Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BUTCH REYNOLDS , the world 400m record-holder , is vowing to return to international athletics . |
| 2 | It is precisely this that she is seeking to obtain in this case . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) Included within the ‘ extraordinary ’ or ‘ special ’ category might be , for example , cases where the child is proposing to submit to a sterilisation , an abortion , the removal of an organ for donation , or some similar non-therapeutic procedure , or where the child is refusing to submit to some procedure necessary to prolong or save the child 's life or to protect the child from really serious and irreparable harm . |
| 4 | The first stage being the establishment , the next stage being penetration , the third stage being damage , what actually produces the damage in the disease , and the fourth stage is , if the disease is going to last for any period of time the ability of the organism to persist . |
| 5 | This mortaring is going to continue for some time . ’ |
| 6 | Pioneer must be assuming this trend is going to continue for some time ; its Wakefield plant does not go fully on line until 1994 . |
| 7 | We must not prejudice in any way what that Committee is going to do about this matter . |
| 8 | Where , however , the respondent is going to rely on any authority or refer to any evidence which is not dealt with in the judgment of the court below , a respondent 's skeleton argument must always be lodged . |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman is going to talk about humanitarian aid , I hope that he will get his facts right . |
| 10 | The half of the residue is going to go to those issue , children grand children whatever . |
| 11 | ‘ Sam Thompson is going to phone in that information you wanted as soon as he can , ’ she volunteered . |
| 12 | In tackling a problem it is useful to gather as much information as possible and then to decide whether the solution is going to depend on more information or on a new idea . |
| 13 | ‘ I think Mike 's proposal is going to run into some opposition ’ , he says . |
| 14 | Because I think , what is a reasonable time , is going to vary from one product to another . |
| 15 | I am sure the Government will appreciate the indignation that they will feel overburdened as they are with work , that they will now have to use their scarce resources to deal with criminal conduct arising on the railways and lastly , who is going to pay for this work ? |
| 16 | Now the bell is beginning to toll for indoor athletics at the station as , at long last , new facilities are being opened , at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow and soon at the big centre in Birmingham . |
| 17 | Other comparable UK initiatives are taking place : the Royal Society of Arts is sponsoring a Higher Education for Capability programme ; the National Council for Vocational Qualifications , with its ideas on a competency based curriculum , is beginning to turn to higher education ; and the Council for Industry and Higher Education talks of developing the students ' personal transferable skills . |
| 18 | Sacha is now well on the road to recovery and is starting to put on some weight . |
| 19 | UK Birmingham-based IMI 's Uniplex Ltd office automation software outfit will next week announce the appointment of Margaret Gymer to the post of director of international services : she 'll head a new service and support unit the company is starting to look after that side of the business , which is now said to account for some 20% of the company 's revenue . |
| 20 | Thanks to a story two weeks ago in InformationWeek headlined ‘ Take One , It 's Free , ’ Unix System Labs is having to explain to potential Destiny customers why they ca n't have a free copy of SVR4.2 . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , he enters 1991 without an economic plan or budget ( so everyone is having to improvise with last year 's targets ) , and without a prime minister to blame for mismanagement ( Nikolai Ryzhkov , who for months had been under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined anyway , had a heart attack on December 25th ) . |
| 22 | The chairman of the Association of University Professors of French , Michael Kelly , said , ‘ The British Academy is trying to cope with economic misery by inventing bogus academic qualifications . |
| 23 | He is trying to sell off four building plots on his estate for up to £40,000 each to raise cash for an endowment fund . |
| 24 | The Council of Churches in Namibia are responsible for setting up repatriation centres but South Africa 's colonial Administration General lAG ) in Namibia is trying to interfere in this process and has even suggested the use of South African military bases for this purpose ! |
| 25 | The first Bitches Rodeo was run in 1988 with 19 people including Gerry Moffat , Frank Goodman and Shaun Baker , the latter of whom is planning to return to competitive hotdogging , notes Andy happily . |
| 26 | Nicholas Winterton , who is planning to abstain in next week 's vote , described it as a short-term fix rather than a long-term solution . |