Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this willingness to buy anything , and our increasing ability to go into debt to do it , which is helping to power the so-called North American recovery . |
| 2 | But it is a valuable addition to the growing volume of news from Tibet that is helping to undermine the brutal occupation of this tragic region . |
| 3 | By scattering the fertiliser pellets over his vineyard the vigneron is helping to restore the vine 's balance of resources . |
| 4 | She has been seconded to the Civil Service Selection Board , where she is helping to devise the entrance competition for the ‘ fast stream ’ applicants to the Civil Service , Diplomatic Service and Tax Inspectorate . |
| 5 | Sevenhampton was where novelist Ian Fleming once earned a living writing about a secret agent called James Bond and Rupert likes to think that Roves Farm is helping to put the village back on the map . |
| 6 | She has raised many thousands of pounds for good causes throughout the North-East , and at present is helping to organise the Sacriston Carnival , which takes place on Saturday July 4 . |
| 7 | At one stage I had the same reservations , but in the light of the experience of the last six years and the credibility that the festival has given to drama with elected members , headteachers , and officers of the Authority , I am convinced that , at any rate for Leeds , this annual festival is helping to develop the quality of drama in the Authority ( pp. 44–45 ) . |
| 8 | The final function that the professional-managerial class perform for the ruling class is helping to develop the consumer goods market , ensuring that the working class consume new products produced by capitalism . |
| 9 | The Government has made Clydeside a Special Development Area where it is helping to provide the capital for these new industries , new housing and a new infrastructure . |
| 10 | If your area is shown as receiving a contribution from the safety net , it is helping to provide the protection for other areas . |
| 11 | SEAWEED is helping to slash the cost of a new generation of drugs by 1,000 fold , delegates were told yesterday . |
| 12 | But in reality , none of these programmes is helping to increase the production of firewood . |
| 13 | Now what I 'd like to do this afternoon in the short time that we have is to outline some of the ways in which the British government is helping to meet the challenges of under development . |
| 14 | RIGHT Some unusual tools can be employed , such as this vacuum cleaner which is helping to expose the remains of a human burial at Sutton Hoo , Suffolk . |
| 15 | Mr Johnson 's fiancee Gillyanne is helping compile the list — despite her grief . |
| 16 | To neglect these questions and concentrate instead on the ‘ environment ’ of learning , however important that might be , is to risk encouraging the belief that teachers are judged and advanced on the basis of how their classrooms took rather than how and what their pupils learn ; consequently , some may feel that it is strategically sensible to concentrate on surface at the expense of substance . |
| 17 | The reason for this in turn is quite straightforward : in any language which makes a distinction between nouns and adjectives , it will be natural to use an adjective when assignment of a property is required ; it may sometimes be quite easy to find an adjective and a noun which express near enough — or even exactly — the same properties , and differ only in that one is an adjective and the other is a noun , but to use the latter for assignment is to risk conveying the unwanted imputation of " entity-hood " on top of the semantic value required ( see Section 1.10 ) ; therefore when a noun or noun phrase is chosen it will normally presuppose that the construction is not that of assignment of a property but instead one of equation . |
| 18 | To list the symphonic achievements with the Berlin Philharmonic is to risk neglecting the opera recordings and , beyond them , Karajan 's work in the theatre itself . |
| 19 | Obviously , if you have only reserved the code , you must re-enter Option 9.3.0 when the item is initialised to change the state to 2 . |
| 20 | The refund of interest in the event of early repayment is calculated using the formula known as ‘ The Rule of 78 ’ as required by the Consumer Credit ( Rebate for Early Settlement ) Regulations 1983 . |
| 21 | The refund of interest in the event of early repayment is calculated using the formula known as ‘ The Rule of 78 ’ as required by the Consumer Credit ( Rebate for early Settlement ) Regulations 1983 . |
| 22 | The payroll is calculated using the permanent data stored on the employee record as well as temporary information , such as payroll exceptions , temporary upgradings , etc. from a holding file made up of the input from the batch screens . |
| 23 | A second mean diameter is derived by immersing the pebble in water to determine the volume of water displaced , from which the volumetric diameter , D v is calculated using the expression . |
| 24 | These show how the data trend is shifted if φ is calculated using the value of u τ that would exist in the absence of stratification instead of the actual value . |
| 25 | It is calculated to stir the Greeks against the destructive influence of Achilles , whose self-indulgence has sent ripples of discontent through the Greek forces . |
| 26 | It is calculated to prick the envy of a modern pilgrim : Rome , Sutri , Siena , San Gimignano , Lucca , Borgo San Donnino , Piacenza , Santa Agata , Ivrea , Aosta , the Great St Bernard Pass , Saint-Maurice , Lausanne , Pontarlier , Besançon , Rheims , Laon , Arras , Guînes and the Channel . |
| 27 | Francis Maginn dominated the proceedings and proposed a resolution in the following terms : That this Conference is of the opinion that the combined system , as advocated by Dr E M Gallaudet before the Royal Commission , is calculated to confer the greatest benefit upon the greatest number of the deaf and dumb . |
| 28 | Lord Diplock laid down the essentials for a passing-off action : 1 ) a misrepresentation 2 ) made by a trader in the course of trade 3 ) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumers of goods or services supplied by him 4 ) which is calculated to injure the business or goodwill of another trader and 5 ) which causes actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trader by whom the action is brought . |
| 29 | Factually , it is the operation of the port and opening of the Gillingham Gate throughout 24 hours which is calculated to attract the vehicles up and down those roads in the immediate vicinity of the port . |
| 30 | The percentage is calculated to reduce the WDV to the scrap value over the estimated life of the asset . |