Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [indef pn] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It helps to know that someone is looking after it , that someone cares . |
| 2 | The receipt of such a bonus has an effect far outside the regular annual rise , which again in the case of ICI is a matter of such Byzantine complexity that it is often difficult to know whether one is getting a good or a bad one ! |
| 3 | The cough is there to signal that something is going awry and needs attention after which it will be all right . |
| 4 | Also , I need to be available for the crew and all the personnel on the road to see that everything is going fine from their point of view . |
| 5 | Wherever you are , it is alright to yell if someone is trying to hurt you . |
| 6 | This time of the year is the open season for demonstrations but we 're beginning to wonder if someone is co-ordinating the restlessness we 've got at the moment . |
| 7 | ‘ I am constantly ringing firms up to see if anything is going . |
| 8 | A black hole is a region of space from which it is impossible to escape if one is traveling at less than the speed of light . |
| 9 | It 's nice to think that one is eating the same grapes as Anne Boleyn and Nell Gwyn . ’ |
| 10 | This point ( Wojtas 1982 ) occurs in a description of a new research centre for Police Studies at Strathclyde University , which is ‘ to ask whether anyone is doing research on the police , what degree of co-operation they have met … and to encourage research by the police themselves ’ . |