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 .
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