Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She thinks that she is helping and encouraging me . ’ |
| 2 | And she has got the courage to look at that million people , which takes courage , and look at the thousand which she is helping and saying , no love is never wasted . |
| 3 | It should also be remembered that anyone , married or single , who is maintaining or accommodating a dependent relative over 65 ( or a mother or mother-in-law on her own ) is entitled to claim a tax allowance . |
| 4 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
| 5 | It is a very healthy job , although it does have its drawbacks , when it is raining or snowing . |
| 6 | Moreover , it would appear that the difference is that the latter sentence expresses my belief that I have the belief that it is raining , and says that I have the belief that it is raining , and does not express the belief that it is raining or say that it is raining . |
| 7 | And what can there be about the arrangement of a few slices of sausage and a dozen black olives on a dish brought by the waitress in the seaside café to keep you occupied while your fish is cooking that makes you feel that this is the first time you have seen and tasted a black olive and a piece of sausage ? |
| 8 | For October the new company is producing and publishing the catalogue for ‘ Canaletto and England ’ organised by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to inaugurate the newly refurbished Gas Hall in the city centre as an exhibition space . |
| 9 | Actor and singer Jimmy Nail , who is producing and directing the next series of his show , is offering would-be actors just £30 to appear . |
| 10 | The Liverpudlian writer is producing and directing an all-British film called Getaway due for cinema release next spring . |
| 11 | ‘ Glandular changes can make some people gain weight at the menopause but the commonest cause is eating and drinking more than you need . ’ |
| 12 | He has taken his first steps and is eating and drinking well . |
| 13 | The senior nurse will ensure that the learner is checking and giving drugs in the correct way . |
| 14 | The Whip is interrupting and asking for my solution . |
| 15 | A racing crew will find that they can keep the power on while the yacht is weaving and dodging in close company . |
| 16 | No doubt he is oozing and oiling his way into her favour . |
| 17 | The big issue is rebuilding and expanding our manufacturing base to ensure that we remain a prosperous industrialized country . |
| 18 | ‘ See you , ’ I say and escape to City Road , where an off-licencee is opening and looks up surprised to see an office yuppie ( his definition ) among the line of winoes so early in the morning-o ! |
| 19 | The woman from Ty Fach is laughing and shouting in the night . |
| 20 | not a constable but is protecting or escorting another person by virtue of powers the same as or similar to those of a constable for that purpose ; |
| 21 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 22 | It is this concern about what is happening that gets me out of my studio into the landscape carefully to scrutinise its every aspect for meanings . |
| 23 | It is via these windows that the system informs the Offline Operator what is happening and requests a media item to be physically mounted or dismounted on the appropriate media unit ; in this case mounting refers only to the action of placing a media item onto a media unit . |
| 24 | From such an analysis we can pick out causes and action points : we are then in a better position to understand what is happening and to do something about it . |
| 25 | The important thing is to recognise that it is happening and take the relevant action . |
| 26 | This is society 's attempt to recognize what is happening and to institute a mourning process . |
| 27 | He would go some way to doing so if he told the House tonight that he intends to monitor carefully what is happening and to initiate independent research into the strengths and weaknesses of the new system in its initial stages . |
| 28 | AT the moment we need to be aware of what is happening and make others aware too . |
| 29 | Naturally I welcome the fact that the reforms are revealing the extent of NHS underfunding , but this will only be of benefit if you acknowledge what is happening and do something about it . |
| 30 | Clearly while we do have gliders that spin , it is vital to give pilots enough experience to recognise what is happening and to make the right moves instead of panicking and doing nothing . |