Example sentences of "is [v-ing] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Archaeology has become significantly more scientific , with the result that science is helping it evolve from being something of a treasure hunt to a high tech study . |
| 2 | One of the groups which developed the technique is using it to investigate chemistry ; the other is claiming a record for generating the shortest wavelength of coherent ( laser-like ) light . |
| 3 | AFRC 's change in direction , forced on it by the government 's withdrawal from ‘ near market ’ research , is allowing it to do more of this exciting fundamental research . |
| 4 | ‘ The hardest thing is keeping it looking the same , ’ says Mr Poole , ‘ mainly because of modern health and safety regulations . ’ |
| 5 | Philip Holmes is keeping it topped up with water during the drought conditions . |
| 6 | Once you know what is happening it becomes much less frightening . |
| 7 | Alsace is the only stronghold for the grape outside its native Germany , but its fashionable blandness is causing it to give way to Pinot Blanc . |
| 8 | The hotel is serving it cooked in butter with mushroom and cream flamed with brandy . |
| 9 | If the secularist assumption is operating it becomes almost impossible . |
| 10 | The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves . |
| 11 | What appears as a hint in Brief History forms the high concept of Soul : science , it contends , is in the throes of a revolution that is turning it to face the Deity . |
| 12 | Dell is selling it bundled on its machines for $500 for two users , $800 for unlimited . |
| 13 | He won the car in a competition when he was 12 , and is selling it to help pay for his further education . |
| 14 | The French government actually wants this archaically hide-bound professional body to reform itself and become more competitive , but is expecting it to come up with a solution itself . |
| 15 | Only one of the 15 still had his hair yesterday , and he is getting it shaved over the weekend . |
| 16 | ‘ The thing is getting it going , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Now a school choir from Oxford is performing it using period costume to reflect the era in which it was written . |
| 18 | workmen do n't guarantee that he is doing it according to the thing because |
| 19 | Although she does admire the friendship of the two men , she is doing it to please Bassanio and thus gaining love from him — which profits no one except herself . |
| 20 | Obviously erm in in receiving those additional figures I accept what the in senior inspector says about not er opening up the need side of the debate but clearly is I think the er Mr from Harrogate is saying it does it does cast a question mark on the supply dimension of the debate in terms of additional and commitments coming into the the figures to meet the Greater York housing requirement . |
| 21 | But he stressed : ‘ It is the United States that is saying it wishes to take action against European exports to the United States . |
| 22 | When water is running it enhances the village aspect and in spring flotillas of ducklings can be seen on it . |
| 23 | is running it has its own setup menu |
| 24 | In practice , unless you have a 486DX — it does not work quite like that because whenever the program is converting it makes such demands on the whole system that everything else is slowed up . |
| 25 | With this voice , Atalanta is making it known it 's not putting up with it for much longer . |
| 26 | All the political parties have accepted the fact that social security has got to change we 're spending over a third of public spending on social security and each political party is reviewing it to find way of making it more effective and to make saving . |
| 27 | I have done certain repairs over the years , but much is still original , and though the marquetry is lifting it remains a beauty . |
| 28 | The company is claiming it offers five to six times the performance of a 66MHz 486DX , and is fully PC-compatible , meaning you can run your shareware utilities on it . |
| 29 | He is telling it to go now look , you see he 's put on his lights . |
| 30 | And when you 're starting to talk like that , everyone is discussing it according to their own experience or the last lesson they taught when this came up . |