Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] is [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pub is a perfectly obvious building to detect on viewing the house and even the most refined drinking place or restaurant is going to subject the surrounding properties to a certain amount of noise as people come and go , as is a large supermarket or a village hall . |
| 2 | In this type of meeting one person or party is trying to persuade the others to a particular point of view . |
| 3 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 4 | Well , I mean I think that Queenie is trying to avoid the real question . |
| 5 | Whether the relative scarcity of wolves is an abhorrent vacuum is a matter of personal taste , but there is now compelling evidence that nature is moving to fill the gap . |
| 6 | ‘ It means , mother , that Craig is trying to put the blame on me for the thieving he 's done . ’ |
| 7 | This is a very symbolic picture which shows that Holden is trying to save the children from danger — perhaps of becoming ‘ phonies ’ . |
| 8 | If the Government was serious about regaining the initiative it has so wretchedly lost , the Prime Minister would sanction the Chancellor to announce this morning that Britain is seeking to join the ERM at the earliest practical moment . |
| 9 | There 's a theory being nurtured in certain quarters that Microsoft Corp Windows NT is less a strategic product than it is a dike against Unix and that Microsoft is trying to freeze the marketplace long enough to bring on Cairo , the Taligent Inc/Sun Microsystems Inc Project Distributed Objects Everywhere-like object-oriented environment it 's working on . |
| 10 | We learn that Cosroe is trying to get the throne from his brother , and we are constantly reminded of this fact : ‘ To crown me Emperor of Asia ’ . |
| 11 | A country with a population of 1.2 billion and which shut itself off from world trade and investment is rushing to join the market economy . |
| 12 | ‘ If INCUBUS is going to become the biggest organization in Europe , you 're going to have to hit it twenty-five hours a day . |
| 13 | The operating system however does require significant tailoring to run on SMP machines and Corollary is working to simplify the problem for a shrinkwrapped SMP NT ( UX No 400 ) . |
| 14 | Once the relationship between the parent and child is starting to improve the parent will be able to think more clearly about the goals of treatment . |
| 15 | Referring to the Rhyl Labour Party campaign to persuade the public to send preprinted ‘ Deeds Not Words ’ postcards to him at the House of Commons , Mr Richards said : ‘ Anybody who thinks that sending postcards and petitions is going to change the price of bread is not living in the real world . ’ |
| 16 | I welcome the efforts that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science is making to improve the quality of education in this country . |
| 17 | The three of them are sitting round a low table with three cups of coffee , and Paul is trying to entertain the visitor . |
| 18 | And Royle is hoping to outsmart the old master , just like he did last season . |
| 19 | The subcontinent is increasingly being used for locations — and Hollywood is beginning to target the Asian community , seeing it as a vast untapped audience which could help bring the industry out of recession . |
| 20 | But Apple is going to make the loudest splash . |
| 21 | Penury , moral as well as physical , is signified in the Barton household when money is wanting to purchase the soap and brushes , black-lead and pipe-clay which had given the houseplace its cheerful look in more prosperous days . |
| 22 | ‘ It would be great , particularly as Milan is bidding to hold the next Olympic Games after Atlanta , ’ he suggests . |