Example sentences of "it is [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes we may apply relatively simple yardsticks , such as whether the school has or has not received the newly recommended material and whether it is using it . |
| 2 | It is wasting it though if cash which is supposed to help British firms and workers is spent abroad . |
| 3 | Amdahl Corp believes that its Huron applications development and production system is a winner , and rather than leave it stranded on the mainframe under MVS , it is taking it along in the direction the market is moving with two new versions , one that runs under its UTS implementation of Unix System V on its mainframes , the other for Unix workstations , the first version of the latter being for 80486-based machines under Unix . |
| 4 | As long as gravel does not stick permanently in the mouth of your fish , I suspect it is swallowing it deliberately , and there is no cause for concern . |
| 5 | Alright but now it is starting it is starting to deteriorate quite badly because people are now noticing . |
| 6 | It may prove to be Margaret Thatcher 's most lasting contribution to her party , for it is changing it irrevocably . |
| 7 | It is keeping it off though , is n't it ? |
| 8 | did n't you think it is working it 's |
| 9 | ‘ I would be delighted if it was a fixture at parties but I think it is stretching it too far to say Spam will be on the end of cocktail sticks . |
| 10 | The world 's biggest computer maker still needs this division as a supplier , but was failing to run it profitably ; so it is selling it to its managers and Clayton & Dubilier , leaving them to run it but still with a supply contract to IBM . |
| 11 | It is appalling it should be the scene for this attack , ’ he said . |
| 12 | If that is the role of the Royal Family in a contemporary society , it is failing , but if it is failing it is not necessarily because the breeding and the education are wrong . |
| 13 | The cat will see a bird and pursue it , to that extent knowing what it wants ; but it will not know why it is doing it , and to that extent what it is doing . |
| 14 | She has monopolized your attention ; even if it is scolding it is rewarding ( after all the behaviour is as persistent as ever ) . |