Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such battles are damaging to all parties , so we welcomed CCW 's policy guidance on wind power and energy strategy in the hope that these will encourage a more landscape-sensitive approach in future . |
| 2 | They are not as effective or fast acting and are damaging to some surfaces particularly aluminium . |
| 3 | Branch secretary Jack Amos explained : ‘ We are writing to all clubs in the branch to see if there is sufficient interest in such a competition and if there is we will get things moving as soon as possible . ’ |
| 4 | Members of the jury whilst you 're listening to these officers ask yourself a number of questions as they 're going along . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose we 're going to these ruins , then , ’ she said . |
| 6 | The Government 's current policies are leading to these problems . ’ |
| 7 | Software suppliers are going to some lengths to make their Windows product sets work in a uniform way , with the same icons , toolbars and so forth . |
| 8 | The advice was given after Jo had been speaking to both children and their parents ( an audience that included 12 year old Romy Hutchins — a participant in the Challenge — and her father Paul , the former British Davis Cup captain and national team manager ) , in a unique question and answer session which preceded an on court clinic for the 20 or so participating juniors . |
| 9 | The audience are coming to these shows knowing fully that they should be prepared to deal with the present and the future . |
| 10 | We are saying to those councillors , ’ Wo n't pay , ca n't say ’ ; in other words , ’ If you are not prepared to obey the law and pay your rightful contribution to the cost of the local services which , as locally elected representatives , you have a say in providing , it is unjustifiable for you to have any influence , through your votes , on the amount of local tax that is levied in your area . ’ |
| 11 | And then , immediately , I said to myself , well , you 've been saying to these men [ his captors ] ‘ When you 're in a tight corner , renounce violence ’ . |
| 12 | I think it enables the young people that have been coming to those meetings to find out too the problems that Councillors and Local Authorities have in actually trying to carry out the sort of things they want . |
| 13 | I think it enables young , the young people that have been coming to those meetings to find out too the problems that councillors have and local authorities have , in actually trying to carry out the sorts of things they want . |
| 14 | I shall be returning to these topics below , but at this stage it should be stressed again that the rather more re fined and flexible view of literariness that I have just outlined was derived from the founding principles of Formalism . |
| 15 | We shall be returning to these arguments about the mixed market for personal social services and recent government policy in Chapter 11 . |
| 16 | ‘ Ernst & Young will be writing to all depositors within 48 hours advising them of the position , ’ said Jason Elles . |
| 17 | ‘ We are already planning to include Theme Day recipes from across the country and will be writing to all units for their ideas ’ , said Sandra . |
| 18 | At a press conference to publicise the study , Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald , assistant head of the BMA 's professional division , announced that the BMA would be writing to all councils and to Education Secretary Kenneth Clark to encourage a no-smoking policy . |
| 19 | They are a useful cleaning option , supplementing chemical activity , although they can be damaging to some surfaces . |
| 20 | Some dealers , all sitting together , would be listening to these lines for hours on end . |
| 21 | A reminder will be going to all teachers who may have lapsed Society members in their classes . |
| 22 | ‘ The new tariffs have opened up the market and I 'm selling to all sorts of people now . |
| 23 | So I suspect that you wo n't be talking to these kinds of men , or do you get a chance to talk to the men that you perceive are part of the problem . |
| 24 | Even if they had to take sewing lessons first it would still be less expensive and the idea of hiring a wedding dress must be unappealing to many brides . |
| 25 | So , what I 'm saying is we actually need the community services to be in place , er , and I 'm referring to such services as under-fives provision , er , increased support to er , to families er , and the children to avoid the need to er , to accommodate those children in care , more provision er , for er , youth justice work . |
| 26 | Therefore , in order to make sense of these responses ‘ yes ’ answers were deemed to be referring to all practices . |
| 27 | And er er sort of phone call one afternoon at half past four from the deputy , oh by the way , in fact if we had n't been talking to any Brummies on a we would 've been interviewing people and telling them that they 'd got a three year and these are all points that are gon na be brought up next week , but I do n't see there is any possibility of them doing an about turn because they 've gone public on it . |
| 28 | When the people in Northern Ireland were listening to these matters on the radio , they were wondering why a statement was to be made . |
| 29 | Cutbacks were being made in the provision of security which were leading to more cars being stolen and also placing an extra burden on the families who were visiting sick or loved ones . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend is right to mention the strengths of those companies , even when they face difficulties in world markets , and to emphasise the difficulties that they would face at home if a Labour Government were adding to those problems . |