Example sentences of "is [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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1 | Doctors at the East London rehabilitation unit where he is recovering are sending him home for Christmas with his family in Chingford , Essex . |
2 | The song he is refashioning is another of Bilbo 's , though it is ‘ to a tune that was as old as the hills ’ . |
3 | Today , the Foreign Secretary could only say that the Prime Minister is still ’ mobilising ’ — though what he is mobilising is not at all clear , because very little appears to be happening . |
4 | What he is suggesting is that the relationship between symbol and symbolised is not only referential , does not simply describe , but is productive , that is it creates . |
5 | I , I think what Richard , what Richard is suggesting is the very sensible way forward in the longer term , whether it makes sense right at this instant is , is another matter . |
6 | What Mr Laycock is suggesting is that a proposal will significantly improve or |
7 | That 's perfectly true , it is a system of the end of the world and my only consc my only complaint is that I do n't think that what my Right Honourable Friend is suggesting is in fact a destruction of the tripartite system . |
8 | Another target that one designer is pursuing is ‘ screen animation in geometry as a means of getting children to say what they see ’ . |
9 | If I could illustrate from two medieval theologians , the two traditions following them in the Tomas tradition righteousness and the moral law of God is seeing is seen as being part of the very being of God himself . |
10 | Because admitting your relationship is foundering is to acknowledge that your home , your security , your way of life and your dreams of the future are all heading for the rocks . |
11 | And I just have the feeling w the point is w what that is proving is we 're good enough , we can compete . |
12 | Obviously , the flavour which whisky gives to a sauce differs from that produced by cognac , armagnac or Calvados ; certainly the aromas coming from the pot while the whisky is cooking are also very different ; but by the time the alcohol has been burned and cooked away I wonder how many people would spot what precisely the difference is . |
13 | In the meantime , the hot product that is cooking is a duplex version of the 3900 , which will have two print engines and will be able to print on both sides of the paper as customers are demanding . |
14 | The best way of achieving this is to secure that what the mirror is reflecting is interesting — perhaps plants , pictures , or even a fireplace . |
15 | What is puzzling is why the United States should hand such a diplomatic prize to China at a time when the original strategic basis of the friendship , mutual hostility to the Soviet Union , seems more tenuous than ever . |
16 | What is puzzling is why these inequalities have widened over the years . |
17 | As far as TV work is concerned , one critic claims the only interesting work the agency is producing is Kiss FM — from an inherited BBDO creative duo . |
18 | Software for most econometric analyses that should be included in the packages which the Centre is producing is already available from academic sources . |
19 | Thus , given the way the word " I " is used , there is no startlingly new information to be derived from a person 's statement " I actually exist " If " Socrates is eating an apple " is true , then clearly there is nothing that can usefully be added to this statement by saying that the apple Socrates is eating is not fictional . |
20 | But since field staff can sample in a day only a minuscule proportion of the discharges and watercourses in their districts , the coincidence of sampling when a serious ‘ one-off ’ pollution is occurring is very unlikely . |
21 | The businesses that Laporte is acquiring are mainly in Germany . |
22 | One of the two motorists Mrs Branch is sueing is Justin Biddle , whose van was the first vehicle to crash . |
23 | One of those Mrs Branch is sueing is Justin Biddle , whose van was the first vehicle to crash . |
24 | What he is asserting is that ‘ I have toothache ’ has meaning in virtue of pain-language taking the place of moaning ; and what he is denying is that saying this commits him to an experiential explanation of the meaning of pain-language . |
25 | What is happening is the discovery that a new method has made its appearance . |
26 | What is happening is that car-owning families are buying another . |
27 | What I think is happening is that a big shoal has moved into the swim ; a very hungry shoal of bream that behave very much like chickens . |
28 | When we are hurt by someone 's behaviour , all that is happening is that we are disappointed because they do not behave in the way we expect and the reality conflicts with our ideals . |
29 | What is happening is that two bones in the body are being pulled together and are wearing each other out . |
30 | All that is happening is that the story is taken over at various points by each of the members of the cast . |