Example sentences of "the [noun sg] is [adv] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the writer is deliberately exploiting the resources of the written medium , it seems reasonable to suggest that that manipulation constitutes part of the text . |
| 2 | The board is not recommending a dividend because cash management remains a priority . |
| 3 | Completed in 1936 , the brewery is currently undergoing a £53 million four-year modernisation programme to renew production facilities . |
| 4 | The election is also giving a green light for policies about the environment . |
| 5 | Such a clause does not require registration under the Companies Act because the buyer is not creating a charge over his ( the buyer 's ) assets . |
| 6 | The University is not leaving the matter there . |
| 7 | Given the pressure on sites within the Science Area the University is actively pursuing the possible provision of research facilities on other sites within the City , in addition to seeking to acquire the Radcliffe Infirmary ( see para. 3.2 above ) . |
| 8 | The University is currently undertaking a detailed inquiry into the general relationship between college and university responsibilities in respect of undergraduate teaching and graduate teaching and supervision . |
| 9 | The Intellifex is fast becoming the industry standard for effects processors and there are some amazing effects to be programmed and recalled ( via MIDI if you 're so inclined ) . |
| 10 | Well I think you can look at it on two levels and one , one reason is to change the Party structure shake them up a bit , cos there 's , there 's evidence that they were erm you know moving to the right and allying with er rich peasants and landlords , and the other , on the level is actually having a policy which would get mass support and this obviously would require incentives in the form of land to peasants . |
| 11 | The course is already drawing the fans and for action like this , it 's no surprise . |
| 12 | The lighting in the station approach has long been the subject of complain and the Association is actively pursuing the matter with BR . |
| 13 | If the monitor works but appears to have lost one or more of the red , blue or green colours , the cable connecting the card to the monitor is not making a good connection . |
| 14 | These include power to strike out an application because the applicant is not taking the proper steps to further the claim , or because it is ‘ scandalous , frivolous or vexatious ’ . |
| 15 | The industry is also getting a lot more respect from outside than it used to , Mr Hirst believes . |
| 16 | The IBOA is currently awaiting a response from the Bank regarding Re-configuration . |
| 17 | The instrument is reliably detecting a pattern of plant behaviour . |
| 18 | As well as the pain of tax increases , the president is also proposing a stimulus of $16 billion in spending on public works projects and $15 billion in tax breaks for businesses as an immediate step to get the economy moving and combat unemployment . |
| 19 | The department is actively developing a programme of MSc degrees to provide both a grounding in research methodology and the opportunity to develop research competence in particular fields . |
| 20 | The department is currently developing a one-year MSc programme as an introduction to postgraduate study . |
| 21 | When we 're sailing downwind , the wind is simply pushing the boat forward and there 's no sideways force , so we do n't need the daggerboard . |
| 22 | It is a wheel of vanes set at right angles to the sails , so that if the wind is not striking the sails , it must strike the fantail and turn the sails into the wind again . |
| 23 | I think the wind is definitely playing a part . |
| 24 | The journalist is currently writing a screen adaptation of his recent book Naked by the Window , an exclusive account of the death of Ana Mendieta ( the wife of sculptor Carl André ) , who fell from a New York balcony . |
| 25 | This is probably not the time , but the Opposition is already asking the question which economic historians will seek to answer — what did we do with all the money obtained from petroleum revenue tax and privatisation sales , and was it well-used ? |
| 26 | This is another sign that , so far at least , the Opposition is rather getting the better of the ratings ' war . |
| 27 | remember that the horse is perhaps feeling a little weary and that his concentration may wander as he returns to the welcome sight of home . |
| 28 | Or another horse may be described as ‘ too intelligent for its own good ! ’ when in fact the horse is actually demonstrating an unwilling aspect of its temperament when it evades what is being asked of it . |
| 29 | In fact , the equation is more challenging the other way round : Pound thinks Joyce a Phenomenon deserving equal attention with Mussolini — a temperate judgement that the years may be thought to have vindicated . |
| 30 | On the other hand , the administration is also fighting the return of the president 's ‘ wimp ’ image , which is being revived by the criticism from Capitol Hill . |