Example sentences of "he is [v-ing] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a human tragedy , ’ says a full-time union official , Gordon Samson , a Timex sit-in veteran and another of the officials scheduled for a court appearance , but he is referring not to the sacked workers but to the recruits . |
| 2 | He is referring here to the way in which written language may make the difference between structures clear , rather than to ‘ ambiguity ’ in the sense that a word may be taken as having two or more meanings . |
| 3 | For example , in Littlewoods Organisation Ltd v Harris [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1026 Megaw LJ said : … it is appropriate that a covenant , restricting an employee from full freedom of taking other employment when he leaves his existing employment , should be included in the contract of employment where there is a real danger that the employee will in the course of that employment have access to and gain information about matters which could fairly be regarded as trade secrets ; and that applies even though the information may be carried in his head and even though ( perhaps , particularly though ) it may be extremely difficult for the employee himself , being an honest and scrupulous man , to realise that what he is passing on to his new employers is matter which ought to be treated as confidential to his old employers . |
| 4 | This weekend , buoyed by the growing Liberal Democrat support and the trend to a hung Parliament in the most recent opinion polls , he is moving on to the next stage : cranking up the case for a coalition . |
| 5 | Instead he is looking forward to pate de foie gras and champagne in Downing Street this Friday with Neil Kinnock firmly installed as Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Mr Nicos , the manager of the Kamara , will be welcoming Club guests for the sixth summer running when he opens his doors in Summer '90 and once again he is looking forward to dealing exclusively with us . |
| 7 | He is looking forward to the new challenge of visiting arthritis sufferers in their own homes . |
| 8 | Now he is looking forward to celebrating his anniversary with wife Maragaret tomorrow and spending Christmas with children Sarah , 23 , and Matthew , 17 . |
| 9 | In fact he is looking forward to moving . |
| 10 | SNH presents a different sort of technical challenge , but similar in the aim of extending the roles and responsibilities of the teams , and he is looking forward to it . |
| 11 | Along with the rest of the team he is looking forward to the challenge . |
| 12 | Now 65 , he says he is looking forward to spending more time on his hobbies , including helping out at his local church . |
| 13 | He is looking forward to an active retirement thanks to his association with the boy scout movement . |
| 14 | BNFL 's new Director of employee Relations , Brian Kerr , says he is looking forward to the challenge of his new job , an extension of the role he has exercised within the company since the 1960s . |
| 15 | Andy Mutch says every young lad wants to play in the top league and he is looking forward to it . |
| 16 | On the domestic front , Ian is thrilled that England star Clough has joined the Reds ' ranks , and he is looking forward to establishing a fruitful partnership with a player whose vision and passing skills are widely appreciated . |
| 17 | But he demonstrated yesterday that he is now back on song and he is looking forward to a good run in the National Championships at Newark at the end of the month . |
| 18 | He has a share in a four-seat Piper based at Teesside Airport and , as he prepares to retire on March 31 , he is looking forward to putting in more than his usual 70 hours a year flying time . |
| 19 | Chairman David Deas F thanked the Practice Committees for their hard work in contributing comments , which he is taking forward to the Institute 's Policy and Finance Committee . |
| 20 | She pulls off her t-shirt , she is safe while he is swimming out to the centre , she slips out of the rest of her clothes , kicks off the espadrilles , and running along the boards dives in . |
| 21 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 22 | ‘ He is getting back to his normal self but he is still quite unsteady on his feet and gets nervous when there are a lot of people around . |
| 23 | Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash . |
| 24 | peers inscrutably at the neatly fanned playing cards he is clutching close to his chest . |
| 25 | He is talking directly to us and we do feel sick . |
| 26 | MR GEOFF WELCH PHONED ( 4.00PM ) HE IS COMING UP TO EDINBURGH NEXT WEEK AND WAS WONDERING IF HE COULD ARRANGE TO SEE YOU FOR HOUR . |