Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pron] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 2 | Right you have to come I think the basis of this evening was to get people to come along and put there points of view and to say what 's happening and what is n't happening and I think we can take that take that away and considerate it yes I mean I I think the board or the management committee will be happy to meet with people to discuss the use of the theatre er what it 's used for what might what the unhappiness is if there is unhappiness and the positive and the positive as well as the negative points yes . |
| 3 | Yet this is exactly what is happening and it is also happening with the schools in a reactive stance . |
| 4 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 5 | It is very important to keep on happy and good terms with the family that are living and it is extremely sad when the death of a parent who loved all the children should be an unwitting source of family rifts . |
| 6 | These whiskers are sensitive not only to touch but to taste , so the fish can tell what on the river bed in front of its mouth is worth eating and what is not . |
| 7 | Through collecting up-to-the-minute information on what is selling and what is n't , and then making it available to suppliers via EDI , it becomes possible to achieve a stock replenishment process that is highly responsive to customer demand . |
| 8 | Pauline sold him at weaning and he is now another family 's pride and joy . |
| 9 | I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting . |
| 10 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 11 | This is extremely time consuming and it is not always easy to tell whether the grains are what you think if they are not well-preserved . |
| 12 | The idea of devoting one 's career to helping the other fellow on his way , rejoicing , may be ennobling but it is sometimes more evident in theory than in practice . |
| 13 | The analyses of the multiple choice versions suggest strongly that many pupils were guessing and it is only the non-multiple choice versions which are reported here . |
| 14 | He was off the field throughout the second day having treatment for a pulled thigh muscle , but said today : ‘ I have not felt the injury at all when batting and it is much better . ’ |
| 15 | Massive chunks of history are missing and it is really not possible to understand the Abstract Expressionists without reference to how they incorporated or reacted against those earlier tendencies . |
| 16 | The exception is important as it avoids having to repeat descriptions on the plant schedule and makes clear what we are covering and what is not covered . |
| 17 | I can split them up , and then I 'm not needed , and I can just wander round and have this panorama , and you see who 's working and who is n't . |