Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE DESIRE for healthier lifestyles is leading to growing acceptance of alternative medicine in treating minor ailments , a report by Mintel market analysts claimed yesterday . |
| 2 | Er lots of languages have very complex kinship terms where in English they 're fairly simple , er I mean someone who is one of your parents brothers is going to be an uncle , no matter what . |
| 3 | The task of relieving avoidable distress and creating a caring and heartening environment in residential and nursing homes is going to be of increasing importance in determining the quality of the last year of people 's lives . |
| 4 | The destruction of peat bogs is contributing to global warming , according to a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and prepared by the Wetland Ecosystems Research Group of Exeter University . |
| 5 | They argue that lots of imported scrap is , in fact , highly contaminated with heavy metals ; and that much ‘ recyclable ’ waste that crosses borders is going to importers with no means or intention of recycling it . |
| 6 | Van Basten , a hero of the last two triumphs is returning to full fitness and looks likely to replace £10m understudy Papin . |
| 7 | Balancing the books is going to be tricky … going on recent balance sheets around three million pounds will be needed up front to pay off debts and buy the Maxwell family shares … and then presumably more money will have to be invested to beat off losses of fifteen thousand pounds a week … the club 's managing director Pat McGeough is hoping to do a deal within the next few days … its not simple … its not clear cut … but for the first time win weeks United are confident about the future |
| 8 | Finding engineers able to master all these areas is going to be difficult . |
| 9 | Now that Sinclair has perfected the newer type of membrane system used on the QL it would be interesting to speculate on which of the add-on companies is going to be the first to offer replacements for this ! |
| 10 | The fact that the Holy Spirit has come upon the Gentiles is a sign from God that the Old Testament plan for the Gentiles is coming to fulfilment after all . |
| 11 | ‘ The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Crystal Springs is going to be the resort name on the tip of every socialite tongue from Boston to New York this winter , I 'll make sure of that . ’ |
| 13 | The story of their latest protests is beginning to be pieced together from documents brought by travellers to Hong Kong and the West . |
| 14 | But the community comprising these individuals is responding to the biodiversity crisis by setting priorities and defining focused research programmes . |
| 15 | Within the parameters of kind , standard and content of programmes studied by the UKCC the influence of elected practising members of the professions is beginning to be felt . |
| 16 | ‘ Adai is coming to the prison after he arrives on Earth . ’ |
| 17 | So the very fact that the offspring are more mature , would reduce conflict , because the degree of value of the sources is going to be much greater , in other words , you could give up the sweet . |
| 18 | Now the teacher entering this role may not be at all clear which of these or mixture of these or other structures is going to be appropriate . |
| 19 | So the words relegation and Feethams will be avoided as much as possible this week , even though Echo Memories is returning to Darlington 's most famous ( albeit adopted ) footballing son . |
| 20 | The case in which the the evidence on damages is going to possibly erm enable me to form a better view of the credibility of the witnesses . |
| 21 | He said the erosion of Sunday opening regulations is leading to traffic increases in towns , along with noise and disturbance . |
| 22 | Nobody would pretend that raising an additional twenty five million pounds is going to be easy but time and again you have risen to the challenge . |
| 23 | The division between the more affluent home-owning households of ordinary working people and the less advantaged under-class households is coming to be more significant than conventional divisions based on the manual/ non-manual distinction . |
| 24 | But he 's a rare breed and the lack of retained firefighters is leading to worrying delays for Oxfordshire 's fire service . |
| 25 | One of Maya Angelou 's own pleasures is listening to great voices . |
| 26 | Whilst discussing Derwentwater he discourages drawing from a boat or small island , ‘ the passion for boat prospects is owing to the delusive fascinations of the water . ’ |
| 27 | There is little doubt that the rapid deforestation of tropical regions is contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect . |
| 28 | Right , classes is definitely plural , so it 's definitely got to go after the s , and therefore it sounds as if teachers is going to be plural , does n't it . |
| 29 | The South African Council of Churches said ‘ it is clear the issue of the death squads is going to be covered up ’ , and described Mr De Klerk 's rationale for refusing a commission as ‘ cynical and spurious ’ . |
| 30 | It seems inevitable that the social profile of lawyers is going to be markedly different from that of society at large because the social profile of persons attaining the level of educational achievement required for admission to higher education does not itself correspond with that of the whole community . |