Example sentences of "is [v-ing] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There needs to be a facility whereby one is automatically informed that the entry at which one is looking has a cross-reference to it in another part of the dictionary , and whereby one is immediately given a display of this cross reference ( or all of them , if there are several ) if one wants to check it . |
| 2 | The University of Strathclyde is seeking to appoint a successor to Professor Sir Graham Hills , who retires from the office of Principal and Vice-Chancellor in 30 September 1991 . |
| 3 | It is as if one is seeking to give an answer to the question : What advantage does morality bring ? |
| 4 | The Arsenal manager , facing up to the worst sequence of League defeats at Highbury for 16 years , is refusing to become a hostage to the reputations of what he calls ‘ name players ’ . |
| 5 | Now he does not tell her that he is going to put a knife to that child 's throat and burn his body to ashes . |
| 6 | Apple Computer , the Cinderella company that has risen from the backyard to a worldwide name in six years , is going to give a computer to every public and private school in the state — that 's about 10 000 computers with a retail value of almost $20 million . |
| 7 | Clearly , further education is now well represented within the Welsh Office and the central authority in Wales is beginning to give a lead to its future development . |
| 8 | We are on familiar ground , since this idealism is none other than his deeper — sometimes he called it deepest , sometimes highest — realism ; but with new implications in that he is beginning to show a sensitiveness to the actual which no doubt existed before but was rarely evident , a sensitiveness which is now coming out like a bruise . |
| 9 | The man who is more at home on the classical stage is getting to pay a tribute to his idol at the Ulster Hall . |
| 10 | Conservative MP David Shaw is trying to put a stop to their transactions with UK residents . |
| 11 | His departure would complicate matters for the UN 's special envoy in Afghanistan , Mr Benon Sevan , who is trying to bring an end to the 14-year civil war . |
| 12 | The Reagan administration is trying to establish an alternative to the convention , in the form of a ‘ mini-treaty ’ including only the mining nations who recognise and protect each others ' claims . |
| 13 | The family is planning to hand a petition to the Bishop of Chelmsford , the Rt Rev John Waine , in the diocesan office in Chelmsford next month calling for the church to change its mind . |