Example sentences of "they [am/are] [verb] to do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are choosing to do this because they have learned that without it they can not sustain their good intentions . |
| 2 | They are trained to do this and to be aware that they carry personal legal responsibility for their actions . |
| 3 | Erm , because the governments are trying to protect domestic industries through and erm , they are trying to do this by actually physically blocking imports so domestic consumers have to , have to buy from domestic producers rather than from abroad to stop the domestic industry declining . |
| 4 | Chairman chairman there seem to be when I looked at it there seem to a number of headings here that I could n't account for and I 've asked the chair of the finance committee , she could n't account for them either , and I think it 's , whilst I understand the reasons for going and I 'm sure we would have approved them , I think it 's actually quite important that all these small sums , wh when you add them up over this erm over this month and you look at them , are quite large over the budget that we have have already adopted and the things that we wanted to do , and it concerns me that some of these things which are maybe very sensible , actually reduce our effectiveness of doing things that the council 's agreed that they are going to do this year and next year , the seventy six pounds here , the thirty pounds later on , fifty four pounds for large thorn plants et cetera , et cetera , and a hundred and fifty pounds over the budget on the Christmas lights . |
| 5 | But to understand fully why and how they are allowed to do this , the above questions must be tackled and to do this I need to document the black kids ' experiences at two levels : the family and the school . |
| 6 | Unless they are allowed to do this , efforts by the medical profession to supply vaccines , drugs , or aid are futile . |
| 7 | They are compelled to do this because most of the forest trees protect themselves against molesters with a poisonous sap . |
| 8 | An adult owl of either sex may kill its chicks and eat them — I do n't really understand why , because they are known to do this even if there is plenty of food . |
| 9 | They tend to say , oh well , he 's black so it 's to be expected , they 're bound to do that , so when they give you that kind of attitude , you think oh well , blow them , if that 's what they think , why not act like that . |
| 10 | For the future of course , we have now erm negotiated with Eurofighter a rather better arrangement , they 're setting up a joint team , they 're trying to do all the work in one place and they really are now making a lot of progress . |
| 11 | and you send it off and they send you a booklet where you pick a holiday and this go-kart worth a thousand pound on the so they 're having to do that you see . |
| 12 | Now if the Liberals wish to vote for five hundred people to lose their jobs because they 're allowed to do all well and good and our press release afterwards will make sure the people are aware of this . |
| 13 | Mm , well it 's supposed , they 're designed to do that are n't they , so at the end of it you 're ready to throttle them , when you got the punch line it 's on telly |
| 14 | So that they really mean they 're going to do that and then |
| 15 | Chairman , if , if I may and it is just basically to look at the recommendation and wonder you know perhaps if we 've got it the right way round er that 's all , where we 're saying er there are certain things still outstanding wh which we would need to re-relate before er issuing er general conformity notices I understand b but we 're almost taking that they 're going to do that without any doubt , now I do n't know maybe there are things not said in this report which are well understood , but and members of are quite happy to accept erm er s some more more changes to , to the local plan so that it does conform with with the structure plan , but I just wondered whether round the wrong way . |
| 16 | It 's Friday evening and Joelle rings a friend to discuss what they 're going to do that night : |
| 17 | ‘ I expect everyone 's being asked if they 're going to do any overthrowing , ’ said Gurder wisely . |