Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] they to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gas and electricity accounts departments will know those customers whose financial difficulties are going to lead them to a cessation of supply . |
| 2 | Was he attempting to force them to a stoppage in the hopes of taking over their lease ? |
| 3 | Manager Charlton will monitor the progress and fitness of his three injured stars before deciding to add them to the panel at a later date . |
| 4 | She said she was going to take them to the men working on the road . ’ |
| 5 | Amnesty International is working throughout 1992 to raise awareness about human rights violations against the indigenous peoples of the Americas and is striving to bring them to an end . |
| 6 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 7 | The Disclosure Directive also allows competent authorities to exempt EC-listed companies from the requirement to notify the public if the disclosure would be contrary to the public interest or seriously detrimental to the company concerned ( provided that the public would not be misled ) ; this does not , however , exempt a person acquiring voting rights from having to disclose them to the company if a relevant threshold is reached . |
| 8 | She wanted to stay awake to listen for the taxi coming to take them to the airport . |