Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me if I would be kind enough to remind all parents that his is returning to the Skarloey Railway at the end of October . |
| 2 | as if she were putting the same reel of film back in the projector , she ran through the whole scene once again : she is speaking to the visitor , Paul is watching them with astonishment , and the guest is saying : ‘ In your next life , do you want to stay together or never meet again ? ’ |
| 3 | She is moving to the north in January and although sorry to be leaving Kent , is looking forward , with her husband , to living on the outskirts of Sheffield overlooking the Derbyshire dales . |
| 4 | She is talking to the Prime Minister . |
| 5 | I do not believe she knows why she is going to the Camp or what she will find there . ’ |
| 6 | She leaves , he believing she is going to the dentist . |
| 7 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 8 | Thus when the chimpanzee , supplied in the laboratory with two boxes and a stick to reach a suspended bunch of bananas , stops leaping up and trying the reach them with its hands and instead puts one box on top of the other , climbs up and dislodges the bananas with the stick , it is using to the full its basic ability to suppress the automatic response — leaping up — in favour of the intelligent one — climbing up and reaching with the stick . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ People from all over the country , people we have never heard of , have been good enough to sit down and write lengthy letters , to send flowers at great expense to a boy , just saying Tim Parry , Warrington , Cheshire , and it is getting to the house . |
| 10 | There is a feeling that it is damaging to the community if the uncertainty carries on too long . ’ |
| 11 | A large proportion of the advertising in these markets , is , inevitably , in some sense , ‘ reminder ’ advertising — which , again , should not need much in the way of information , since it is preaching to the converted . |
| 12 | It is according to the book , which is our sort of bible on the matter , for celebration and vision , for fellowship , exploration and discernment of opportunities and tasks with broad participation from all member churches and others to amplify and strengthen the whole movement of ACTS . |
| 13 | The Bank of Ireland has confirmed that it is adhering to the agreements and has promised to provide the numbers employed to IBOA . |
| 14 | Somewhere it is coming to the end |
| 15 | It is coming to the beginning |
| 16 | Amstrad Plc has confirmed that it is talking to the company about taking on at least one of the products . |
| 17 | The other language , stoppered in Hamilton 's throat : it is climbing to the surface . |
| 18 | If it is sloping to the right so much that it is nearly parallel with the diagonal it will never be completed unless drastic action is taken . |
| 19 | If it is sloping to the right so much that it is nearly parallel with the diagonal it will never be completed unless drastic action is taken . |
| 20 | It is owing to the fact that Christianity is a historical religion , having a necessary reference to a past period of human history , that such a discussion needs to proceed . |
| 21 | Both are in private hands , and it is owing to the generosity of the owner of one of them , the French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset , that I am able to report on it . |
| 22 | It is contributing to the Cambridge University-based Pandora Project , a multimedia communications system based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology . |
| 23 | When he talks of the ‘ metal landscape ’ he is referring to the world of the train and not to the one of green landscapes which we would expect . |
| 24 | He is referring to the fact that people are prepared to compromise and will accept half-measures . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , one reason why Mr Hammer 's message has been received so eagerly is that , to a large extent , he is preaching to the converted . |
| 26 | However , if he has disclosed that fact so as to indicate that he is transferring to the purchaser only his own possessory title , then he will not be in breach of the condition , section 12(3) . |
| 27 | He is speaking to the scribes , to the Pharisees . |
| 28 | He is speaking to the scribes and Pharisees . |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what alterations he is considering to the disability working allowance scheme before it is introduced ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend is right in the point that he is putting to the Minister . |