Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gedge 's mother was pleased to see the band put our a tribute to Jones but would have preferred her son 's singing to be given a lot more prominence . |
| 2 | The 1990 winners , Credit Suisse First Boston ( Men ) and Bank of England ( Ladies ) , both seeded one this year , are joined by new entrants , Sainsburys and Midland Bank , in what is proving to be an even keener contest than last year . |
| 3 | Football : ‘ Jacki ’ is proving to be a video nicety : Celtic 's Polish import sounds the alarm bells for England as that crucial World Cup encounter in Chorzow beckons : David Livingstone reports on the Scottish liberation of a footballer who has enlivened the Parkhead terraces |
| 4 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 5 | It may lack a certain flair , it may have a garish badge , it may still be cheap and cheerful inside ( there are now some very attractive leather-look plastics about ) but it is proving to be a reliable , easy-to-drive family car with lots of equipment as standard and rock bottom prices . |
| 6 | Easing inflation is proving to be a painfully slow process and yesterday 's small fall must make any thinking Chancellor wonder whether it is safe to cut interest rates further . |
| 7 | The cost of implementing EC standards is proving to be very serious for Britain 's small and medium sized firms . |
| 8 | It seems that our pursuit of happiness is proving to be much more radical than we bargained for . |
| 9 | Meanwhile — and here is a term that is proving to be particularly confusing — we have had a veritable flurry of activity in the area , or more precisely areas , designated as ‘ information management ’ . |
| 10 | Another strategy — and one which is proving to be very popular in schools with a history of open decision-making — is for the governing body to establish a structure of sub-committees which bring together LEA governors , parent-governors , teacher-governors , co-opted governors , the headteacher and teachers in the making of decisions . |
| 11 | So it is proving to be with the National Curriculum . |
| 12 | Now , with the new movie under his belt , he is proving to be a worthy successor to his father in the business . |
| 13 | The environment is proving to be a recession-proof issue for UK business managers . |
| 14 | The timeless ‘ marcel wave ’ is proving to be a big hit with clients at Paul Nath hair |
| 15 | The database is proving to be a powerful tool during the initial stages of mineral exploration programmes , and database products have been purchased by public- and private-sector organisations . |
| 16 | The database is proving to be a powerful tool during the initial stages of mineral exploration programmes , and database products have been purchased by public- and private-sector organisations . |
| 17 | As Hooper wrote in 1985 , ‘ China 's current educational system is proving to be a highly elitist one . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's going to upset people 's expectations of what a D*Note record is , ’ says Wienevski , who , holed up in a studio and creating his pocket symphonies , is proving to be a man to watch . |
| 19 | Similarly , CPVE is proving to be a useful vehicle for delivering the mainstream curriculum to students with special needs . |
| 20 | The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared . |
| 21 | It is , perhaps , a tribute to the privatisation structure that the market is proving to be very volatile , and industrial customers will not be tied to their suppliers unless they so wish . |
| 22 | ( A similar wide-ranging scheme in Namibia is proving to be a great success , as described on the WWF page in October 1991 . ) |
| 23 | In 1981 there were 480,000 18-year-old girls : 30,000 entered nursing 6.25% In 1986 there are 400,00018-year-old girls : 25,000 have entered nursing 5.635% By 1994 there will only be 300,000 18-year-old girls : HOW MANY WILL ENTER NURSING ? — In recent months , recruitment is proving to be more difficult and many of the London hospitals are experiencing severe staff shortages . |
| 24 | Knowing when to get out is not easy , particularly when the external environment is changing and/or the competition is proving to be more successful . |
| 25 | Firstly , the proportion of teachers who , having successfully completed the first year , stay on into the second in order to obtain the Certificate in Education ( FE ) is proving to be extremely high : for example , of the 1,128 candidates for the first year courses being offered in 1979–80 , no fewer than 1,024 moved into their second year in 1980–1 . |
| 26 | Recently a remedy was introduced that can be added to the pond water and this is proving to be successful . |
| 27 | It is this last which , at the time of writing , is proving to be a major issue of contention in Council meetings , as the Commission and its allies demand a considerable increase in order to fund a further transfer of wealth to the EEC 's poorer nations as part of the ‘ Cohesion Fund ’ . |
| 28 | Now that she can see again she is proving to be a handful of trouble . ’ |
| 29 | The deputy chief executive of London East TEC wrote in an article : ’ LETEC is proving to be an essential catalyst to the economic rejuvenation of the London East area . |
| 30 | THE manager 's job at Amateur League club Crewe United is proving to be one of the hottest seat in local football . |