Example sentences of "is [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only doubt about this was raised by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 where the court specifically left open the question whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired but is merely selling the knowledge to a third party ( see p79 above ) . |
| 2 | Or is only pronouncing the element to be a metal ( or a non-metal ) classification ? |
| 3 | The company is thus providing a service to others who wish to purchase these structures . |
| 4 | Rover is already exporting the cars to Siberia , where they 're being used by among others , the police . |
| 5 | He is always telling the women to be quiet . |
| 6 | However , believing that the reforms do not go far enough , and backed by the National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) and The Independent , he is still pursuing the campaign to the European courts . |
| 7 | BJORN BORG who , at 36 , is still contemplating a return to Grand Slam tournaments , faces Olivier Delaitre , of France — ranked 44th in the world — when he plays his first official men 's singles match for almost a year in Nice tomorrow . |
| 8 | But it is the parent who is forever admonishing the infant to ‘ be careful ’ who is more likely to instil fear into the young mind . |
| 9 | Lamb 's solicitor Alan Herd , who represented him at the 50-minute hearing , said : ‘ Allan is very unhappy with the decision and is urgently considering an appeal to the Cricket Council . |
| 10 | Snoopy does n't have the field to itself , however , as Bristol Technology Inc , Ridgefield , Connecticut , is also readying a solution to the task of running Windows applications on Unix . |
| 11 | David Reed is also writing a guide to Nepal . |
| 12 | Atkinson is also giving a trial to Canadian striker Alex Bunbury . |
| 13 | In some cases referral is essential , but this chapter will show that for many the CAB is developing specialist in-depth expertise that has turned the tables such that the CAB is now becoming the agency to whom clients are referred . |
| 14 | Bob graffiti : He Lives , and is now giving a living to more Jamaicans than when we walked the streets of Kingston |
| 15 | We now stand poised on the brink of a great new episode in European evolution and I am proud that the party of which I am a member has taken our country forward and is now leading the way to a sustainable economic and political union . |
| 16 | The United States administration is closely watching the response to President Bush 's call for tariff freedom throughout the Americas . |
| 17 | Finally , there is no denying the attraction to us of something which relies on people helping themselves , instead of having help imposed from outside . |
| 18 | Second , Labour under Mr Kinnock is belatedly making the transition to continental-style social democracy . |
| 19 | SCOTVEC is currently preparing a guide to procedures for centres offering general SVQs and Skillstart awards . |
| 20 | Since for each item there is a 50 per cent chance of a correct response simply by guessing , children with scores of 8 or less on any set are regarded as in need of retesting , while very low scores ( 0–1 ) indicate that the child is systematically misunderstanding the meanings to be derived from word order . |