Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a word which everyone is using and it 's almost like confetti . |
| 2 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 3 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 4 | ‘ It is cooling because you are so late . |
| 5 | But Phillip Chubb is in our group And he wants to be Robin Hood And Ann Boot is sulking because she 's not with her friend And I do n't see why I should be wood . |
| 6 | It is no good complaining about militants running everything if we have not spotted what is happening because we 're so busy doing it the way ‘ we always do ’ . |
| 7 | Well , I think we should tell national office that this is , you know , this is happening and it 's not on ! |
| 8 | Yet this is exactly what is happening and it is also happening with the schools in a reactive stance . |
| 9 | Mr Brown 's girlfriend is dying and he 's really cut up about it . |
| 10 | Through collecting up-to-the-minute information on what is selling and what is n't , and then making it available to suppliers via EDI , it becomes possible to achieve a stock replenishment process that is highly responsive to customer demand . |
| 11 | The name documentation is deceiving as there is very little paperwork and the department 's tools are computers and the software packages MINISIS and QUIXIS . |
| 12 | The inevitable conclusion which will be jumped to is that he is going because there is about to be some momentous U-turn over Maastricht now that Britain 's presidency of the EC is over . |
| 13 | ‘ It is astounding that he was up there for all that time in such a busy area without anyone noticing , ’ said Det Insp Martyn Evans . |
| 14 | Now she is wishing that I was back at work . ’ |
| 15 | or even if he , even if he is doing that he 's not gon na , he 's not gon na |
| 16 | If he ( the magistrate ) is saying that everything is all right , than this is all lies . ’ |
| 17 | It seems the supplier is saying that there is n't a fault at all , leaving the onus on you to establish that there is . |
| 18 | De Maistre is saying that there is surely a contradiction between the revolutionary dogma that all men are born equal and the observed fact of cultural diversity . |
| 19 | He is saying that he is not in favour of NATO 's present policy of maintaining adequate sub-strategic forces based in Europe and of ensuring that they are maintained and kept up to date . |
| 20 | Change is threatening when you are not confident of your own resources . |
| 21 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 22 | Which is recognizing that it 's not there to start with . |
| 23 | Prince is now demanding listeners as mixed up and variegated inside as himself , and is finding that there are n't that many around . |
| 24 | ‘ The IRA are sure that somebody in the organisation is talking and it 's really put the wind up some people . |
| 25 | But Devenish is discovering that there is as much profit on a plate as in a pint . |
| 26 | Now it is rarely seen , though the present herb revival is ensuring that it is once more being propagated and distributed . |