Example sentences of "they are [v-ing] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , after two years of deepening recession and a dearth of tourists , they are moving to the Left , incensed by government proposals to deregulate the taxi trade and give licences to minicab drivers . |
| 2 | ‘ They are saying to the council that they 've got to listen to how their employees and the public feel , and not to impose the cuts of central government on their workers and expect them to carry the consequences . ’ |
| 3 | The reality is that the popular committees are not being funded by anyone … rather they are responding to the lack of funding of the community services [ i.e. by the authorities ] by trying to organise their own . |
| 4 | The police can claim they are responding to the needs of a multicultural society , and the religious leaders become the channel of communication between their community and the state . |
| 5 | Yet the faces they are showing to the world are thoroughly miserable ones . |
| 6 | An American legal source said : ‘ Fans are going to have to show they are going to the US only for the soccer matches and provide evidence of a steady history of employment , and that they can support themselves while in the States . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ British fishermen are beginning to use lines rather than nets , but they are selling to the Continent because they 'd be daft not to . |
| 8 | Most recently , the controversy surrounding the use of Chlorofluorocarbons ( CFC 's ) and the damage they are doing to the Ozone layer has received a great deal of publicity . |
| 9 | None of Britain 's 140 nuclear power stations will get a licence to continue operations until they provide far more detailed information on what damage they are doing to the environment and what steps they are taking to prevent it , according to an announcement from HM Inspectorate of Pollution . |
| 10 | If the taxpayer understood what the Government are planning with this privatisation and what they are doing to the coal industry , there would be no doubt what would happen at the next general election . |
| 11 | Group members should not only feel that they are contributing to the life of the group , but that their participation is important . |
| 12 | It must ( a ) try to be a little less Spanish ( Jasmine 's ballet is Spanish ) and ( b ) give the impression that they are coming to the village . |