Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this Christmas , the battery-operated WWF Wrestlers are proving to be the best-sellers . |
| 2 | This may be excellent fodder for people who are aspiring to be the next winner of Mastermind . |
| 3 | I think if you 're going to be the only boy , you 've got to be the eldest . |
| 4 | We 're going to be the first men at the South Pole , and that flag is going to be first , too ! ’ |
| 5 | " I 'm sure you 're going to be the belle of the Saigon ball tonight . " |
| 6 | So they 're going to be the conscience and the parenting for that year group and I also suggested that at that time , I think what Rob 's doing is getting the children to look at themselves er , as regards what their strengths and weaknesses are and the P S D have got to clarify that . |
| 7 | But they 're going to be the smaller version , they 're going to be Escorts and Fiestas , I think people need encouraging to use them , cos |
| 8 | They 're going to be the godparents of my twins when they arrive soon . |
| 9 | I mean they 're not even three , yet they 're going to be the absolute youngest . |
| 10 | The main thing to remember when looking for your first gigs is that promoters , bookers and pub landlords are n't bothered whether you are going to be the next U2 . |
| 11 | So just keep telling yourself beforehand that whatever else happens , you are going to be the sole runner among the 25,000 who resolutely sticks to his/her comfortable training pace from Mile One . |
| 12 | All three of you are going to be the first victims of the Kershaw Worm . ’ |
| 13 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 14 | I think if , if you are going to be the only Chair Person then there should be a , there , there should be a , a Deputy so if you 're not able to take the chair , there is somebody else . |
| 15 | Lucinda replied : ‘ Gosh , perhaps you are going to be the next queen of England . ’ |
| 16 | And the others are going to be the same rather less . |
| 17 | This makes me confident that we are going to be the winners in the animal feed market . |
| 18 | ‘ You are going to be the star of the Season . ’ |
| 19 | But if we 're not careful , the real people , the real people who should be are going to be the losers , because they would not be able to draw the attendance allowance which they need to attend . |
| 20 | All these sorts of things are going to be the sorts of things that we 'll bring up in discussion , but you wo n't realize what the problems are until you tried doing it . |
| 21 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 22 | Suddenly , from the front row , Stephen said , ‘ I think I 'm going to be the nearest . |
| 23 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm going to be the village schoolteacher , ’ she said quickly , her cheeks pink . |
| 25 | I 'm going to be the last , ’ he warned , a serious note creeping into his voice . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 27 | Most of those leaving the cities have had to buy their way out if they wanted to live in environmentally more-attractive areas that , particularly in the south of England and — to some extent — increasingly elsewhere , were proving to be the most economically active . |
| 28 | They were ceasing to be the almost monastic institutions of the past . |
| 29 | There seemed to be a great urgency to get married , to live in London and start a family because we were trying to be the same as everyone else . |
| 30 | Hereford were hoping to be the giantkillers against Wimbledon … it takes something special to stop Vinny Jones and his men … one up from the first leg … the premiership side took control of this one with an early goal from Neal Ardley … |