |
| 19 | However heartfelt this gesture may have been and even though all the lodges did not display the sign , do the people of Ulster not realize that the Dublin government is interfering in the affairs of our beloved Nation . |
| 20 | He is appearing in the legal action for more than 800 Lloyd 's members who are trying to freeze their assets to prevent loss-making syndicates from calling in deposits at Lloyd 's . |
| 21 | ‘ In case you 've forgotten , ’ he said , eyes flashing , ‘ you are wearing my ring and an announcement is appearing in the South China Morning Post tomorrow morning . |
| 22 | Mira , it seems , is walking in the landscape rather than looking at it from a height : |
| 23 | ‘ But he still enjoys writing and one thing we love Yorkshire for is walking in the country . ’ |
| 24 | Accordingly , his introduction takes the form of a long conversation between himself and an old man , a Beggar , who approaches him while he is walking in the fields after a sleepless night at Chester 's Inn , where the clerks lived . |
| 25 | Father is walking in the garden — waiting . |
| 26 | The interpretation of culture and even the ability to understand what is happening in the society under scrutiny as well as the need to grapple with political or ethical questions are all endless and fundamental problems of the moment ( Phillips 1973 : 78 ) . |
| 27 | It is therefore vital that each team nominates an observer to monitor what is happening in the arena . |
| 28 | Finally to cite the independence movement in Eastern Europe as the antithesis of what is happening in the community is the ultimate absurdity . |
| 29 | To set the ticket price , the agent has to look at what is happening in the industry , what an average ticket price is , and what the touring artist is worth as an attraction . |
| 30 | If I ca n't read or understand something in the paper he discusses it with me — about what is happening in the country or the community or about what politics can mean . |