Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder if it 's just some sub-conscious thing that my casualness is really just wanting to be recognised … ’ |
| 2 | They have to fly increasingly by the seat of their pants , knowing that their trouser-material is sometimes not going to be strong enough to hold them up . |
| 3 | The role of phospholipids in this process is only now beginning to be appreciated . |
| 4 | Home demand is surely not going to be stimulated by a reduction of half a percent or so in price and in any case , with 4 million unemployed , is a thriving domestic market a real possibility ? |
| 5 | Because advertising is not the only element in the overall marketing mix ( see page 5 ) , advertising 's role is almost certainly going to be to meet part only of the marketing strategy . |
| 6 | Although broadcasters may feel that RDS is user-friendly the consumer-industry is only gradually responding to the growing dislike of over-complex and often confusing controls ; c.f. video recorders easily set to record the wrong programme on the wrong channel at the wrong time , and teletext units that remain under-used . |
| 7 | Unbridled market competition is plainly not going to be the prevalent 1990s tone : but the Conservative Party only this week began its reversion to a faith in conservative stewardship , as opposed to laissez faire liberalism . |
| 8 | At home , a series of scandals has convinced voters that the government is no longer listening to them . |
| 9 | To describe this as sewing is perhaps slightly flattering to the bird , for the silken thread is never used for more than one stitch at a time . |
| 10 | The ability to display airframes and artifacts within such a building is only just beginning to be capitalised upon by NAM . |
| 11 | The B version of the play is much less accommodating to this perspective . |
| 12 | A stallion that behaves in the same way is psychologically more threatening to us , but it is best to respond with tact — to stroke the horse briefly and then to leave it in peace . |
| 13 | Office ( or business ) software is now fast coming to be recognised as able to offer as much to education as to training . |
| 14 | Alongside this opening of the official archives , interest is now increasingly turning to the whereabouts and availability of private papers . |