Example sentences of "were heading for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LABOUR 'S health spokesman , Mr Robin Cook , claimed during health questions that eye tests were dropping so steeply since charges were imposed earlier this year that they were heading for a fall of three million , but health minister Mrs Virginia Bottomley said the Government had not yet reviewed the effect of charges . |
| 2 | SIR — On the BBC World Service news , at 0300 local time , the headlines began by stating that ‘ the ruling Conservative Party were heading for a massive defeat in the British General Election ’ . |
| 3 | We were heading for a little cluster of figures round something on the beach . |
| 4 | NSS , in common with virtually every other publication in the country , got its fingers burnt last week as a result of giving too much credence to the pollsters ' consistent message that we were heading for a hung parliament . |
| 5 | At first , early in 1950 , he feared that the two countries were heading for a " complete showdown " over the world 's economic problems . |
| 6 | Wednesday , beaten twice by Dave Bassett 's outfit last season , were heading for a hat-trick of disasters until Hirst struck six minutes from time . |
| 7 | The bulldozers had turned round now and were heading for the bridge . |
| 8 | At the height of the romance , the pair were inseparable and it was obvious to family and friends that they were heading for the altar . |
| 9 | Some fifteen minutes after Thomas departed , accompanied by his small daughter , two elderly ladies were heading for the bakery to buy some salt . |
| 10 | It was n't as if they were heading for the hills . |
| 11 | Their destination could only be guessed at , but by their line of march through upper Clydesdale it looked as though they were heading for the West March , possibly even Galloway . |
| 12 | We were heading for the Westerman Islands on the far south-east corner of Iceland and a front came in faster than Robin Knox-Johnston , the skipper , had anticipated . |
| 13 | They were heading for the bullseye to begin with , but then the target started to accelerate it speeded up . |
| 14 | Crossing the room as though he were heading for the wardrobe , Angel Four suddenly changed direction , took two swift paces to his right , seized the curtains with both hands and jerked them open . |
| 15 | Ahead and around him as he drifted forward , the melodic light was increasing gradually , growing stronger and brighter as though he were heading for the source . |
| 16 | Norman Fowler 's speech was far too left-wing for them , so they were heading for the ‘ Hedgehog and Hogshead ’ , a railway pub north of the main Brighton railway station . |
| 17 | They were heading for the besieged Bosnian town of Travnik but never reached it . |
| 18 | He then worked as the third man on the management side at Middlesbrough , under Bruce Rioch and Colin Todd before joining Darlington , as they were heading for the GM Vauxhall Conference , three years ago . |
| 19 | It is believed they were heading for the South Shields area when they disappeared Witness plea : Police have appealed for witnesses to a disturbance in the Albert Street and Princess Square area of central Harrogate on Friday . |
| 20 | When Operation Gentle Shepherd swung into action for the second time , five of the six sperm whales were coaxed by 14 rescue vessels between the islands of Swona and South Ronaldsay and were heading for the Pentland Firth when they dived beneath the waves . |
| 21 | MODERATE supporters of President Rafsanjani were heading for an overwhelming victory over Iranian hardliners last night , according to the latest tally of returns from parliamentary elections held on Friday . |
| 22 | The result of these various pressures was that , when they were taken over , some 150 undertakings were heading for an aggregate deficit of £7 millions ( more than 3 per cent of total BEA revenue ) over the year . |