Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irrespective of the decisions of the World Bank classifiers , however , it is an undeniable fact that in the 1990s most hitherto self-proclaimed socialist or communist countries are rapidly coming to an understanding with transnational capitalism , and that the scope and volume of the transnational practices of such states with the states and institutions of the capitalist system have increased dramatically in the last decade . |
| 2 | But what their 1–1 draw at Olympia Leisure Centre yesterday did signify was that the champions reign throughout that period is finally drawing to an end . |
| 3 | Give me patience , give me a little more patience , Alida thought , for it is soon coming to an end . |
| 4 | If we look also at the review sections , we see that already in the 1920s McKerrow takes the view that a " great period of discovery is rapidly coming to an end : " an age of English scholarship is passing , if not already passed " . |
| 5 | So why not celebrate the fact that it 's rapidly coming to an end and invest in a poignant musical reminder of 1992 … ? |
| 6 | The promotion is now coming to an end , but to qualify you just needed to produce till receipts for any eight loaves of Hovis 800g . |
| 7 | This is now leading to an increase in the availability of public sector land for development by the private sector , which is complemented by policies providing financial incentives such as Derelict Land Grant and the Urban Development Grant . |
| 8 | The scale and extent of segmentation ‘ over there ’ is fast developing to an extent whereby the behaviour of each individual potential borrower is driving the system . |
| 9 | That his time with us is fast coming to an end . |
| 10 | In both living and in dramatic playing a participant is continually accommodating to an image of himself as an object in order to communicate with others . |
| 11 | Also big trousers with big tops — it was all coming to an end , but it was still OK to wear them . |
| 12 | she was only pointing to an overflow culvert . |
| 13 | This is a typical example of Coleridge 's influence , which extended to many other writers of the age ; but in the case of Wordsworth the period of any real exchange of ideas was rapidly coming to an end . |
| 14 | ‘ The reports we received on him were excellent and his contract was also coming to an end . |