Example sentences of "it is [adv] beginning " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is nevertheless beginning to demonstrate a willingness to fight its corner should things get tough either after the election or at the periodic review of price limits in three years time . |
| 2 | But it is also beginning to realise that , unless it is careful , it could also face opposition from more unexpected quarters . |
| 3 | Commodore 's CDTV multimedia system , based on its Amiga machine and priced at around £500 , has sold some 15,000 units in the U.K. since its launch last year , and the company claims it is just beginning to take off . |
| 4 | Okay , there is no decision here but I think it is just beginning . ’ |
| 5 | Finally , biotechnology has played a significant role in improving productivity via traditional plant and animal breeding programmes and in controlling environmental quality via waste-water treatment , and it is now beginning to feature prominently in mineral extraction . |
| 6 | Britain , of course , lagged behind the States , but it is now beginning to surface . |
| 7 | It is now beginning to be argued by feminists that in order to deal with pornography and what the phenomenon reveals , we have first to understand it , understand , that is , the meaning and function of fantasy for both men and women , and what effects it has on the rest of one 's life ( see Wilson , 1983 for a summary of this discussion , and also Carter , 1979 ; Linden et al. , 1982 ; Midgley and Hughes , 1983 ) . |
| 8 | Does he also agree that there has been a noticeable change of opinion in the business community , in that in 1990 it thought that we could go into the exchange rate mechanism without any disadvantage whereas it is now beginning to realise that the ERM obliges us to have a higher exchange rate and higher real interest rates than are appropriate for domestic needs ? |
| 9 | However , in a foreword to the report , Lady Howe , the campaign 's chairman , stresses that the initiative is a long-term one and that it is only beginning to get underway . |