Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either that or he is doing this with deliberate skill to gain her confidence . ’ |
| 2 | It is this that one is seeking to transmit and show , and it is this which is the key to the wholehearted and free contribution of the individual . |
| 3 | It is precisely this that she is seeking to obtain in this case . |
| 4 | It is quite clear that nothing is missing from the other end of the Interludium as it was copied on to this vellum : the vellum had already been cut to its surviving top edge by the time the Interludium came to be written on to it . |
| 5 | Reaction to the latest rise makes it clear that everyone is watching out for another eruption of internal discord on the exchange rate between Sir Alan Walters in Downing Street , and Mr Lawson in the Treasury . |
| 6 | Thus when analysing organisational goals , one must be clear that one is referring to the objectives officially sanctioned in the organisation , and not to the goals that organisations pursue . |
| 7 | In other situations , however , PH 's pattern of responding makes it clear that he is recognizing familiar faces at an unconscious level . |
| 8 | Some will think him a spiritual butterfly , some an intellectual too ready to be hoodwinked ; but his searching has a definite progress to it , and the heights and depths encountered in this book make it clear that he is getting somewhere , often against his own will and inclination . |
| 9 | In the British case ( and Saunders makes it clear that he is generalising about the home in British society ) the best way in which the occupant of a house can acquire ontological security is through being its owner . |
| 10 | Mark 's promise that the Holy Spirit will look after their words when arraigned before councils for the sake of the gospel is brought into the Mission Charge by Matthew : it seems clear that he is looking forward from an isolated incident in the ministry of Jesus to the continuing mission of the post-resurrection church of which he was a member . |
| 11 | It makes it a criminal offence for the advertiser to fail to make it clear that he is selling in the course of a business . |
| 12 | Medicine Mr Portillo has made clear that he is examining every possible area of Government spending in the task of cutting the bill before the Chancellor 's next budget in November . |
| 13 | If a bank is not recognized , it can not use the word ‘ bank ’ in its title ( unless it is an overseas bank operating in the UK and it is made clear that it is using the title ‘ bank ’ because it is entitled to do so in its country of origin ) . |
| 14 | It clear that it is costing British jobs on a substantial scale and that it will continue until the unfair practices cease . |
| 15 | The health authority has made it clear that it is initiating an inquiry to establish the levels of staffing and back-up staffing that are necessary to ensure that there are no shortages . |
| 16 | IBM has invested so much in the development of , and so much more in the marketing of , OS/2 2.0 that it has to plough on with it even if in 18 months ' time it becomes clear that it is becoming at best a respectable also-ran in the desktop stakes . |
| 17 | ‘ We should like to see parents control the amount of time their children spend on computer games , especially if it becomes clear that it is becoming more than a normal hobby , ’ said the PAT deputy general secretary , Jackie Miller . |
| 18 | Thus it is clear that it is owing to her body that a woman is defective . ) |
| 19 | Thirdly , the chances are high that it is sitting atop an ancient tectonic boundary that runs east-west under the Mediterranean — this is where the African and Eurasian plates are in contention . |
| 20 | I am afraid that he is getting very near to the Nuremburg defence of saying that he was only obeying orders . |
| 21 | ‘ The system can cope with this and there is understanding . ’ |
| 22 | By means of the different colours , it should be possible to decide which blade is running high and which is running low ( Fig. 4.2 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Change-orientation ’ is the youngest and it is gaining ground . |
| 24 | Until recently , there have been no established codec standards and one system can only speak to another if it is using the same compression-decompression algorithms . |
| 25 | ‘ The breaks are probably where the mobile is moving from one cell to another and he is searching through to catch up with the conversation again in the next cell . |
| 26 | In the fourth Gospel Jesus tells his followers , heart-broken because he is going to leave them , that it is better for them that he should do so : |
| 27 | Antennae keenly tuned by the hopes of lucrative business , the new director , Bernard Herdan , was quoted in the Independent on Sunday as looking forward to even greater wonders : ‘ The day is not too far distant when we will be able to tell the ordinary public whether it is going to rain in their street within the next hour . ’ |
| 28 | There is also a suggestion that the Council of Ministers meet in public when it is acting as a legislative body , a suggestion which some parliamentarians first attribute to Mr Tony Benn in his days as Energy Secretary . |
| 29 | They are interrupting my fixed gaze into the third ring of the electric fire , or my autistic pacing around the living room , as I try to determine whether the print that I thought was beautiful is in fact so vulgar that it is lying in wait to expose me to ridicule . |
| 30 | Ms Davidson , a Darlington artist , is based at Woodham Comprehensive where she is running a photography project for pupils . |