Example sentences of "are [v-ing] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this general context , handheld media are increasingly offering the same utilities which are helping to build the electronic information market globally , together with portability , an ingredient new to electronic media but for long one of the most cherished advantages of the printed word . |
| 2 | Does that mean that we are helping to subsidise the German coal industry while shutting pits in this country and throwing people out of work ? |
| 3 | Many organizations are struggling to harness the creative energies which it releases . |
| 4 | THREE places are bidding to host the National Mod in 1996 . |
| 5 | THE CANDIDATES BARELY MENTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS IN THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS ; BUT THREE ISSUES ARE RETURNING TO HAUNT THE INCOMING GOVERNMENT |
| 6 | Their statement read : ‘ We are saddened by the actions of a small vocal minority within the community who are endeavouring to impede the economic development of the area … . |
| 7 | While the underclass in this country is held firmly in place by unemployment , a number of other trends , such as tax and benefit disincentives , and structural changes in the job market , are operating to support the downward kick unemployment has on the living standards of this group . |
| 8 | ‘ The administrators are seeking to use the statutory procedure to get information which the company , if solvent , would not have been able to obtain before deciding whether or not to pursue the proceedings against B.C.C.I. |
| 9 | He says : ‘ The flat hand-out is appropriate if you are seeking to mobilise the maximum numbers to vote . ’ |
| 10 | Officially these scientists are working on long-range weather predictions ; in fact , though , they are seeking to prove the cosmic-ice theory once and for all . |
| 11 | In schools , teachers are refusing to instil the official line that whaling continues for " scientific " purposes only . |
| 12 | So most teachers are tending to ignore the national curriculum , and the tests and everything else , and teach what they 've always taught . |
| 13 | A softly woven dress would also look attractive with collar , cuffs or edging in blending simple plain machine knitting with the added bonus that these plain edgings are serving to lock the soft edges in place . |
| 14 | Many local authorities are attempting to improve the economic prospects of their localities by encouraging the development and growth of small businesses . |
| 15 | In it you made no mention of the way in which some Third World leaders are attempting to redress the political imbalance between North and South by resorting to the terrorist tactic of hostage-taking . |
| 16 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 17 | ‘ They are paying to see the bridal garter , ’ Gaston explained with amusement . |
| 18 | He and his brother are going to organize the soundest folk among their cousins and get the word to the boys on the other side from Pitnacree up to Cluny . |
| 19 | Okay so I think that erm some of Mill 's system he has given us and accounted them a type of theory of democracy but seems to me deeply by between two ideas , one is that everyone will have a say in government and the other is they should n't be allowed decisive say if they are going to say the wrong thing so that on the one hand we have democratic equality of a source , on the other hand we have an independent theory of the good and a democratic process should be allowed to disrupt the good of the nation and Mill just does n't seem to be able to put these two elements in erm proper coherent fashion . |
| 20 | Tell your audience that you are going to spell out the names of a complete suit of cards and , each time you spell out a letter , you are going to take the top card and place it on the bottom . |
| 21 | They are going to draw the young men out of the country like pith out of a rush . |
| 22 | This is straightforward for pursuers who know whether they are going to use the Optional Procedure or not . |
| 23 | It is splendid news that Mr Smith is able to renounce socialism and even better that Gordon Brown and Tony Blair and even wee Nigel Griffiths are going to pursue the ugly connections between Tory plutocrats and regulations that block the free market . |
| 24 | Now , I 've seen both sides and I do believe that Blackburn are going to present the bigger problem . |
| 25 | That 's why you can have two people who are going to occupy the same position and you 'll treat them quite differently , because of the different characters . |
| 26 | However , if you are going to make the best use of your Z88 , you need to understand what you are doing . |
| 27 | ‘ If we are going to build the best stadium in England , it must be matched by the team . |
| 28 | Yes , you guessed correctly , we are going to investigate the equipotential surfaces and field lines of two point charges . |
| 29 | ‘ Smith and his brother are going to attempt the 11,000 miles from the UK to Australia in another Vickers . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We are very concerned about the revised proposals because they are going to exclude the vast majority of contamination from the registers , ’ says Sean Humber , waste campaigner with Friends of the Earth . |