Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is slowly coming to terms with her past and exorcising the ghosts . |
| 2 | If she is simply referring to degrees of context-dependency , then she must establish a scale on which such things can be measured . |
| 3 | she is always going to the hairdresser and having her hair frizzed oh , oh god |
| 4 | ‘ An affair with you is never going to be enough for me . ’ |
| 5 | But if PRP substitutes for existing pay , it is rarely going to be practicable for the employer to pocket the whole of the saving , since this would imply not only a reduction in the employees ' gross pay , but also an element of risk in remuneration that had previously been assured . |
| 6 | Give me patience , give me a little more patience , Alida thought , for it is soon coming to an end . |
| 7 | The two elements are equally well reconciled in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , where we are introduced to the workings of the ‘ Spirit ’ to a large degree ; the very setting of the poem , where the poet finds that ‘ at my side my cradled infant slumbers peacefully ’ suggests the power of creation ; it is partly owing to the silent yet undeniable presence of the product of his own regeneration that allows Coleridge to ascend to the levels of ‘ meditation with its strange and extreme silentness ’ . |
| 8 | It is again referring to the needless deaths of youths and Owen 's emotional feelings for the subject having been through it all himself . |
| 9 | It is either going to be physically rationed or price rationed … prices are too low anyway , since we still have to have an operating subsidy , and that is not in line with the long-term political trend … ’ |
| 10 | It is probably going to be impossible to sum this amp up without re-introducing the age old arguments concerning transistor vs tube technology . |
| 11 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 12 | In addition to the foul stench it produces , it is also damaging to sensitive mucous membranes . |
| 13 | It is by definition absurd , but it is also threatening to the stolid supremacy she exercises . |
| 14 | It is also going to Eastbourne , to an exhibition organised by the Confederation of British Industries , and to another in Brighton , on Technology Transfer . |
| 15 | Given the gusher of cash flowing out of the company , that is unsurprising ; it is also talking to banks about restructuring its debt . |
| 16 | Not only De La Rue but also maker of specialist papers Portals should benefit as it has more than half the world market for the secure cotton-based papers used for money and money orders which it is already selling to about 120 countries . |
| 17 | It is already working to the disadvantage of the Exchequer some four hundred million pounds a year of lost tax revenue . |
| 18 | It is already leading to a resumption or the land improvement work carried out by the crofters in the sixties , with the help of the College of Agriculture and the Crofters Commission , working closely together . |
| 19 | When you pay a cheque into your account no-one knows that it is definitely going to be paid . |
| 20 | It is a thumping big read , but at £17.99 in hardcover it is obviously going to be good as a £4.99 paperback . |
| 21 | True , John makes it look easy , but , his tackle control is so good that it is obviously going to be difficult to emulate . |
| 22 | It is potentially damaging to children 's health and development . |
| 23 | Whatever the truth , it is seriously damaging to the Crown . |
| 24 | Crosby said : ‘ It is never going to be easy because the FA Cup final is a big thing for everyone concerned . |
| 25 | It is always going to be difficult with a lot of conflicting pressures . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Squire added : ‘ It is still going to be very dark for us . |
| 27 | The influence of the Catholic church is less suffocating today than it was two generations ago , but it is still striking to outsiders . |
| 28 | What is the point of sending the article to learned referees if it is subsequently going to be altered without warning ? |
| 29 | The defence of a firm accused of predatory pricing is often that it is merely responding to competition : so evidence of its intentions may be quite important in deciding whether a firm 's conduct is predatory or not . |
| 30 | Broadening its target market from the five star category , it is now looking to the small independent hotel and restaurant , establishments which businessmen are tending to use more frequently . |