Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [adv] [v-ing] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 But our notion that public meetings are simply preaching to the converted is dispelled by antagonistic questioning on student loans , pilot training and crime .
2 Its traditional oak framed houses are even selling to the Japanese.Richard Barnett reports :
3 I get to the fence leading downhill and follow it , stumbling now and again on the rocks and stones left at the side of the field ; my eyes are still adjusting to the darkness .
4 The Bradford City supporters are constantly writing to the rag complaining of too much coverage for Leeds ( It really does piss them off ) .
5 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 .
6 Matters are now coming to a head because of the advent of leagues next season .
7 Maryland and Rice Universities are also contributing to the work , which is being carried out as part of the National Science Foundation 's Center for Research in Parallel Computation .
8 The British imitators are still whispering to a city that 's still in bed .
9 Children are also reacting to the pressure on individuals to compete and succeed , he said .
10 However , an Asian community worker in North London told me ‘ West Indian children are only reacting to the insufferable cultural superiority that Asians feel .
11 Police are now talking to a 30 year old friend of the family , who 's up a tree in the nearby woods , threatening to jump off a branch with a rope round his neck .
12 Poisonings of birds of prey are expected to decline , however , as landowners are increasingly turning to a new kind of trap which does not use poison bait .
13 What other chains of industries are there leading to the Heinz baked bean factory ?
14 Though no-one has been injured , the incidents are potentially damaging to the SNP which has not ruled out civil disobedience as part of its campaign against water privatisation .
15 What 's worse is that the commentators are constantly fawning to the scum , the game against us at the pigstye being the prime example , going on the BBC coverage Leeds did n't appear to touch the ball let alone get it out of their own half .
16 What 's worse is that the commentators are constantly fawning to the scum , the game against us at the pigstye being the prime example , going on the BBC coverage Leeds did n't appear to touch the ball let alone get it out of their own half .
17 UNIVERSITY students are still sticking to a boozing , sexy lifestyle despite the recession .
18 ‘ It appears that consumers are already returning to the high street and are also beginning to consider major financial decisions which were postponed in the uncertain period before the election , ’ said Dr Brian Bailey , Infolink chairman .
19 ‘ It appears that consumers are already returning to the high street and are beginning to consider major financial decisions , which were postponed in the uncertain period before the election , ’ he said .
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