Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [conj] it is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dare say he felt that all this modern stuff was a bit beyond him , and I must admit that it is getting beyond me . |
| 2 | The satellite pictures shows a lot of cloud just to the east of us , but you 'll see that it is moving away . |
| 3 | I think we 'll find that it is drawing back . ’ |
| 4 | Only time will tell if it is going to be alright . |
| 5 | Imagine a department which can see that it is going to overspend its budget . |
| 6 | Whether the NHS is meeting the needs of the patients and the community , and can prove that it is doing so is open to question " . |
| 7 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |