Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gossip is that she is thinking of resigning from the practice and going back to her home town . |
| 2 | The point at issue is that what is happening is not only a tragedy of today but a portent of tomorrow . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 4 | The weight of the evidence is that it is growing stronger and more united and , as I shall go on to argue , this can be best explained within the context of the culture-ideology of consumerism . |
| 5 | The significance of fantasizing about a new house or a new flat is that one is visualizing a change in one 's work environment . |
| 6 | It is no secret that Slobodan Milosevic [ the Serbian President ] is psychologically a self-destructive , suicidal type , but the trouble is that he is transferring his suicidal madness onto the nation as a whole . |
| 7 | The main thing is that everything is going to be all right ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps the best thing is that he is reacting to noises and the sound of his name . |
| 9 | The answer is that he is guessing . ’ |
| 10 | The likely explanation is that he is feeling contemplative , a little introspective , and he wants a quiet evening at home without the sort of chit-chat that might drown out the TV football commentary . |
| 11 | The government 's official line is that it is aiming for an agreement with East Germany on monetary matters by the end of next month ; it does not deny reports that D-Day for GEMU could be July 1st . |
| 12 | The Revenue 's criterion for determining whether a trustee is a " professional trustee " for this purpose is whether he is carrying out his functions as trustee in the course of his business ( being a business which , as a matter of fact , includes the management of trusts ) rather than as a private individual . |
| 13 | The only problem is whether everything is going to get sucked down in the process . |
| 14 | ‘ Industrial drug research is facing a crisis ’ was the headline of a British Medical Journal editorial recently ; and all the indications in Cured to Death are that it is going to get worse . |
| 15 | When she attends for the first time , she assesses the patient : if he is out of bed and eating his breakfast , for instance , she observes whether he can feed himself , or whether he needs help ; whether he has perceptual problems ; how good his balance is while he is sitting ; whether he is limited by spasticity ; what his posture is like ; and then whether he is capable of standing and walking . |
| 16 | One view of the overall employment implications of new technology is that it is bringing about the collapse of work . |