Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | And in the middle of June the bridge office will be going through the same exercise and June the nineteenth , I think , it 's the Monday everyone within the group will be working to the group 's quality systems . |
| 32 | Contrary to some popular wisdom , bad counselling can be damaging to patients . |
| 33 | The older person may be looking to the therapist or social worker to replace some earlier loss , such as a daughter , son , sibling or spouse , and will appreciate a sharing of feeling or experience much more . |
| 34 | Children who perform differently at different times of day may be reacting to a changed quantity or quality of lighting level . |
| 35 | Nevertheless , unless we are to fall back on the unsatisfactory practice of listing verbs which do support the construction and those which do not , some other factor must be waiting to be discovered , which will help to explain why ( 56 ) and ( 67 ) seem outright ungrammatical , and yet we can have either of ( 68 ) and ( 69 ) : ( 68 ) Tania left despondently ( 69 ) Tania left despondent To conclude , we may point out that there will clearly be a close connexion , under certain choices of lexical items , between the surface construction ( 44 ) and ordinary predicative position . |
| 36 | The hon. Gentleman might be referring to the fact that on receipt of the Southern board 's investment appraisal for the refurbishment of Banbridge hospital it became clear that there were a number of deficiencies in the document , as certain issues had not been properly addressed . |
| 37 | As I am constantly told by many who get in touch with me , uncertainty and delay would be damaging to the whole of the further and higher education sector . |
| 38 | It said that a strike would be damaging to the company and to its staff . |
| 39 | ‘ The only visitor was the messenger who arrived about that time and left a message that the King would be coming to Kinghorn later that day ! ’ |
| 40 | If her mind were a warship , the crew would be rushing to their battle stations . |
| 41 | We need to hear what the Lord may be saying to us in all of this and be open to the challenge of church planting and the support of other fellowships around us . |
| 42 | Global warming may be contributing to the spread of malaria to regions where it was previously not common or endemic , according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) . |
| 43 | Surely all this frost must be owing to the want of fire in my attempts to thaw it . |
| 44 | A guitarist your age should be looking to the future . |
| 45 | QUICK RANSOM could be heading to Australia for this November 's Melbourne Cup following his impressive win in yesterday 's Harcros Stayers Handicap at York . |
| 46 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 47 | Sue said a lorry from the area would be going to Brasov and without stopping to think , Christine asked if she would like to take some wool . |
| 48 | Beyond this point the observer would be returning to the north pole . |
| 49 | She only gave in when she learned that the vicar 's niece would be going to the dance and that the Air Force would be providing transport . |
| 50 | The 30-year-old London Scottish flanker will be returning to the UK to undergo exploratory surgery on the injury to his left knee . |
| 51 | Each authority will be responding to its local conditions , the numbers of SSD homes it has kept in reserve to manage the market , the extent to which it has created quasi-independent trusts , and the number of private beds in its locality . |
| 52 | Suppose we have quarterly figures y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , y 4 , y 5 , Then the first 4-quarter moving average will be corresponding to a time point midway between the second and third quarters , and the second will be corresponding to a time midway between the third and fourth quarters . |
| 53 | The ministry would be writing to its Dutch counterpart . |
| 54 | Henry had decided on the black-and-white minstrel look — rather apt , he thought , since most of the money would be going to Africa . |
| 55 | Besides , to appear eager for a decision would be flattering to Angelina . |
| 56 | Even if they had to take sewing lessons first it would still be less expensive and the idea of hiring a wedding dress must be unappealing to many brides . |
| 57 | There were some signs in 1990-91 that Japan 's long-running dispute with the Soviet Union might be drawing to an end . |
| 58 | Now , if the moon was just part of the earth the moon 's gravity would be adding to the earth and then there would be generally more gravity all round . |
| 59 | This paradox remained until early 1974 , when I was investigating what the behavior of matter in the vicinity of a black hole would be according to quantum mechanics . |
| 60 | The cheque for Action Research for the Crippled Child was presented at a reception in the Mayor 's Parlour in Reigate on 19th March 1986 and a representative from Age Concern will be coming to the A.G.M. to receive their cheque from our President , Lady Braithwaite . |