Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [v-ing] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Ronchey 's move has been made now is due not only to the changed political climate , but also to the fact that the Minister is not a career politician like his recent , ineffective predecessors , but an independent , educated man ( he was a distinguished political journalist before being invited to join the government ) , who instead of getting tied up in his Ministry 's bureaucratic shibboleths , has collected an enlightened group of advisors around him , including the independent scholar Federico Zeri , who enjoys star status in Italy , and Mirella Baracco , the energetic founder of the private ginger group , Napoli 99 , which is managing to get long-closed monuments and churches in that city open to the public . |
| 2 | The idea is backed by the Meat and Livestock Commission which is trying to interest other chains in similar schemes . |
| 3 | They are also finalising plans for a European tour later this year — which is going to mean fewer dates back home — including Farnham . |
| 4 | Well Yes I suppose that the thing is if she 's having to work extra hours , she ought to be paid for them . |
| 5 | she 's going to write to all the personnel directors in the big firms in Bridgeborough … she 's going to have outside teachers for the commercial subjects … a lecturer on current affairs … |
| 6 | She is hoping to attend All Saints Primary School in Eccles , Greater Manchester . |
| 7 | May I ask who is going to occupy these buildings ? |
| 8 | Smiths claims the record companies are charging so much that it 's having to offer large discounts . |
| 9 | I do n't want a discussion about this because it 's going to engender more problems than it will solve . ’ |
| 10 | Well , there again , yes , with reservations because if it comes to the fact that if it 's going to save human lives , yes . |
| 11 | But if you practise it sitting down , your voice 'll be very different , the speed of your voice will be different , and if you do n't practise it out loud you wo n't be able to get any idea of whether it 's going to take three minutes or not . |
| 12 | ‘ I just know it 's going to knock these Parisians dead ! ’ |
| 13 | It is looking to open further offices abroad too , to complement the distributor network it has set up across Western Europe , the Pacific Rim and Australia . |
| 14 | Now it is aiming to recruit 100 runners for London 1991 and is eager to increase contributions from various other regional running events . |
| 15 | While Mid-Glamorgan county council 's £2 million investment in the Cardiff-Aberdare Valley line has traffic exceeding expectations , it is having to buy three trains to get the Maesteg line re-opened , bringing its input to £3 million . |
| 16 | In particular it is revealing to consider two principles in deterrence theory which are considered to inhibit ‘ conventional ’ crime — these are ‘ the certainty of being caught ’ and ‘ the severity of the punishment ’ . |
| 17 | In another ear the sole consultant ophthalmologist has resigned from the district general hospital and bought a caravan which he is using to provide private consultations at fundholding practices . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a further statement on the efforts he is making to reconvene all-party talks on the future government of Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | He is attempting to link these differences in ways of indicating status , as between grammatical and paralinguistic forms , with the concept of ‘ objectivity ’ . |
| 20 | He is going to see environmental projects which help farmers to use their land in a sustainable way and women 's groups working in Brazil nut factories . |
| 21 | He is going to take some photographs . |
| 22 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 23 | he 's beginning to get some ideas as to what |
| 24 | In the shadow of the orphanage , he 's helping to grow fresh vegtables which will supply the kitchens . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's going to do some errands for me so I thought it only fair to give him a bit of food . ‘ |
| 26 | He 's going to break some hearts tonight |
| 27 | I mean he 's way ahead , I mean he 's having to borrow these books from er Littlewoods club are n't you ? |
| 28 | Joe 's obsessive desire to know what is happening brings disastrous results . |