Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [is] " in BNC.

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1 The reason so many things are delayed is that they have to be perfect .
2 The way that university library budgets are calculated is changing , and there is no reliable overview of current practice .
3 However , giving rules for determining where the boundaries are placed is not easy , except in cases where a clear pause separates tone-units .
4 The immediate haemodynamic effect of interrupting blood flow to the low resistance placental circulation while the umbilical arteries are pulsating is an abrupt rise in systemic arterial pressure with possible deleterious effects .
5 When the condition you refer to as ‘ the burning ’ surges through your flesh , what you are given is the capacity to step beyond the strictures of the logical universe humans have inflicted upon themselves .
6 You 're then taken down into the operating theatre and the first injection you are given is usually something on the lines of erm er special K , ketomine or the most common one is
7 He has also , inquiries revealed , sold rather more than the 40 or 50 paintings suggested by the Saatchi Collection spokeswoman in mid-week , and the pattern of his sales suggests that what we are seeing is rather more radical than a ‘ refinement ’ of the collection .
8 The long opening sequence , detailing a mismanaged operation of a baby 's delivery , is an extraordinary feat of simulation , yet it also tends to defeat realism because we know what we are seeing is not really happening .
9 I will argue , first , that we are inveterate formers of hypotheses about what we are seeing ; second , that computers can only be programmed to see things if they are provided with suitable models ; and third , that our habit of guessing what we are seeing is astonishingly successful .
10 But we must be sure that what we are seeing is a true feeding roll and not just any surface activity , for bream do frequently appear at the surface when feeding is far from their thoughts .
11 What we are seeing is not churchmen meddling in politics but following through the logic of their theology which Professor T. F. Torrance has dubbed ‘ a radical disjunction between faith and reason . ’
12 What we are seeing is not some kooky ‘ Generation with no name ’ but a crisis , in , well ( sorry to sound so meaningful ) , Western philosophy .
13 commented Jo , ‘ The overall standard of the children we are seeing is gradually improving although we still need to encourage many more children to play tennis ’ .
14 The restructuring that we are seeing is mirrored on the continent .
15 : ’ Speaking in London almost a year after becoming Chairman of British Coal , Mr. Clarke said — What we are seeing is a sort of energy arms race , with attempts to justify it on the grounds of guaranteeing security , diversity and competition — but in reality , guaranteeing nothing but higher electricity prices , a rapid abandonment of other fuel reserves , and reliance on as yet unproven overseas resources . '
16 What we are seeing is the emergence of much more diverse and fluid organisations operating on much smaller local units .
17 When you shine a torch at something you what you are seeing is light being reflected back on to things into your eyes .
18 His popularity , and the seriousness with which his views are treated is a measure of his achievement .
19 Secondly , how well those made redundant are treated is an important factor in maintaining the morale of those who stay behind .
20 For policymakers the key point to recognise is that the way that people whom the organisation wishes to lose are treated is paramount , not just for their sakes , but also for those whom the organisation wishes to keep .
21 The definition of Christian marriage we are using is :
22 Never use silver dip or abrasive powders on gold and be sure to check that any commercial cleaner you are using is specifically designed for gold .
23 This is why we now put ‘ Cichlasoma ’ in inverted commas — we have to call these fish something , and the parentheses indicate that the name we are using is not a correct scientific one .
24 In other words their comprehension is at fault , or put another way the text they are using is too difficult for them .
25 At the end of the last chapter , it was apparent that the classification scheme which we are using is fallible .
26 Where murmurs have been heard is in the area of bouncer-restriction .
27 The extent to which insect flight-muscles are developed is , as one would expect , correlated with the capacity for flight .
28 If the soil that has been excavated is in poor physical condition , discard it and backfill with sand or pea gravel .
29 As we saw last month , the row you are knitting is five rows down inside the card reader so , to mark the card , locate the row on which you want to change colour , and then count up five ( not including the row on which you want to change colour ) and mark the card .
30 For these ‘ immigrants ’ to start demanding having a say in the way their pupils are taught and what they are taught is viewed with great disdain …
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