Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The level of undiscovered malpractice is a matter for conjecture although such evidence is continually coming to light , as illustrated in the manner in which leading drug/pesticide/herbicide companies callously exploit the Third World .
2 ‘ And unless you 're going to allow it to be your husband — to let him be boss , in fact — your relationship is never going to work .
3 Thornton Swish is now offering to double-glaze the seven windows and french doors at the house in Chester-le-Street , County Durham , for £3,900 .
4 One word of warning : do n't assume that your surprise attack is always going to work , otherwise you might get a nasty surprise yourself .
5 The Government is ostensibly looking to Parliament to confer not just statutory enactment of what it negotiated at Maastricht , but moral and political assent .
6 ‘ My knee is never going to work the way it should , Seb , but the muscles of my leg are working much better , have you noticed ?
7 At first the case failed because there was no category of clergy malpractice , but a Judge was found who soon put that right and the case is now proceeding to trial .
8 Meanwhile , the company is reportedly preparing to demo some previously unseen systems management functionality in NT this week at a conference in Boston including software distribution , performance monitoring and inventory control .
9 But by asserting the ability of language to create true fictions , this celebration of the power of language is also helping to de-centre language 's supposed referential relation with the world of epistemological things .
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