Example sentences of "are [v-ing] towards the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Secondly , there is no doubt that Rentokil has pioneered , and is pioneering , new services that are contributing towards the environment in which we all live and work .
2 ‘ These things take time to trickle down to the buyer but we are looking towards the Spring to see a recovery in our trade . ’
3 ‘ The Comrades Club in Crosby is a better location and I think people can see from some of the names that we are looking towards the top acts . ’
4 As Young points out , we are moving towards the busy part of the year .
5 At present the latest permissible time for legal abortion is 28 weeks , but by 20 weeks , the foetus is well formed , and currently doctors and gynaecologists are moving towards the idea of cutting the legal limit for termination from 28 to 24 weeks .
6 Papua New Guinea 's media women are moving towards the year 2000 with new determination for their role as equal partners in national decision-making .
7 Ultimately perhaps we are moving towards the concept of a single , personal , palmtop information centre , part electronic book , part computer , part global communications centre .
8 Actuarial Certification is to be required in Canada and the USA and both countries are moving towards the use of the Appointed Actuary system in general insurance .
9 It would seem no coincidence that the colleges with perhaps the greatest reputation for innovation are moving towards the Council 's fold ’ .
10 ‘ The Soviet Union and China are marching towards the open market and here we are , in southern California , the home of Ronald Reagan , talking about tying the economy down with a maze of petty regulations …
11 ‘ I 'll turn the craft so the rockets are pointing towards the hole . ’
12 This collection has been brought together at a time when the Banjara people are gravitating towards the cities relinquishing their nomadic life and abandoning their dynamic textile art .
13 I would like to think Mr that you are coming towards the end
14 As they begin a particular stage of the ministry we also pray for those who are coming towards the end of that particular stage of the ministry .
15 It would then be possible to see what progress the Welsh Office and its various agencies are making towards the attainment of common goals .
16 Vertical movement along a fault may lead to the impoundment of streams if they are flowing towards the uplifted block , whereas if they are flowing towards the down-thrown side they will rapidly cut down through the fault scarp .
17 Vertical movement along a fault may lead to the impoundment of streams if they are flowing towards the uplifted block , whereas if they are flowing towards the down-thrown side they will rapidly cut down through the fault scarp .
18 ‘ We could run into problems with the draw and the going in Paris and we are leaning towards the Cheveley Park at Newmarket , ’ said owner Lord Carnarvon .
19 Intel are developing more than processors , they are working towards the diskless computer and demonstrated a prototype that included a small capacity solid-state C : drive containing boot information and operating system in Read Only Memory chips and new high capacity ( 40Mb ) removable flash ROM cards for storage of applications and data .
20 We are working towards the implementation of the new Community Care White Paper , work which was totally absent from the Labour Party budget , and that was one of the reasons why we could n't accept the Labour Party budget .
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