Example sentences of "is [v-ing] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far there are no reports of any Britons being injured in the violence , and the Foreign Office in London is sticking to its advice to anyone travelling to LA go but be careful . |
| 2 | QUALITY assistant Liz Stephens won a car in a competition — but she is sticking to her foldaway bike . |
| 3 | And Mr Irving , seen here at a neo-Nazi rally , is sticking to his view that the gas chambers are a myth … |
| 4 | But it is not yet known whether the teenager is returning to her mother or remaining with her 18-year-old boyfriend 's family . |
| 5 | But because the case was heard in private it is not known whether the teenager is returning to her mother or remaining with her 18-year-old boyfriend 's family . |
| 6 | A SCHOOLGIRL who was savagely raped just five days ago is returning to her classroom today . |
| 7 | He said , ‘ My son , my body is returning to my mother earth , and my spirit is going very soon to see the Great Spirit … |
| 8 | Hidden charges on bank accounts are not helpful to anyone trying to see what is happening to their money . |
| 9 | It is important , therefore , to consider at an early stage of the transaction the manner in which employees should be informed of what is happening to their employer . |
| 10 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 11 | publishing progress reports on what is happening to your document |
| 12 | ‘ Something terrible is happening to my master . |
| 13 | People are bound to ask what is happening to our country … |
| 14 | erm I think we ought to be aware of the implications of what is happening to our population locally , regionally , nationally , globally . |
| 15 | Now the Labour Party is looking to its future . |
| 16 | As his crew starts to fragment , seeking bigger rewards on either side of the law , Superia is looking to his studio engineering course and his rapping for escape . |
| 17 | The Union of India ( comprising 25 self-governing states and seven union territories ) is according to its Constitution ( with amendments which came into force in January 1977 ) " a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic " . |
| 18 | It is according to my watch anyway . |
| 19 | It is of no concern to a member who does sell ( at least from a financial point of view ) that the bidder , having gained control , may go on to operate the company less efficiently than the previous management or is some other way that is damaging to its business . |
| 20 | There is no doubt that smoking is damaging to your health and impairs long term ability to cope with stress . |
| 21 | eh , its a free country and you should be able to choose what you want to do yourself er , if something is damaging to your health then I would agree , yes , smoking I do n't agree with smoking but if people want to smoke that 's entirely up to them , they know the risks , I would n't smoke , I know the risks but vegetarianism is purely a matter of choice and there 's no peop people that harp on about you should n't eat meat , get on my nerves |
| 22 | The fact that sunlight is damaging to our skin is now universally agreed . |
| 23 | He is writing to his sister , narrating the extraordinary tale that he has been told by Frankenstein . |
| 24 | Local sales manager Tony Gwyther , who is writing to his MP Walter Sweeney in protest , snapped : ‘ Many people ca n't meet their mortgage repayments , yet we have a council spending on this criminal scale . |
| 25 | We have to allow for some license : he is writing to his brother in Paris about this street pick-up and doing his best to make it palatable . |
| 26 | Eleven o'clock on a Sunday morning and the Reverend Steve Parcell is tending to his flock . |
| 27 | Thus it is clear that it is owing to her body that a woman is defective . ) |
| 28 | ‘ I make sure my heart is beating well and the oxygen is pumping to my brain every day . ’ |
| 29 | Once established , even man finds it difficult to change his trend of mind , even if he is aware that it is leading to his downfall . |
| 30 | To that end , Microsoft has trained 2,000 independent technical-support engineers and software-implementation consultants , and is adding to their number at the rate of 250 a week . |