Example sentences of "[pron] is [v-ing] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement will be issued tomorrow outlining Mr Virani 's position and the state of affairs at the property and brewing group , which is seeking to have trading in its shares unfrozen . |
| 2 | Recommendations from energy experts for sharp cuts in energy consumption by refrigerators are being ignored by the European Commission , which is seeking to reduce fridge and freezer energy consumption by 10 per cent by 1 January 1997 . |
| 3 | LIFFE is also involved in a tussle with the electronic DTB in Germany which is seeking to divert DM contract volumes from London to Frankfurt . |
| 4 | If the hon. Gentleman , from a London constituency , would pay some attention to the problems that we face in Hemsworth , such as those with RECHAR , which is helping to keep rates in his area down , he would be doing us a service . |
| 5 | Aware of the strength of public feeling , the council , which is trying to promote York to southern companies as a relocation area , put up restrictive height barriers at some of its open car parks forcing the travellers to move on to council land elsewhere . |
| 6 | It was replaced by the soap Eldorado , which is struggling to get audiences equalling those of Tel 's show at its lowest ebb . |
| 7 | Now it 's a town which is struggling to attract trade . |
| 8 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin retreated to the country yesterday to consider his next move in a fierce battle with his supreme legislature which is threatening to divide Russia . |
| 9 | In the lowlands it is the prosperity of agriculture which is contributing to landscape change by allowing increasing investment in new capital-intensive forms of production . |
| 10 | And our concern is that if that figure is appro is is agreed or recommended by the panel or it 's gon na to be taken by the county that there is something in the order of a hundred and thirty hectares of employment land which is going to take investment from somewhere . |
| 11 | for each peasant which is going to harm production too . |
| 12 | er we have er a ski machine coming from Gloucester which is going to let people have a go and er get them in the right position , and when they do it right all the bells go off , so it 's a fun day for people to come and have a go on things . |
| 13 | Never mind the inconsistencies of using the tools of free trade to secure human rights ( nobody is trying to deprive Iraq , for instance , of its MFN status ) : Congress thinks China should have MFN only if it treats its people better . |
| 14 | How does one convince BR that nobody is going to pay rail fares to travel by bus ? |
| 15 | Nobody is going to pay £10 billion ( $17 billion ) or more just in order to destroy ICI . |
| 16 | She is hoping to buy garden furniture and a barbecue so she can enjoy the summer months in style . |
| 17 | He or she is trying to locate areas of tension that may be fixed in your body . |
| 18 | You , D , obviously are n't sure you like her very much , but at least you 'll admit that she is trying to raise awareness about important issues , like Mr Dylan , when he was alive . |
| 19 | A keen apiarist , standing among the hives , will soon have to produce a piece of paper and a pencil if he or she is going to explain bee behaviour to a group of children . |
| 20 | It may mean a 5 a.m. start from the country if she is to have her regular swim before going into the office , but if she is going to see WHS in Swindon or Heathcote in Warwick , it is more convenient for her to stay in Gloucestershire than to come back to London . |
| 21 | So then I 'll need to go and get my pads and my bandages so that I can put this right , you 'll need two of these for this bandage , the first one , you open out so that the pad is going to go into the palm of her hand and that over the top and she is going to grab hold of the other one like that , okay , now we 've got the wad in there and she 's hanging on to it , but it was the sterile part of the bandage as I undid it that went on to the wound , there is no time for dressing here is there ? |
| 22 | Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things . |
| 23 | She is threatening to sue Mr Peter Owen , BA director of operations , unless he retracts a claim that the offer of her job back a ‘ second chance . ’ . |
| 24 | While this idea probably proves more challenging to the men participating than to the average feminist , this also indicates the experimental intention of the photographer who is seeking to provoke discussion rather than provide trenchant commentary . |
| 25 | She is married to a freelance writer who is struggling to get work . |
| 26 | Maureen Sanderson , head of the SCS 's external therapy and advisory services , who is helping to treat Sheng , often in her spare time , said : ‘ It took a year to cut through the red tape and get Sheng here but we think it will be worth it . |
| 27 | That is why his canonisation of the equally versatile Jeff Koons — ‘ a person who is trying to lead art into the twenty-first century ’ — carries such conviction . |
| 28 | A kindly man who is trying to nudge Mr Karimov away from repressive measures , Mr Zakhidov admitted that the government apparatus was as corrupt as ever but suggested that the president himself was clean . |
| 29 | ‘ We are saying she 's a Glaucous but not swearing it until customs say she 's safe , ’ said Robin , who is trying to enlist Prince Charles in the struggle . |
| 30 | The case of Matthew Lucas who is trying to reopen relations with his estranged mother has been referred to the High Court . |