Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] it is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , it would appear that the difference is that the latter sentence expresses my belief that I have the belief that it is raining , and says that I have the belief that it is raining , and does not express the belief that it is raining or say that it is raining . |
| 2 | Secondly , these falling yields mean that it is becoming cheaper for firms and individuals to borrow by issuing new claims like bonds and equities or going to building societies , by comparison with borrowing from banks . |
| 3 | The trampling movements are intended to stimulate her milk flow and when these are done by the wool-sucking cat they reveal that it is treating the piece of woollen material as a surrogate mother . |
| 4 | My name 's Derek in any profit-making org organisation the results shown by the playhouse would have automatically brought about a change of management or does the Chairman of the Harlow theatre trust still consider that it is running the business very smoothly ? |
| 5 | Prepare the equipment for the patient 's return and ensure that it is functioning correctly . |
| 6 | People who want to open more shops complain that it is becoming ever harder , and more expensive , to find and bribe the correct official responsible for allocating premises . |
| 7 | Often people maintain that it is knowing your stuff that really counts and behaviour is just the icing on the cake . |
| 8 | I know that it is taking a full part in the exercise being undertaken by Scottish Enterprise . |
| 9 | Belief that , on the other hand , is understood t be an acceptance of fact , and observation of what is the case — as in ‘ I believe that it is raining ’ . |
| 10 | If ‘ it is raining ’ expresses the belief that it is raining , but says not that I , the speaker , have that belief , but simply that it is raining , it would appear that it differs in meaning from ‘ I believe that it is raining ’ . |
| 11 | This would be so if ‘ I believe that it is raining , were a psychological statement about myself . |
| 12 | What I am expressing is a tentative belief that it is raining , not the belief ( or awareness of the fact ) that I believe that it is raining . |
| 13 | ‘ I agreed to do the job for five years but I feel that it is taking up too much of my time , ’ he declared . |
| 14 | So once again you feel that it is getting hot . ’ |
| 15 | The IRA , will no doubt , argue that it is taking its fight to mainland Britain to let the English feel the war at first hand ; to sicken the English and to cause them to pressurise their government to withdraw from Ireland . |
| 16 | I think that it is going to have a good effect on improving trading for the better parks and attractions in this country and as you know I think , Alton Towers is the leading er , park of its kind in this country , Chessington which we also own is the second er , leading park , one and a half million visitors a year , Alton Towers approximately two million visitors a year in this country . |
| 17 | Worse , the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) has served notice that it is going to treat cable firms , under the terms of the 1992 Cable Act , more or less as it treats telephone companies — that is , with vigilance . |