Example sentences of "[conj] he is [adv] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his leaning is towards the physical side , or his leaning towards to biological side , to take chemistry , biology and physics , to take those subjects in the sixth form at A level , and then come straight to university and develop his inclinations in the way that he is here to do . |
| 2 | Another insight that has been coming to me consistently is that instead of beseeching God to undertake certain actions or to grant certain mercies or blessings we should state our faith that He is already and always at work in the way that we desire , so that our petition becomes an expansion of our address to Him , a relative clause expressing our conviction of faith that He is already doing what we were about to request Him to do . |
| 3 | He has the less scruple in issuing such orders because he can say that he is really doing what is in the man 's own highest interest . |
| 4 | The commonest explanation of King Hussein 's behaviour is that he is only doing what he has always done best : surviving . |
| 5 | Now , after two or three treatments , his coordination has improved and he is also doing much better at school . |
| 6 | And he is still doing so . |
| 7 | Shylock says himself that it is not only a Jewish teaching , it is also a Christian 's way of thought , and he is only doing what a Christian would do : ( Act 3 , Scene 1 , lines 54–55 ) |
| 8 | Royle added : ‘ Olney has taken time to settle in but he is full of running and he is now doing okay . |
| 9 | He wrote in an essay published in 1937 that an artist must lead a " commonplace life " if he is properly to do his work . |
| 10 | But he is already doing that in clause I 3 , so the principle is already there . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr. Bishop is mistaken in thinking we are litterbugs , but he is only doing his duty in taking steps to protect Ferngrove Park . |
| 12 | His successor , President Patricio Aylwin , has coped with that legacy not by trying soldiers for military murders , but by waiting for General Pinochet to discredit himself , as he is rapidly doing . |