Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resulting pollution is effectively killing off the rivers and poisoning groundwater . |
| 2 | The child who is cast in role as abbot of the cathedral is not identifying with some fictitious character called ‘ Abbot ’ , he is merely taking on an abbot 's function vis-à-vis the situation of being in charge of other people in the community , just as the football captain in a game is not playing a ‘ character ’ of a football captain , he is functioning in the required role of being in charge of his team . |
| 3 | She added : ‘ Even if we do n't take an altruistic approach its clear failure to act now is merely building up a very expensive problem for the future ’ . |
| 4 | And of course your parents not wanting you to do something is merely putting out a fire with gasoline . |
| 5 | Claiming that it is merely cleaning up a technicality , the government , in clause 50 of the current finance bill , is cheerily trying to rewrite the law , retroactively , five years after the event . |
| 6 | In this connection thought appears to be divided almost on a national basis , English authors having resorted freely to the assumption that the sea is capable of cutting wide platforms in their interpretation of high level terraces , while American and continental authorities have been much more inclined to doubt whether the sea can cut a very wide bench unless there is progressive drowning of the land or unless the sea is merely trimming up a subaerial surface . |
| 7 | The initial reaction has been that if the Chancellor is only taking out a token sum in higher tax , then the scope for further cuts in interest rates has been severely diminished , and fixed-rate gilt-edged stocks were marked sharply lower . |
| 8 | However , this nutritional " recovery " is only tidying up the physical consequence of the disease . |
| 9 | therefore it is quite important to grasp at this stage that moving the lace carriage to transfer stitches is only setting up the pattern of holes that will next be knitted in by the main carriage . |
| 10 | The ticket clerk , who is a villainous-looking Copt , is apparently adding up the monetary results of his last night 's murders , and dislikes being interrupted . |
| 11 | The UK , which already allows freedom to provide services into its territory , is not taking up the option to require authorisation . |
| 12 | Its major aim , as will appear , is to demonstrate that the crucial medical-legal decision is not switching off a ventilator , but rather , switching it on , either initially or after having once turned it off . |
| 13 | When he is not looking over a sea of grain , is overlooking the sea ! |
| 14 | At other times I may be delighted to see them , for if the writing is not going well the writer welcomes any excuse to lay down his pen or turn away from the typewriter . |
| 15 | The European Environment Commissioner is not singling out the British , even though the Minister and other senior Ministers seek to attack this honourable Commissioner . |
| 16 | But Mr Rafsanjani is exposed to accusations that he is departing from the policies set out by the leader of Iran 's Islamic revolution , the late Ayatollah Khomeini , and may have seized on the Mujahideen attacks to demonstrate that he is not selling out the imam 's legacy . |
| 17 | The commonest start-up problem is not giving Offline the media items to make the copies . |
| 18 | Well the other thing that 's in the back of my mind is I happen to know that Cath is just taking on a new worker |
| 19 | One of the things I will be doing is going round is just checking out the learning goals . |
| 20 | The FBI is already trying out the test and the United States army has expressed an interest in being able to have a genetic record of all its personnel . |
| 21 | In addition the backwash from the last wave is still moving down the beach when the next wave arrives due to the high frequency of the waves . |
| 22 | North Tyneside Council one of the nation 's first victims of poll tax capping is still debating where the axe should fall . |
| 23 | The wrangle over airline stakes has already forced British Airways to rethink its plans , and the much wider argument over farm policies is still holding up the long-delayed Uruguay round of GATT talks on the further liberalisation of international trade . |
| 24 | The company is still paying off the debts incurred when it simultaneously bought itself out from parent company Perkin-Elmer and acquired rival real-time vendor Masscomp , back in 1988 ( UX No 191 ) , but last week filed a public offer of sufficient new shares to raise about $60m . |
| 25 | A baker who has n't had a day off sick in three quarters of a century is still slaving over a hot stove at the age of ( 87 ) eighty-seven . |
| 26 | Motorola , Mace says , is still cleaning up the part and does n't want to announce pricing or general availability until later in the year . |
| 27 | Look at the huge sales of every book by the Big Three ( Drucker , at 84 , is still turning out a book a year ) . |
| 28 | That magnificent engineering achievement the Humber Bridge is further opening up the area , improving communications and eventually leading to an East Coast motorway , linking up with newly completed roads on the north bank . |
| 29 | Datacraft , a $70m Australian integrator , is also picking up the stuff . |
| 30 | The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies , already mentioned , is also building up a library of American law . |