Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For instance , it is compatible with the results of all actual and possible measurements to hold either that the universe is of a fixed size or that it is expanding at a constant rate . |
| 4 | It follows that if it is raining then the balcony is wet . |
| 5 | What is the explanation of why I am right to conclude , as I am , that if it is raining and certain other things are true , the balcony is wet and , in brief , that it would be wet no matter what else were true ? |
| 6 | In this table , p(l) is the probability that if it is raining today ( time t ) it will be raining tomorrow ( time t + 1 ) , while p(2) is the probability that if it is raining today it will be dry tomorrow . |
| 7 | In this table , p(l) is the probability that if it is raining today ( time t ) it will be raining tomorrow ( time t + 1 ) , while p(2) is the probability that if it is raining today it will be dry tomorrow . |
| 8 | A dog which is being exercised off the leash will cover considerably more ground than if it is walking with you . |
| 9 | ‘ The evidence shows that while it is swinging slowly , it 's still a long way from the centre and it 's certainly not swinging the other way . ’ |
| 10 | When the laser is reading information from the small , inner diameters of the disc , the disc 's rotation is significantly slower than when it is reading data from the larger , outer diameters . |
| 11 | Water holds a fascination for everyone , but never more so than when it is moving . |
| 12 | This was to be expected ; it is an essential part of the mechanism that at any given value of Δz , the particle should be hotter when it is ascending than when it is descending . |
| 13 | There will clearly be more shadow when the sun is at right angles to a ( closely planted ) row than when it is shining along it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | So one would like to know how much calcium there is in cells , and where it is going . |
| 18 | Review your life , and where it is going : — |
| 19 | Make sure you pay the right postage on your letter for the weight , the type of service and where it is going . |
| 20 | Vision — creating a sense of what the organisation is about and where it is going . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We duly went back to Sun , which claims there is to a deal , just like it said , has been for months and that it is moving lots of product . |
| 23 | Encore says its current plan is to move to the next-generation 88110 RISC over time , but claims its architecture is CPU-independent and that it is evaluating other architectures . |
| 24 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 25 | Axil aims to price 20% below Sun and that it is targeting non-technical markets such as manufacturing , transport , financial services and health-care . |
| 26 | In May , 1991 , the Digital Information Group 's Software Industry Bulletin reported that SelecTronics expects to report a ‘ significant loss ’ for its financial year ended 31 March and that it is restructuring its business so that it manufactures handheld devices only when it has firm orders from its distribution channels . |
| 27 | Intel stresses that there are no problems with the P5 and that it is taking the opportunity of strong demand for the 80486 family to spend longer testing the highly complex new chip in the hope of avoiding the bugs that plagued the 80486 in its early days . |
| 28 | It says it expects to offer a wireless electronic messaging service by the end of the year , and that it is aiming for beta testing during the summer . |
| 29 | My right hon. Friend ends his letter by saying : ’ I am pleased to learn that following the granting of an ECR by Parkside HA Mr. Thorpe has received treatment and that it is proving beneficial . ’ |
| 30 | One or two of the hotel 's regular visitors and local residents who use the hotel frequently have told Winter privately that they think it is a mistake and that it is leading to friction and a lowering of standards . |