Example sentences of "is [verb] to be [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Selina — said to earn £200,000 a year as a newscaster with Sky TV — is reported to be considering a £250,000 contract from the new London TV station Carlton . |
| 2 | As the calls for a new privacy law were mounting , journalists and photographers were massing outside a Gloucestershire estate where John Bryan is reported to be renting a cottage . |
| 3 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown is reported to be preparing a major economic policy initiative to be unveiled at the Labour conference . |
| 4 | The WWF is reported to be contributing a six-figure sum toward the scheme . |
| 5 | This one is expected to be called A Vision Of The Earth . |
| 6 | This means that the fair futures price is expected to be implying a year-end index value of 1929.2 . |
| 7 | France recognises its poor performance in population assistance and is said to be developing a new programme , which , however , is expected to focus on public education and demographic research and training rather than family planning assistance . |
| 8 | Faced with the choice of reinventing itself or hanging up its boots , 88open , the supporters club for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC vendors , is said to be finalising a plan to offer its conformance testing expertise to the industry at large , via a separate organisation that will develop and implement test suites for suppliers of other RISC architectures and consortia like PowerOpen or Sparc International it sees as potential customers . |
| 9 | Six UK licencees include the Prudential Building Society , the Post Office and Swiss Bank — North West Water is said to be taking a look . |
| 10 | The new French government is said to be taking a fresh look at the matter . |
| 11 | HOG members stress the group is concerned only with generic definitions , and whilst OSF is said to be taking a lead role in new work , HOG members have already agreed to endorse those previously established by the Network Management Forum . |
| 12 | Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened . |
| 13 | The big question now is how soon the blond from Henley will eclipse the blonde from Finchley , who is said to be planning a speech which would make Joan of Arc sound hesitant . |
| 14 | These also seem to be the stories enticing actors Madonna , for example , is said to be preparing a screen version of the life of another anguished martyr : the tormented Mexican painter Frida Kahlo . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 16 | The quiet life obviously palled : he is said to be making a comeback . |
| 17 | However , it is possible that such " cutting " was intentional , in order to create the effect of a movement away from the spectator ( who is seen to be receiving a privileged view ) . |
| 18 | The Plaintiff relies on proprietary estoppel the principle of which , in its broadest form , may be stated as follows ; where one person , A , has acted to his detriment on the faith of a belief , which was known to and encouraged by another person , B , that he either has or is going to be given a right in or over B 's property , B can not insist on his strict legal rights if to do so would be inconsistent with A 's belief . |
| 19 | But in my judgment , at all events where the belief is that A is going to be given a right in the future , it is properly to be regarded as giving rise to a species of constructive trust , which is the concept employed by a court of equity to prevent a person from relying on his legal rights where it would be unconscionable for him to do so … |
| 20 | And read the please six and visions from Viscuss The first one is going to be given a bit more time and then the other five are going to brief . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose the difficulty is going to be finding a time in the next couple of weeks when we 're both free . ’ |
| 22 | This means that the buyer of one contract ( the long ) is expecting to be allocated a 500,000 sterling time deposit at an eligible bank on the delivery date . |
| 23 | Associated Newspapers is understood to be considering a bid for the Oracle teletext franchise , alongside Carlton Communications , Independent Television News , TV-am and MAI Broadcasting . |
| 24 | Meanwhile the Prime Minister is understood to be arranging a series of meetings with the leaders of all the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | The Bank of England is understood to be keeping a watch as discussions continue between Eurotunnel and its four agent banks , which include the Midland and National Westminster . |
| 26 | If the interviewer is closely identified with some head-office group that is known to be contemplating a change that organization participants consider undesirable , he will need considerable skill to tell just how strongly particular schemas are held . |
| 27 | Trapped in a cost-cutting spiral , Computone and Specialix — plus Chase Research Inc which is rumoured to be courting a buyer — are being forced to streamline their organisations . |
| 28 | MICHAEL Jackson is rumoured to be releasing a new single before Christmas : a duet with fellow cartoon character Bart Simpson titled ‘ You 're Bart , Man ’ . |
| 29 | In response to Labour 's move , the Prime Minister is believed to be considering a similar action . |
| 30 | Core to the strategy is the ability to use multiple operating systems and IBM is believed to be developing a new version of AIX/ESA that will run on both the RS/6000 workstations and highly-parallel servers . |