Example sentences of "is heading for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The most pessimistic observers are predicting growth rates of less than 1 per cent , and are suggesting that the Japanese economy is heading for a deep and prolonged recession .
2 Isobel nodded , her lips compressed , and then said : ‘ Yes , that ghastly , fat Humpty Dumpty is heading for a great fall , poor thing .
3 It is at this point that the system is heading for a new crisis .
4 Fashion designer , Finn McGill , is heading for a brilliant career when her mother falls ill and she decides to turn her back on Paris to return to her home town , Belfast .
5 South America 's most rigid political system is heading for a stirring , if risky , conflict of powers .
6 Before it collects a penny in gate money — and the match is heading for a full house — the Scottish Football Association will pocket £450,000 from the sale of trackside advertising to German companies .
7 It is heading for a thumping loss of more than FF700m ( about £85m ) this year and if you believe all the doomsters and gloomsters , the vultures are already circling over the lovable animated characters created by the legendary Walt Disney .
8 Now Britain is heading for a pre-Christmas Sunday shopping bonanza believe it or not now you heard it first here on this programme that I I predict that there will be completely deregulated Sunday trading before much long What ?
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