Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More members are needed for this class which is organised in conjunction with the Teachers ' Training Course and is helping to support it . |
| 2 | But miners say that the continuing importation of cheap foreign coal is helping to put their jobs on the scrap heap . |
| 3 | Little attention is paid to the input side as distinct from the output side , the sensory information and feed-back which the operator is using to control what he is doing is neglected . |
| 4 | If this microkernel sounds familiar , it should — Workplace OS is none other than the extended and neatened Mach-based microkernel that the Taligent Apple-IBM joint venture is using to host its eponymous object-oriented operating system . |
| 5 | If this microkernel sounds familiar , it should — Workplace OS is none other than the extended and neatened Mach-based microkernel that the Taligent Apple-IBM joint venture is using to host its eponymous object-oriented operating system . |
| 6 | Following its decision to move into the Unix arena ( UX No 317 ) , Computer Associates International , is angling to get its first batch of Unix-based applications out the door by the end of the year . |
| 7 | Darius is struggling to finish his , and he 's smearing it round the bowl so it looks like he 's ate it , and I say I ca n't eat any more because I got to stay sober tonight . |
| 8 | Now he is struggling to save his only surviving child . |
| 9 | Turkey on its own is easy to accommodate but once you have piled on the stuffing , sausages , bacon and cranberry sauce , your poor old wine is struggling to hold its own . |
| 10 | The UUP gained one seat in the area , and veteran SDLP man Jim McCart , Northern Ireland 's longest serving councillor , is struggling to retain his seat . |
| 11 | But we do question whether their service is any more worthy of recognition than that of the average hard-working nurse , policeman on patrol or the small businessman who is struggling to keep his company going in the face of the recession and determined not to make his employees redundant . |
| 12 | Now , shut out of the heavyweight division since Tyson 's fall from grace , mired in lawsuits and under investigation by several state boxing commissions , the taxman and the FBI , Don King has had to lay off staff and is struggling to keep his empire from crumbling . |
| 13 | If Satan is self-existent he would be able to understand his existence but the very fact he is struggling to prove it denies this . |
| 14 | The colliery is struggling to fulfil its contracts and is burdened by £1.7 million in debts . |
| 15 | IN THE MENDIPS , A SHEEP FARMER IS STRUGGLING TO PROTECT HIS LAMBS FROM THE FOXES THAT WATCH AND PREY . |
| 16 | Saatchi is struggling to get its bankers , shareholders and bondholders to keep the firm going despite a slump in the advertising industry . |
| 17 | The borough is struggling to raise its low levels of educational achievement . |
| 18 | Richard Olivier , the youngest son of Lord Olivier , is struggling to establish his identity . |
| 19 | The local office of the World Council of Churches runs a refugee camp for displaced Kampucheans and is struggling to meet their basic needs . |
| 20 | The Headmaster is demanding to know what happened . |
| 21 | Mrs Coleridge has observed the workings of my face , while I have been writing ; and is intreating to know what is the matter — I dread to shew her your Letter — I dread it . |
| 22 | The Botswana government is keeping open its options to dredge the area in the future , if it feels that this is necessary . |
| 23 | Schwer , 24 , is bidding to reroute his career back to championship status against rugged Frenchman Farid Benredjeb , in his first outing since losing his crowns to Paul Burke in February . |
| 24 | Moon , who is bidding to join his Llanelli team-mate Tony Copsey as Wales ' second English export , believed honours were even in the show-down of the two number nines . |
| 25 | Garrison Savannah is bidding to go one better than when runner-up to Seagram two years ago . |
| 26 | Here I hope you will see some evidence of the high moral purpose with which the government of France is endeavouring to fulfil its civilizing mission . " |
| 27 | " There is no longer any possible comparison to be made between the man who is actively organising the construction of socialism , and the man who is endeavouring to wreck it . " |
| 28 | The opening of ‘ The Age of Angkor ’ comes at a time where Australia is endeavouring to raise its profile among Asian countries . |
| 29 | Instead of promoting a situation in which everyone is itching to do something positive for the good of the Tour , we merely ended up with a handful of players who did nothing but complain . ’ |
| 30 | Reporting a daunting $406m loss for 1992 ( see below ) , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA is looking to bolster its balance sheet with a rights issue and bond offer to raise $560m . |