Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [is] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strides through the kitchen , where Marjorie is listlessly loading his soiled breakfast things into the dishwasher , and runs up the stairs . |
| 2 | From a behavioural standpoint the issues are the same as in any other field where technology is simultaneously providing many new facilities for supporting and measuring human performance . |
| 3 | Sweden is the biggest market in Europe for Courtaulds ' International and VC Systems yacht paints , although recession is currently holding back demand . |
| 4 | The entire courtship was only 12 weeks long so Jim is now hoping to find time to get to know Sara better . |
| 5 | He explains that although DG is currently incurring losses , the company 's balance sheet remains healthy in comparison to those of its rivals . |
| 6 | Most of these customers represent traditional nuclear business but their requirements are in decline , so AEA is actively developing new business such as technical services for the oil industry , safety consultancy for the transport industry , environmental research for the water industry and process engineering for the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 7 | The Russian car market is growing and other companies are already moving in , so Rover is probably timeing this quite well . |
| 8 | Although multimedia is rapidly changing the way computers look and feel , it is in communications where it is likely to have the greatest impact . |
| 9 | ( June 22-July 23 ) Although Jupiter is now sparkling away in your own birth sign and you in turn should feel decidedly more buoyant or optimistic , unfortunately , the atmosphere at home is likely to remain strained during the first few days of the month . |
| 10 | Those assets include Minder , Rumpole of the Bailey and The Bill , although Carlton is still negotiating with Thames for any future productions of The Bill for the ITV network . |
| 11 | M4 , that 's pretty busy too , although traffic is slowly starting to ease up along there . |
| 12 | A34 not causing any problems at the moment although traffic is steadily moving round those road works . |
| 13 | Although BR is belatedly training its staff to do just that , it is unlikely to have much effect . |
| 14 | Thames TV made £17m although Rumbelows is still losing money . |
| 15 | If Ferguson is really searching for someone to put the finishing touch to his team 's chances and not his own , he would be better offering the job to one of these often maligned stabbers-in of trifles . |
| 16 | Imagine , he finally splutters , ’ all these little rich old ladies listening to techno It looks like Detroit is finally recognising its brightest new industry . |
| 17 | And if Wordsworth is simply describing one thing in terms of another , then the case for a ‘ Christian ’ Tintern Abbey or 1805 Prelude breaks down . |
| 18 | Oh he could do with that cos Emily 's always asking me |
| 19 | Or , if anger is still spoiling your relationship with someone , then consider expressing your feelings directly to them , even if the incident occurred some years ago . |
| 20 | And in fact it is as if we 're having , it is if George is actually having two conversations at the same time . |
| 21 | Aids researchers are now investigating if HIV is somehow triggering the suicide response of protective white blood cells , stripping the body of immunity . |
| 22 | This is because prayer is simply allowing ourselves to become new persons in Christ , reshaped in our attitudes and emotions . |
| 23 | ‘ But we do n't know how it ends yet , because Sister 's still reading it out to us , ’ said Jennifer . |
| 24 | I 'm just going to grab a bit to eat , because Alan 's still filling out the induction reports , but do n't leave yet until you 've got your induction report , please . |
| 25 | If they know which party you are from and say , ‘ Oh I expect I 'll vote for you ’ , they probably mean ‘ I wo n't , but I want to get rid of you quickly because Dallas is just beginning ’ , or , I 've no idea and I 'm really not interested — politicians are all the same . ’ |
| 26 | And this is sometimes where we slip up because fire is still prevailing with us even when we 're in home . |
| 27 | No apparent damage , because Niki is now reeling in car after car and when he overtakes Senna , he thinks he 's in second place . |
| 28 | It is not language since Hobbes is here talking about the prelinguistic child . |
| 29 | Since DOL is hopefully making a comeback this evening for the reserves it leads me to this question . |
| 30 | Since IBM is also downsizing the basic building block for its MVS mainframes with a view to moving to a moderately parallel mainframe architecture , it seems likely that the planned processor-Taligent combination would also succeed the CMOS ES/9000 chip that the company plans to make the basis of its future parallel mainframes over the next couple of years . |