Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wait until September before she starts another novel is mostly owing to her publicity commitments . |
| 2 | Taking pills or powders for headaches and stomach upsets is only adding to your system 's toxicity . |
| 3 | ( In speaking of what a thing is like in this sense , one is not referring to its relation of resemblance to other things , only of that in it which could be the basis of such resemblance . ) |
| 4 | So so the money you 're paying is not going to your son , it 's going to the Treasury is that right ? |
| 5 | He is not conforming to their pattern by ‘ miraculous accident ’ . |
| 6 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 7 | The government is still sticking to its account , which names 10 dead and a further 37 detained . |
| 8 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
| 9 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
| 10 | The epoch when the writer photographed the life about him with the mechanics of words redolent of the daguerrotype , is happily drawing to its close . |