Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Gloucestershire County Council , which is responsible for the registration of nursing homes is proposing to revoke the home 's certificate of registration . |
| 2 | The Bank 's actions to date , portray little regard for the unemployment crisis in this Country and , quite ironically , at the time of writing , one of these Banks is seeking to reduce the number of staff in the Branch network through a voluntary package and not replace these staff . |
| 3 | The Guild of Food Writers is campaigning to improve the quality of catering food — its vice chairman Claudia Roden talks to Janette Marshall |
| 4 | I think from time to time , little bits of the Government do work reasonably well , and do respond reasonably well to county council and local authority initiatives , and although I could n't pretend that a hundred and , that twenty- five thousand pounds is going to solve the unemployment problem in Wiltshire , nor indeed solve the problem being created by the run- down of defence industry , nevertheless , I think credit should be given where credit 's due . |
| 5 | But after that the goon with the machine guns is going to get the range . |
| 6 | Referring to the Rhyl Labour Party campaign to persuade the public to send preprinted ‘ Deeds Not Words ’ postcards to him at the House of Commons , Mr Richards said : ‘ Anybody who thinks that sending postcards and petitions is going to change the price of bread is not living in the real world . ’ |
| 7 | Will he reflect on the fact that one of the most unpleasant duties of the Northumbria police is having to drag the mangled bodies of motorists from cars that have gone into ditches alongside the A1 while on their way to Scotland ? |
| 8 | But in reality , none of these programmes is helping to increase the production of firewood . |
| 9 | ONE of the UK 's largest nursing-homes operators is planning to join the stock market via a share offering before 31 May to the public valuing it at more than £100 million . |
| 10 | i BAT Industries is planning to expand the annual production capacity of its Southampton factory from 18 billion cigarettes to 30 billion . |
| 11 | The whole emphasis of social services is trying to satisfy the needs of so many different groups . |