Example sentences of "[noun] were [v-ing] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Orange warned that the costs involved in addressing environmental pressures on the worldwide oil industry were rising to a point where they would soon equal revenues . |
| 2 | ‘ That week orchestras around the world programmed the Adagietto as an elegy to Lenny 's memory , ’ Kaplan recalls , ‘ and while the precedent had been set by Bernstein himself [ he had conducted the movement at a memorial service for Koussevitzky and later at the funeral of US Senator Robert Kennedy ] , I was afraid that these ultra-slow , sad performances were helping to a trend into a false tradition . ’ |
| 3 | Its morale had recovered far too well , in that its officers and instructors were turning to a doctrine of offensive warfare at all costs . |
| 4 | The marketeers and production people were planning dramatic growth in car sales in the next 20 years , but the corporate planners were pointing to a problem which would severely limit car sales — a worldwide shortage of trained chauffeurs ! |
| 5 | Benton and his Assistant Editor managed to keep the New Times of Burma going and we could still use the radio , but it was obvious that things were moving to a climax , and I was desperately afraid that violence would develop throughout the country . |
| 6 | Investigations came hot on the heels of the new sound and realistic films and by the time of The Public Enemy and Scarface things were building to a crescendo . |
| 7 | The grinding , stretching sounds were rising to a pitch and behind it all , another low-register noise . |
| 8 | The Arnhem debacle effectively put an end to our hopes of peace by Christmas , and gradually it seemed that the combined Allied armies were slithering to a halt . |
| 9 | The girls were going to a concert , so the house was hers that evening . |
| 10 | At the same time , events across the North Sea were building to a crisis . |
| 11 | Stock Exchange members were also concerned that their restrictive practices were leading to a loss of business in international equities , with over 60 per cent of business being transacted outside the exchange . |
| 12 | All these deaths were adding to a stockpile of dolphin oil , which nobody wanted , and meal for poultry food . |