Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where leaching is of only moderate intensity , cations released during weathering can build up in the solutions moving through the weathering mantle and the formation of cation-bearing clays such as illite and smectite is favoured . |
| 2 | If centring is to be used for main headings , then sub-headings may be either centred or blocked . |
| 3 | Variable speed is almost essential if drilling is to be accurate . |
| 4 | Line and Sandison conclude , ‘ Variations between individual titles , of serials as well as monographs , are likely to be so great that substantial data must be collected for each individual title , perhaps in each library ( certainly in each type of library ) if weeding is to be done on a rational basis ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Lying in hospital with plenty of time to think , one wonders whether racing is worth all the hassle . |
| 6 | Dramatic as imprinting is as a form of learning , it suffered from my point of view from the problem that for a bird to become imprinted requires exposing it to the stimulus , the flashing light or whatever , for a couple of hours ; memory builds up slowly over that time , and so the cellular changes that are going on during the period inevitably intermingle the effects of learning and of visual stimulation with those of memory formation . |
| 7 | Car-sharing has received a recent boost since the petrol price increases ; owners are able to share petrol costs without endangering their insurance policies as long as sharing is on a non-profit basis . |
| 8 | But this was by no means a neurotic homosexuality : For them it was a means to a livelihood , as pimping is for others ’ ( p. 180 ) . |
| 9 | In westernized hierarchically stratified societies , the form this linguistic sex-marking has commonly been interpreted as taking is for women to approximate more closely than men of similar status to the prestige norm . |