Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [v-ing] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councils , argues Mr Cawley , are being hit by an unenviable double whammy , thanks to the recession and the Government 's response to it : tighter spending assessments and declining revenue income are adding insult to injury , with ordinary people bearing the brunt . |
| 2 | The loss is causing concern to Moscow doctors , who have warned that without the forest , the city 's air pollution problems will increase . |
| 3 | Valerie Langer and Garth Lenz of Vancouver Island 's Friends of Clayoquot South are drawing attention to Canada 's plans to clear-fell 88 per cent of its ancient boreal and temperate forest . |
| 4 | Most of non-statutory work is giving advice to people like control , and others , which may not be purely statutory in the sense that is , but the major difference is there 's a time when it 's imposed on when we have to do it . |
| 5 | The Old Museum is playing host to Druid Theatre Company this week , which is playing to packed houses with its wonderful production of Merriman 's ‘ The Midnight Court ’ . |
| 6 | Brian Brunswick , principal inspector in charge of the construction group for East Anglia , said the regional HSE was giving priority to falls because the figures in Suffolk , Norfolk and Essex mirrored the national average . |
| 7 | By December 1989 evidence was mounting that consumption was giving way to investment as the main engine of growth . |
| 8 | My worst moment was saying goodbye to John Reynolds ( and Australia ) at Sydney airport . |
| 9 | All seas towards the moon are giving rise to tides . |
| 10 | A bear had broken loose amongst the stews ; a whore was being whipped outside the gates of St Thomas 's Hospital ; two butchers who had sold putrid meat were riding back to back on some old nag , their hands tied behind them , the rotten offal they had sold fastened tightly under their noses . |
| 11 | Dusk was giving way to night and the fires outside the gate burned brightly . |
| 12 | we may expect continuations to have to do with plumbing , in which the plumber is offering advice to Mary , and so they are playing different roles . |
| 13 | The average Tube-goer 's travelling time to work is 52 minutes and rising by several seconds every week . |
| 14 | It said that the auditors knew that Union Discount was extending credit to Berg and it was foreseeable that it would be sent copies of the accounts and would rely on them when making decisions whether or not to continue or extend credit . |
| 15 | The nineteenth-century impact of Europe on the Middle East was giving rise to critics in the Islamic world . |
| 16 | A £1m five-year research project into the effects of atmospheric pollutants on forest and crops has suggested that pollutant gases in the atmosphere are causing damage to trees by triggering aphid attacks . |
| 17 | Even the fascist is laying claim to membership of this community , as he seeks to rebut ‘ the favourite accusation thrown at the National Front ’ . |
| 18 | Jack felt the need to treat these outbursts by Warnie with firmness as well as with gentleness , not least because his brother was giving voice to feelings which he shared quite passionately himself . |