Example sentences of "[pron] is [v-ing] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate , I do n't know what you define as glamour , but , if you do n't think this little outfit of yours is going to get all the boys hot and panting , then you want your head seen to . |
| 2 | Because before long someone is going to get killed or hurt . |
| 3 | ‘ Someone is going to get hurt . |
| 4 | In evaluating these arguments it is relevant to distinguish between regimes that have been the constitutional and established government of a state and a regime which is seeking to achieve that position either displacing a former government or to fill a vacuum . |
| 5 | That Ronchey 's move has been made now is due not only to the changed political climate , but also to the fact that the Minister is not a career politician like his recent , ineffective predecessors , but an independent , educated man ( he was a distinguished political journalist before being invited to join the government ) , who instead of getting tied up in his Ministry 's bureaucratic shibboleths , has collected an enlightened group of advisors around him , including the independent scholar Federico Zeri , who enjoys star status in Italy , and Mirella Baracco , the energetic founder of the private ginger group , Napoli 99 , which is managing to get long-closed monuments and churches in that city open to the public . |
| 6 | The quite excellent British Museum Press , which is managing to produce some twenty scholarly titles this season , from books to accompany exhibitions to detailed descriptions of archaeological digs , has profited from the private entertainment of its former director , Sir David Wilson , to produce a delightful book of funerary inscriptions gathered by him from all over the British Isles and America . |
| 7 | To be fair , there is a significant Construction Training Programme in association with Canary Wharf which is beginning to make some local impact . |
| 8 | The 8 acre bowl is a reclaimed landfill site which is aiming to become one of Europe 's premier entertainment venues and not just for rock music . |
| 9 | There are interviews with women who still practise female circumcision and the film-makers talk to Efna Graham , the director of FORWARD — a voluntary organisation which is trying to combat Female Circumcision . |
| 10 | The only exception at present is Gwynedd County Council which is trying to dampen inward migration and retain its resident population . |
| 11 | The idea is backed by the Meat and Livestock Commission which is trying to interest other chains in similar schemes . |
| 12 | BUILDING societies were called to an emergency meeting by the Department of the Environment this week in an attempt to defuse the growing crisis , over contaminated concrete blocks which is threatening to make unmortgageable up to 40 per cent of the housing stock in Cornwall and parts of Devon . |
| 13 | He has made cars cheaper which is going to put more of them on the road . |
| 14 | What we ca n't do , and what we can do , and see between you , if you ca n't determine a specific plan of action which is going to improve that which you do . |
| 15 | At the moment we are looking for an alternative night shelter , which is going to prove expensive ’ . |
| 16 | They are also finalising plans for a European tour later this year — which is going to mean fewer dates back home — including Farnham . |
| 17 | I mean , it 's not a great , from a computing point of view , it 's not great having some erm you know vast faceless organisation which is going to make sure everything 's alright , because it means that when something goes wrong , it takes weeks and weeks and weeks to get it sorted out , because you have to fill in a form in triplicate , get it signed |
| 18 | What alternative reflection of himself can the Left , for instance , offer Chas which is going to make any sense in terms of his own experience and the way he sees the world ? |
| 19 | The Italian branch of the World Wildlife Fund sponsors a wolf group , which is attempting to preserve that animal . |
| 20 | Nobody is going to take that place . |
| 21 | ‘ I can see nobody is going to believe this story first time , are they ? ’ |
| 22 | Yeah but you see you , you , you really do not think that somebody is going to do that . |
| 23 | If you 've got an unknown author there is no way somebody is going to buy that book unless they have picked it up off the shelf . |
| 24 | She is hoping to attend All Saints Primary School in Eccles , Greater Manchester . |
| 25 | She is trying to make explicit what lies hidden at another level , one which the participants , whether schooled or unschooled , are not drawing attention to themselves : the cognitive level . |
| 26 | Now she is retiring to devote more time to her family . |
| 27 | Erm , one of the things we had on the stall is erm this erm application form for N H S charges , now many people including probably people here do n't know that erm , you do n't have to be on supplementary to get help and Ann knows actually , er if your getting any rent or rate rebate and you fill this in , you 'll get some help , in some cases quite considerable help , and I suggested that we had some of these on our store room , got some from Welfare Rights , and they went like hot cakes , because most people did n't know about this , so following that we shall have , we shall keep these on our stall and I 've more or less suggested that Lisa on Age Concern in the Leah Manning should have them there because she 's constantly getting enquiries on that , so she is going to do that . |
| 28 | I know she is going to need permanent care very soon — everyone 's urging me in that direction . |
| 29 | Arrangements will have to be made with a suitable removal firm if she is going to bring some of her furniture with her , and she may need help in finding the best dealers or auctioneers to take the items she wants to dispose of . |
| 30 | Start typing a letter for Head of Primary who is trying to sell some raffle tickets to raise funds for a new mini-bus . |