Example sentences of "is [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RESEARCHERS in Europe are delighted with the quality of images which the US 's latest land-mapping satellite , Landsat 4 , is transmitting to Earth . |
| 2 | Liz Dolan ( who was top of the pops in 1991 with Airtours ) is sticking to Spring Ram . |
| 3 | CCL is catering to chip demands from local Sparc cloners such as Tatung , Datatech , Twinhead , Sampo and Chicony . |
| 4 | Usually , the Oracle says simply that ‘ the Master is asleep ’ , but if you are running an adventure in which Drachenfels is returning to life and the adventurers have n't killed him yet , the Oracle 's eyes gleam as he says that ‘ the Master is growing stronger , he will come to see me soon ’ , as he clasps his hands together in unholy pleasure . |
| 5 | LIZ TAYLOR is returning to showbiz … with a ONE-WORD part in the hit cartoon The Simpsons . |
| 6 | This retriever is walking to heel . |
| 7 | If he had been simply playing the girl game , she reasoned , he would be getting steadily more intimate , and here he is reverting to deference . |
| 8 | Since the first signs of a contraction in the employment base of manufacturing in the 1960s , the question of what is happening to manufacturing in the UK has rapidly become one of central importance . |
| 9 | While certainly not denying the potential influence of certain characteristics of cities ( though they would dispute some , and point to others as being more effects than causes of urban decline ) , they argue that these factors have to be considered in the light of what is happening to industry itself . |
| 10 | The organisation evaluates how its development of people is contributing to business goals and targets . |
| 11 | Manure seepage from storage areas is polluting waterways and evaporating ammonia is contributing to acid rain . |
| 12 | Friends of the Earth has called for a boycott of all timber products from Britain 's leading " do-it-yourself " chain stores , on the grounds that their import of tropical hardwoods is contributing to rainforest destruction . |
| 13 | Spiller is explaining to Pod how he proposes to move the grating over a drain . |
| 14 | Kenya is looking to hydro and geothermal energy to ease the problem but the difficulty is to fund expensive projects . |
| 15 | It also infers ( to me ) that Wilko IS looking to strenghthen the squad following Battys departure . |
| 16 | HEAD TO HEAD : A furious Princess Anne and defiant editor Eve Pollard who is refusing to back down |
| 17 | Count Tolstoy is refusing to back down and says new evidence will emerge in the next few days which will vindicate him . |
| 18 | The ‘ man 's ’ plea is according to plot , as is Jacob 's response , ‘ I will not let you go , unless you bless me . ’ |
| 19 | Officials are full-time employees , promotion is according to seniority and achievement ; pay scales are prescribed according to the position or office held in the organisation structure ; |
| 20 | The next time he is seen , it is in the corridor a floor below , leading to room C-230.4 , beyond the photocopiers , where Professor Bouchard is listening to student presentations in mechanical engineering . |
| 21 | Where constipation is the predominant symptom , there may be considerable discomfort which again is damaging to morale . |
| 22 | These include a version of the Sea Eagle , which British Aerospace is developing to arm RAF Tornado aircraft and Royal Navy sea Harriers ; the MM.40 long-range variant of Exocet ; the McDonnell Douglas Harpoon from the US ; and the Franco-Italian Otomat . |
| 23 | Finally Buckingham MP George Walden is writing to Agriculture Minister John Gummer about the land war crisis , to tell him what local land farmers think about it . |
| 24 | These days , however , with the average fisherman aged around 50 , the industry is turning to automation . |
| 25 | LAST WEEK 'S announcement that a gigantic cloud of dark gas has been found in space is leading to speculation about an ‘ invisible mass ’ hidden within it . |
| 26 | A scan of the literature concerned with early Anglo-Saxon archaeology over the last 25 years has hardly reflected this change until very recently when there have been definite signs that dissatisfaction is leading to experimentation ; otherwise the Sutton Hoo harp has been played while the archaeological world burned . |
| 27 | One or two of the hotel 's regular visitors and local residents who use the hotel frequently have told Winter privately that they think it is a mistake and that it is leading to friction and a lowering of standards . |
| 28 | The growing demand for this material is leading to development pressures , and the Circular gives advice on how to reconcile the conflict between the pressure for extraction and agricultural , amenity and other countryside interests . |
| 29 | He said the erosion of Sunday opening regulations is leading to traffic increases in towns , along with noise and disturbance . |
| 30 | The Agriculture Departments should more actively enforce the provisions of the HLCA regulations in cases where overgrazing is leading to vegetation erosion by withholding payments above an agreed , appropriate stocking density , taking conservation advice . |