Example sentences of "[v-ing] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely cheating is cheating , whatever form it takes , and I do not believe that the ‘ crimes ’ committed at the Olympics were any worse than that committed in Rome . |
| 2 | In Australia , all launching is done this way , and for a time it was common in the U.S.A. The disadvantages , however , of the low tow position are as follows . |
| 3 | The art of blending is to produce a whisky with a distinctive flavour which will remain consistent , so that drinkers the world over will recognise and be able to enjoy their favourite blend . |
| 4 | It means that the recession which ought to be ending is gathering pace . ’ |
| 5 | Yet already the urgent need to know what is happening is fading . |
| 6 | The best way to understand what is happening is to make a manual slip pattern on the machine , before we move on to electronic patterning . |
| 7 | The best way to prevent such damage occurring is to float a piece of wood or a child 's rubber ball on the water , so that the ice exerts pressure against an object capable of expanding and contracting . |
| 8 | The possibility of conflicts of interest and duty occurring is enhanced by the nature of the organisational structure of the financial services industry , ie the prevalence of conglomerates . |
| 9 | Even though the epidermis appears to be stretched taut over the surface of a structure such as a growing limb bud , its response to wounding is to close over the lesion , rather than to gape more widely . |
| 10 | The reason for the inclusion of the word ‘ limited ’ in the title of limited companies is to enable those trading with the company to know that the liability of members of the company with which they are trading is limited . |
| 11 | Resistivity surveying is based on the principle that underground features such as masonry walls have a high resistance to an electric current , whereas filled-in features , such as ditches or pits , have a lower resistance . |
| 12 | One of the basic problems in surveying is to obtain a good response from one 's informants . |
| 13 | Unwanted movement and twisting is prevented by a connecting Kevlar bar . |
| 14 | And although turbocharging is proposed , a limiting pop-off valve would restrict power to 400bhp . |
| 15 | Where branches are in any doubt regarding the correct action to be taken or whether underpinning is required , the full file should be submitted to HO Home Claims & Support . |
| 16 | The whole of this test pressing is issued for the first time , but the new material consists only of music — there is no more of Elgar 's voice . |
| 17 | On one level you may be preoccupied with establishing greater financial stability but what may be equally as pressing is finding a real sense of belonging and a deep emotional rapport with a partner . |
| 18 | He told Black : ‘ I pronounce this sentence with regret , but the only way to stop you driving is to put you behind bars . ’ |
| 19 | Now er with the vehicles on the road today more and more accidents And certainly motorways , and bearing in mind I would imagine , er would it be true to say that the majority of mo driving is done on motorways and dual carriageways ? |
| 20 | The pastor who is not praying is playing ; the people who are not praying are straying . |
| 21 | To achieve something close to a perfect finish , a little forethought and measurement are essential before the first length of wallcovering is cut to length . |
| 22 | The rated current of a stepping motor winding is assessed on the basis of the maximum allowable temperature rise when the winding is continuously excited . |
| 23 | The excitation winding is connected in series with a small current-limiting resistor . |
| 24 | The stator of each stack has a number of poles Fig.l.3(b) shows an example with four poles — and a part of the phase winding is wound around each pole to produce a radial magnetic field in the pole . |
| 25 | The current in the primary winding is induced by the rotating magnet . |
| 26 | In the opposite case the transistors 12 and are turned on so that the current direction in the phase winding is reversed . |
| 27 | The degree of checking is determined by the section engineer responsible for the project . |
| 28 | 7.6.3.5 the rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by war act of God , government action [ strike lock-out ] or |
| 29 | 7.6.4 The Landlord shall not be liable to rebuild or reinstate the Premises or the Retained Parts if and for so long as such rebuilding or reinstating is prevented by Supervening Events |
| 30 | This process of policy-shaping is held to be legitimate because the local state has to react to popular pressures in devising its welfare systems . |