Example sentences of "[conj] it is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the policy-making area is technical and complex , public officials have a decided advantage , even though the state may not have a total monopoly of technically relevant knowledge in policy areas where it is pursuing corporatist arrangements . |
| 2 | Cleanaway can take liquid PCBs at its Ellesmere Port establishment , where it is building another plant which will take capacity there to 48,000 tonnes annually . |
| 3 | To say that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is to say this : among possible worlds where it is raining , the one which overall is most like our actual world is also one in which the balcony is wet . |
| 4 | UCB has started construction of a new factory in the US , where it is aiming to increase its investments , particularly in the chemical sector . |
| 5 | It should be pointed out , however , that a company need only carry out such a ‘ cost of quality ’ calculation where it is unsure whether the extra effort required to improve quality ( i.e. reliability ) is worthwhile that is , where it is contemplating a trade-off in the area where Berliner and Brimson say a trade-off should not be contemplated . |
| 6 | ‘ I said I was n't here to make moral judgments , that all we wanted was to understand what this project was all about and where it is leading . |
| 7 | Now there 's a new twist : how come we can know when a missile is even threatening to fall on Tel Aviv or Riyadh or Dharan , yet remain ignorant of when the next train will leave Waterloo station — or where it is heading ? |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the Bank of England published a 45-page document outlining its view of the progress made on underlying inflation and where it is heading over the subsequent 24 months . |
| 9 | These include a permanent exhibition of contemporary science , showing ‘ what science is today , how it is being applied , and where it is going ’ , Bray said . |
| 10 | So one would like to know how much calcium there is in cells , and where it is going . |
| 11 | Review your life , and where it is going : — |
| 12 | Make sure you pay the right postage on your letter for the weight , the type of service and where it is going . |
| 13 | At these meetings they help decide what will happen in the unit — what the Company is going to do , where it is going to go and who is going to do what . |
| 14 | It is his mysterious wind , which man can not get under his own tidy control : as Nicodemus was reminded by Jesus , ‘ The wind ( pneuma ) blows where it will , and you hear its sound but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going . |
| 15 | Vision — creating a sense of what the organisation is about and where it is going . |
| 16 | Where it is going to . ’ |
| 17 | In Gurtin in the Omagh area , where Riofinex has already caused huge disturbance to local people simply through its exploration activities and where it is proposing to stripmine for gold , there is strong opposition which stretches across the political spectrum from Sinn Fein to the Democratic Unionist Party . |
| 18 | The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out . |
| 19 | Although it is operating under contractual rules , it is not under any general obligation to follow High Court procedures , such as discovery or the strict rules of evidence . |
| 20 | I could make a few inspired guesses that the machinery will get , not so much cheaper , although it is getting a bit cheaper , but you 'll get more for the same money — rather like calculators _ they have n't actually got very much cheaper in the last two or three years , but you get more for your fiver . |
| 21 | It is business as usual for ENGLAND U21s , although it is saddening to see Martin Turner , a wonderful servant of English ( particularly English junior ) rugby , retiring as chairman of the England U21 panel in favour of Malcom Phillips with John Elliott continuing as team manager . |
| 22 | Lowestoft is a town twinned with nowhere , although it is considering a suicide pact with Basildon . |
| 23 | Although it is appealing to believe that bits of the two stories can be added together , we maintain that there are always two stories to tell and that combinations do not solve the problem . |
| 24 | It seems to have stopped growing , although it is swimming and eating O.K. |
| 25 | It may be a spaceship , although it is moving too slowly to arrive at a star . |
| 26 | Although it is giving some of its ‘ glue ’ source to USL , most of what USL will have and what will be distributed is binary . |
| 27 | The demand for bloodwealth is not an isolated event ( although it is striking ) . |
| 28 | Detention of a whole class may technically still be lawful , although it is becoming increasingly likely that a judge would have doubts about the reasonableness of this course of action where it is known that there may only be one or two culprits . |
| 29 | Belief that , on the other hand , is understood t be an acceptance of fact , and observation of what is the case — as in ‘ I believe that it is raining ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ It is raining ’ is typically caused by and causes the belief that it is raining , and therefore has primarily descriptive meaning . |