Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [conj] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just ca n't believe you 're walking coats and it 's snowing . |
| 2 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 3 | ‘ It is a long , demanding test and it is bound to favour the long hitters . ’ |
| 4 | Newby therefore introduces one further element into the rural deprivation model , namely the relativity of deprivation , and reasserts the two basic problems of the model , the apparent well-being of rural areas based on their attractive environment , and the difficulty of defining deprivation when it is spread in small pockets over much of the countryside . |
| 5 | In this and other ant-inhabited species of Piper in Costa Rica , the ants remove encroaching climbers and it is argued that the plants absorb nutrients from the decaying nest material of the ants . |
| 6 | It is believed , as already mentioned , that one of the greatest pleasures for a child comes from the security it feels when it knows that it is loved , and it is the ability to withhold manifestations of that love for a little while , or threaten so to do , that provides a non-violent means of securing acquiescence when it is required . |
| 7 | Throughout the early reports there is a constant emphasis on the level and content of the work , in an obvious attempt to stress that adults in ‘ deprived ’ areas are capable of undertaking sustained , demanding education if it is seen to be relevant to their needs . |
| 8 | An explanation in any mode will have a displaying function if it is produced to demonstrate what the speaker knows . |
| 9 | The three AA batteries are said to give 40 hours of continues operation , with a Lithium cell providing back-up when it is turned off . |
| 10 | ‘ Bad dream , that 's all , ’ get it now and then , dream there 's this big black bag full of horrible squirming things and it 's tied to my heels . |
| 11 | Where the public lack of confidence focuses on teaching competence and it 's justified then all steps possible should be taken to provide additional training and guidance . |
| 12 | Now he is churning out line with a 15lb breaking strain and it is proving so popular that he has now got rid of the old banger he had been driving around in for years and bought his first executive saloon . |
| 13 | But it is not such a quantum leap to understand two cooking media as it is to grasp the principles of some multi-task ovens which appear to have nearly as many functions as the ubiquitous Swiss army knife . |
| 14 | Dennis Chow , one of the directors , said : ‘ We shall be visiting takeaways over the next six months and giving help where it is needed . ’ |
| 15 | He has been taking medication and it is believed he may have been able to hide some of the drug . |
| 16 | Tertiary intervention , aimed at maintaining health once it is restored , was also discussed . |
| 17 | Revision courses are also offered for students studying privately for the Institute of Housing qualification and it is hoped to provide some help to tenants ' groups in the area . |
| 18 | Not far behind is a second West Country locomotive 34101 ‘ Hartland ’ , which is also fast nearing completion and it is hoped to be in steam by the end of this year . |
| 19 | You can then either hem and gather it with shirring tape before it is fixed to the walls ; or let it gather itself naturally as you push the rods through the turned-over hems at top and bottom . |
| 20 | We 're go entering proposing to enter into legal agreements as well as planning conditions if it is to go ahead . |
| 21 | But the feeble efforts by the Yugoslav army to shake off mounting charges that it is backing Serbian militias in the conflict in Bosnia ended abruptly with the sharp crackle of Serbian sniper fire which sent the entire delegation diving for cover . |