Example sentences of "this [is] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I WERE to a take a bath I would not turn both taps fully on since this is bound to result in a freezing cold bath . |
| 2 | This is bound to result in frequent problems . |
| 3 | Now this is beginning to sound like Sesame Street ! |
| 4 | This is beginning to happen through the exhortation as well as education received from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace . |
| 5 | However this is beginning to apply to classroom video materials too as more and more people today have video machines at home . |
| 6 | And even this is beginning to change with programs like Soft PC and the add-in hardware products that give the Macintosh direct PC compatibility . |
| 7 | If all this is beginning to smack of soap box journalism , it is more focused than that . |
| 8 | This is intended to serve as a dedicated newspaper microfilming project to deal with newspaper preservation problems across Scotland and not just those within the NLS collections . |
| 9 | Informal contact with officials in Brussels through diplomatic sources has indicated that this is intended to apply to all practitioners , in public or private practice , in any form of primary health care . |
| 10 | This is said to depend on the intention of Parliament . |
| 11 | This is said to depend on the intention of Parliament but the test is fictitious as Parliament frequently gives no thought to the question . |
| 12 | Anyone who is unconvinced of this is recommended to speak with a linguist about how to mark and interpret the expression ‘ wash sinks ’ . |
| 13 | Section 2(2) prevents the use of an exemption clause to escape liability for other loss or damage ( in general this is taken to refer to property damage and economic loss ) caused by negligence , unless the clause can satisfy the test of reasonableness . |
| 14 | In 1983 gas supplied 8% of energy demand and this is anticipated to rise to over 20% by 1990 by which time dependence on imported oil and gas is planned to fall from 83% in 1983 to 52% in 1990 . |
| 15 | The current GNP per head of the population in Panaragua is $5,000 , but this is expected to rise to $5,500 in the next 2 years . |
| 16 | The Miniphone cellular network has gone into operation in Buenos Aires and some of its suburbs : the network is expected to have 10,000 users within a year , and is being run by Movistar — set up by Telecom Argentina SA , and controlled by STET SpA and France Telecom — and Telefonica Argentina ; initial investment in the project is $42m , but this is expected to rise to $100m over the next three years . |
| 17 | By the end of 1994 , the group plans to have 62% of lines equipped to provide ISDN service , up from a projected 55% in June of last year , while this is expected to rise to nearly 68% by the end of 1995 . |
| 18 | Based on present levels of production the usage is 8,000 hours a year but as from next year this is expected to rise to 12,000 hours a year if the sales forecasts are correct . |
| 19 | The network of Young Engineers Clubs started some five years ago now includes 27 clubs and this is expected to expand in the year ahead . |
| 20 | Apart from the UK and Scandinavian countries , penetration is still low in Europe , but this is expected to change over the next few years as telecommunications markets are opened up . |
| 21 | Last year solid waste totalled 227,000 tonnes but this is forecast to fall to 206,000 tonnes this year . |
| 22 | This is known to happen in bees ( Greenberg 1979 ) and isopods ( Linsenmair 1972 ) ; it requires surprising powers of discrimination , and some memory . |
| 23 | But this is known to lead to results that differ from profit maximization in general . |
| 24 | Her voice stayed steady , despite feeling sick with anger and humiliation ; ‘ — but I imagine the Cabinet Office must have had some idea as to whether this is going to touch on security within this country . ’ |
| 25 | But no you go up town and get me this you see now she meant that sh sh you know no mampy pampying now , off you go yo you this is going to happen to you for a long time to come . |
| 26 | At that point , I 'm thinking this is going to turn into a junior Tootsie — you know , it takes a man to be a real feminist . |
| 27 | you make your sound and you carry on and on and on , I 'm gon na keep on taping different people 's make their sound and then we 're gon na see what it feels like you 're in hospital , okay , now it does n't matter if somebody 's got the same sound as somebody else , it 's no big deal , alright , because eventually they 'll all blend into each other , but as soon as I 've tapped you , make your sound , alright patients , come on where 's the machines ? okay , stop , now when did it start becoming out of hand ? , at one stage we did n't really know where we were to , once , once I say ten people , okay , and that was also due to the fact that we had perhaps too many erm patients moaning , alright , it was good in one respect because why , it made obvious that we were in a , a hospital well something like , but erm when you 're in smaller groups and you 're making your sound machines , obviously it 's much easier to control and to make the overall sound more realistic , do n't you think ? , so , mm , what we 're going to do is we 're going to get into different groups , into groups of four , five , no big deal , you 're welcome to only if you want to , and , you 're going to , each group is going to choose er a profession , okay , you can be brick layers , you can be er musicians , er you can be er gardener , I mean absolutely you can be factory workers , you can be absolutely anything , and what you 're going to do is you 're going to choose , each person will choose a sound which is represented of that particular person , er profession , okay , and you 'll going to make your sounds simultaneously so that as for the audience who are simply listening to you can just close our eyes cos we wo n't , you wo n't be acting you 'll be making these sounds and using , we 'll close our eyes and we 'll know exactly where we are , okay , and then after that once we 've done that just , before you choose your profession to know what this is going to lead onto , after that we 're going to put movements to that profession , so when , if you were in a factory going er putting bottles on , on top top of bottles , you would have the movements going and you would have the sound going and I want you to build up , up , the sound machine which becomes the movement machine as well , so you 're almost robotic so you , shh , shh , or whatever , however your sound , and each person does their thing in the factory or where ever they are and we will be able to see from listening and looking at the movements and obviously remember just because you 're not an example it does n't mean you ca n't talk , there might be for instance there would be a doctor going stand back , stand back , you know , er , in , in the you can use voices , but also obviously very , very effective to have sound voices , shh , shh , to create that part of it , have instruments , but this is how they actually started lay down sound tracks for movies , people specialize |
| 28 | Then I 'm going to take another triangular bandage and I 'm going to open it up and make just a little fold , this is going to go on her forehead and that little fold just helps with keeping it firm and stopping the bandage slip , now , just put it around the forehead like that , okay ? |
| 29 | And in particular , have you any thoughts on the overnight attack on Israel , the seven missiles which were fired at Israel , what effects do you think this is going to have on the conflict ? |
| 30 | And this is going to rise to fifty percent by year end and as high as sixty five percent nineteen ninety five . |