Example sentences of "it is [adv] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is repeatedly being copied and recopied as the generations go by , like the Hebrew scriptures which were ritually copied by scribes every 80 years to forestall their wearing-out . |
| 2 | Advantage of powering the receiver all the time the vehicle is moving is that , even though the driver is not listening to the receiver , it is continuously being updated by RDS data , in the same way as if the driver were listening to the CD player . |
| 3 | Depressed moods are the most difficult moods for dieting , and such is the mood-lifting effect of exercise that it is even being used medically as part of the treatment for depression . |
| 4 | Hardly a colour combination to enhance or blend with the pinks and reds of roses by underplanting ( see question number 15 on page 160 ) , but a nearby border or patch of it is widely being reported as being responsible for clearing out all the greenfly ! |
| 5 | A plan of the Forum Romanum as it is today is shown in Fig. 86 while a reconstruction of it as it was under Imperial Rome , looking towards Capitol Hill , is illustrated in Fig. 85 . |
| 6 | Although this is just one case , it is probably being repeated hundreds of times every week . |
| 7 | It is increasingly being asked whether the solution to the problem of truancy beyond the age of 13 lies in changes at school to alleviate the boredom , and increase the motivation to participate , of less academic pupils . |
| 8 | ‘ It is important to report cash to shareholders , and it is increasingly being recognised , through FRS 1 and so on , that the main financial statement should be cash flow . |
| 9 | It is clearly being used as an instrument to achieve a military purpose . |
| 10 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 11 | Reporter Davies , 40 , said : ‘ The press is currently taking a lot of criticism but these awards show it is also being recognised that a difficult job is being done . ’ |
| 12 | It is also being recognised that immigration may become a hot political problem on the international scene . |
| 13 | Increasingly , environmental biotechnology is being heralded as a means of controlling and improving environmental quality and it is also being applied to mineral extraction and resource recycling . |
| 14 | There is a big case of investment being held up in Ahoghill , and it is also being held up in Carrickfergus , and other places , too . |
| 15 | In addition , while it is now offered as an entry program , it is also being used to promote its stable-mate , Corporate Voice . |
| 16 | It is also being ushered in by an unusual duo : contracting credit and falling interest rates . |
| 17 | Even as otherness is being affirmed it is also being foreclosed ( ‘ The Commitment to Theory ’ , 16 ) . |
| 18 | And the novel which got written breathes life into this sentence 's very unpromising warrant for the ‘ truth ’ of what is being told , namely that there are hard facts or perhaps it is just being made up . |
| 19 | It is already been shown that there is no significant RFA in spatial tasks anyway . |
| 20 | It is already being said that if Wales keep them below 30 points it will be a moral victory . |
| 21 | But environmentalists have pointed out that it is already being used by western companies to dump toxic materials with impunity which they can not dispose of legally in the west . |
| 22 | The rather unusual characteristic of 14 C is that it is continually being formed . |
| 23 | Even in the pristine atmosphere , unpolluted by humans , this layer appears highly unstable since it is constantly being formed and broken down , mainly by the action of ultraviolet radiation . |
| 24 | It is constantly being pulled downwards by gravity , but its wings are performing active work — obeying laws of physics within its muscles — to keep it aloft in spite of the force of gravity . |
| 25 | It is gradually being introduced into every sector of business . |
| 26 | It is currently being tested for use in an aerosolised form which delivers a lower total dose of the drug directly to the lungs , in order to reduce the risk of side effects . |
| 27 | It is currently being investigated in detail as part of an overall transport strategy which might include infrastructure provision and traffic management . |
| 28 | We are looking at the matter and it is currently being considered by the Department . |
| 29 | Even more amazingly , it is currently being specified by IBM as part of a large US Air Force contract based around enhanced 3270 PCs . |
| 30 | Erm it is always been planned that the this er release of the flight control system will be phased through five steps and the capabilities at first flight are more or less what we had been planning er right from the outset . |