Example sentences of "[v-ing] it is [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think any feminist movement in Britain should take on board the fact that Ireland is a colony and the fact that there is a lot of denial that goes on , people pretending it is n't happening , and saying there 's nothing that can be done . |
| 2 | ‘ Though the market is growing it is also becoming more competitive . |
| 3 | When the principal exemplars of this class are dramatically eliminated the message is clear : middlemanship destroys from within , and the act of passing something on without truly changing or improving it is psychologically nullifying . |
| 4 | We just passed the revenue , the capital , the revenue then goes on the base budget , is called the revenue consequence of capital expenditure and all the fire officers ask for is enough to build a fire station and the cost of running it is automatically going onto your bill . |
| 5 | STV propaganda appears to take a curious pride in emphasizing this equalization , failing to notice that in so doing it is merely emphasizing the artificiality of the system . |
| 6 | You will still hear the same commotion ( assuming it is still going on ) but much more faintly . |
| 7 | Prime Minister Major once said : ‘ If it is n't hurting it is n't working . ’ |
| 8 | When I read a novel the emotions aroused in me bring the experience of the events of the narrative into the present , but I am not likely to be misled into thinking it is actually happening for there are enough indicators in the environment to assure me that it is not . |