Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a fact that a dog 's senses will deteriorate with age , but because their senses are generally much more acute than ours , we do n't always recognise when one is slowly failing because the other senses adjust so well . |
| 2 | He 's only coming cos you Oh hi ! |
| 3 | He 's better looking than Dot Cotton |
| 4 | I just hope he 's better looking than this . ’ |
| 5 | The combination of suggestion and statement is especially striking when the youth recalls the way the four had divided the treasure , on Brett 's insistence : |
| 6 | A warm , friendly voice is especially reassuring if a partially sighted person ca n't see your expression . |
| 7 | Integration in such circumstances is only enabling if communication is based on a classroom experience which is truly shared between all students and teachers , regardless of the source of that experience . |
| 8 | But of course it is only reassuring if the person can be relied on to be there whenever the need arises — and you can be sure that that is bound to be during the last class hour on the longest teaching day of the week . |
| 9 | The female , beating her wings as fast as 500 times a second creates the high-pitched hum that is so unsettling as you lie in camp trying to go to sleep without a mosquito net . |
| 10 | • The Japanese motoring industry is meanwhile considering if it should slow down its expansion into the luxury car market , due to the Gulf crisis hitting fuel prices . |
| 11 | It has taken the rest of industry in this country a remarkably long time to come around to his viewpoint , but it is finally looking as though the penny has dropped . |
| 12 | The truth is different , of course , and Juliane is just stalling until Maximilian awakens fully . |
| 13 | Echocardiography is superficially appealing since the technique is non-invasive and relatively cheap . |
| 14 | Another favourite is The Bill which is usually starting when I get in from training . |
| 15 | I was going to say , the Centre is still operating although it may be reduced in size . |
| 16 | Jim Bolger is still considering whether to aim his Irish Derby and King George winner at the mile and a quarter contest , but that does not worry Michael Kauntze . |
| 17 | ‘ My maid is still wondering whether she ought to learn to swim . |
| 18 | Keith obviously is still continuing because s again some money was found to keep his , to keep paying him for another few months . |
| 19 | It appears as the instrumental introduction ( and two instrumental interludes ) , it comes four times in each of the two choruses , and it is still going when the song fades out . |
| 20 | The European indoor champion is still deciding whether to lodge an appeal but maintains the stance of innocence he has taken since being sent home in disgrace from Barcelona on the eve of the Olympic Games . |
| 21 | It has also been suggested that the Bond albedo was lower within the last few hundred years and that the atmosphere is still cooling as Jupiter adjusts to its new higher albedo . |
| 22 | Yeah he 's always putting When I was going over to Royals . |
| 23 | A concept which is more encompassing than organised religion is spirituality ( Labun , 1988 ) interpreted as a ‘ search for meaning ’ in one 's life and encompassing theistic and non-theistic approaches , which applies to agnostics and atheists as well as followers of a recognised religious persuasion . |
| 24 | Continuous cardiotocography is more restricting than intermittent auscultation , although the method of fetal monitoring is less important to women than the support they receive from staff or companions . |
| 25 | But all this is gradually changing because the civil war is creating new relations between men and women and that implies a transformation in men as well . |
| 26 | And the next person who 's still talking when no you 're not . |
| 27 | The worst target of all is the one that seems to be near but is forever receding as one gets closer to it . |
| 28 | Mm it 's probably shaking cos it 's up there my leg does that sometimes . |
| 29 | Here Owen is clearly asking whether men were made to just destroy themselves and nature . |
| 30 | Martin Knapp ( 1993 ) has summarized the dimensions along which reform is concurrently progressing as moving from supply-led to needs-led services ; from an emphasis on institutions to a reduced emphasis on institutions ; from a public welfare model to a mixed economy ; and a movement from health service to local authority provision . |