Example sentences of "be heading for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time . |
| 2 | Many people believe we are heading for environmental catastrophe unless we radically change the way we live , and the programme is a practical bid to bring about that change in urban areas . |
| 3 | The oil minister suggested that this would be as serious as physical closure , in which case ‘ we are heading for real trouble ’ . |
| 4 | French Socialists prepare to feast on crumbs of comfort The Socialists have been told so often that they are heading for total rout in tomorrow 's election that they will be relieved if they manage the 20 per cent predicted by the polls , writes Diana Geddes in Paris |
| 5 | The brothers , who fought out the finish of the Elite Hurdle at Cheltenham 's Sunday fixture , are heading for another showdown in the Bula Hurdle over the same course and distance . |
| 6 | He told them that by turning off here , the company they were following would almost certainly be heading for upper Teviotdale , by Rankilburn , Buccleuch and Bellenden , since the Ettrick valley would merely bring them back to its junction with Yarrow again . |
| 7 | If on the basis of the best information the system is seen to be heading for some sort of catastrophe then people not unnaturally lose confidence in it . |
| 8 | But Washington state officials will not be heading for underground shelters as the rocket is loaded with peace messages and pleas for investment . |
| 9 | Last week 's devaluation of the Portuguese escudo and the Spanish peseta means that tourists will undoubtedly be heading for blistering climes . |
| 10 | If you are not , you may be heading for potential losses which could have been avoided and you are almost certainly not trading as effectively or profitably as you should ! |
| 11 | And the big fish were heading for deep water . |
| 12 | Those in financial trouble who knew of the money advice services but chose to ignore them , or who were unaware of their existence , and as a result let their indebtedness , once just manageable , become unmanageable , were heading for real trouble . |
| 13 | Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football . |
| 14 | But Barons came back to lead 4-3 at the end of the second and Tigers looked like they were heading for another defeat . |
| 15 | Marine archaeology is heading for new depths with the second and perhaps most spectacular underwater shipwreck foray by a new unmanned submarine . |
| 16 | ‘ On the other hand , nobody is going to call you full of promise again , ’ says Laura , who is heading for 30 . |
| 17 | Anyone who simply returns to the same repetitive activity is heading for further trouble — especially if their technique is at fault . |
| 18 | Brandmakers , whose Addams Family board game , based on the hit film , is heading for top toy shops ' shelves , is facing a financial crisis . |
| 19 | He is heading for 350 League appearances with Liverpool ( 183 goals ) and 50 FA Cup games . |
| 20 | But it is heading for another record if the local newspapers are to be believed : that for sweatshops employing cheap , illegal , mainly female and immigrant workers who assemble the micro-electronics parts . |
| 21 | Now Charlie who has set a host of records in recent months is heading for another one — the highest number of winners in the newly formed Irish jump season . |
| 22 | This view represented the thoughts of an ever-growing majority whose intuitive feeling was that the Merseyside plant was heading for total and irreversible closure with the loss of ten thousand jobs . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I know why Billy was heading for that house , ’ Prentice went on . |
| 24 | Fabia arose on Sunday morning , thought of Cara , of Barney , and of the man she had never yet met but , with guilty conscience , hoped to , and then attempted to shed her anxieties by remembering that , with Františkovy Láznë being less than twenty-five miles away , Františkovy Láznë was where she was heading for that day . |
| 25 | In 1956 , of course , the Conservative party was heading for one of the few post-war political events unequivocally more damaging to it than the current poll-tax furore — the Suez crisis . |
| 26 | Though he had no hope of beating Stevie or Buck , he was heading for one of the best net scores of the day . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , the Government was heading for more conflict after its confirmation of a 1.5 per cent public-sector pay rise led to protests from teachers and health workers . |