Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] it [is] [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looks like it 's going to rain . |
| 2 | The company says that it is making do with a single Intel Corp 80486 processor to drive the device currently . |
| 3 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
| 4 | NEC says that it is planning to create artificial neural network systems to analyse exchange rates and interest rate fluctuations as well . |
| 5 | Although SynOptics already participates in Management Information Base testing for interoperability with NetView/6000 , it says that it is planning to expand this to other management elements such as remote monitoring — RMON , and SNMP Version II agents . |
| 6 | sounds if it 's recording dun n it ? |
| 7 | Maynard , Massachusetts-based Digital Equipment Corp indicates that it is expecting to have conversations with friends at Hewlett-Packard Co in the next few weeks about its participation in the Common Open Software Environment . |
| 8 | Being President also means that it is unsporting to fight too hard for one 's corner on any given issue , as a dignified referee-like stance is required . |
| 9 | In no time at all the rib was ‘ tucking ’ — not on the main bed , as it usually does if it is going to have a fit of tucking , but this time on the ribber bed . |
| 10 | One is Traidcraft 's purchasing policy , which is slightly different to how it decides whether it 's going to buy from a particular group , people who 're producing something . |
| 11 | It also reports that it is refusing to pay ICM for an exit poll that showed Labour ahead : ‘ We 're not paying good money for shoddy goods . ’ |