Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Bush is recovering after he collapsed during a banquet in Japan . |
| 2 | ( So much so that , although I believe in God , my great difficulty is accepting that he believes in us ! ) |
| 3 | This is what Thomas S. Szasz is implying when he writes about ‘ definition ’ : ‘ In the animal kingdom , the rule is eat or be eaten ; in the human kingdom , define or be defined . |
| 4 | Er , there are , I think it 's ten columns and thirty one rows , erm , so that you can plot where your money is going if you need to . |
| 5 | Well erm two families discover how the divide between north and south is narrowing and one lives at Wigan one family lives at Wigan and the other family , no er yeah the other family live at Bedford . |
| 6 | He said from experience that in using an agency it was extremely difficult to get even a small number of carers , quote , you know who is coming when they arrive through the door , unquote . |
| 7 | What we will be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that customers can see before they enter into the transaction and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 8 | No , what we would be doing is saying that it has to be clearly stated so that the customers can see before they enter into the transaction , and then we expect competitive forces in the market to make sure that the charges do n't get unrealistic . |
| 9 | I appreciate the point that my hon. Friend is making and I know of his support for museums and galleries in York and in Yorkshire . |
| 10 | It enables you as the writer to tell the reader just as much of what your detective is thinking as you want to . |
| 11 | The phone is ringing as I come through the door of my office . |
| 12 | The phone is ringing as I fumble with the key , my bladder is bursting and as I fall into the room I 'm undecided which call to answer first . |
| 13 | Potential meaning is meaning as it resides in the speaker 's unconscious even when he is not speaking . |