Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As that support may be coming to an end , there may be a large gap . |
| 2 | How curious that someone with such a short , neatly waved cap of brown hair should be talking to someone with such a fuzz of ginger hair — and talking so seriously , with no sense of disparity ! |
| 3 | Spicer points out that the sector has thrived in a bull market but the advertising boom may be coming to an end . |
| 4 | This isolation may be damaging to the manager . |
| 5 | Adults who prefer sex with animals may be returning to the stage when there was little distinction between humans and animals , and use an animal as a substitute for sexual relations with a parent . |
| 6 | Thus factors other than the presence of intraluminal unhydrolysed triglycerides must be contributing to faecal bile acid loss in this group of patients . |
| 7 | Speed must be thinking to himself right now … all the other players around him would have had one of these one-off payments when they joined Leeds . |
| 8 | The first reaction to ‘ if you want money , get lost ’ was that Steen must be referring to potential blackmailers , but then Charles realized how unlikely that was . |
| 9 | Travis might be going to pieces because he thought Rosemary had finished with him , but , all too clearly , he did n't deep down believe that they were through . |
| 10 | I try not to think what Andy might be doing to them . |
| 11 | He seated himself in a chair and Emily paused for a moment , she could hardly ask the maid to bring the girl into the drawing-room where Spencer would be listening to every word . |
| 12 | Fourth September — news at Brigade H.Q that the Brigade would be returning to England on the 6th September to reorganise and prepare to be sent to the Far East and continue the war against the Japanese . |
| 13 | So I asked him if the task force would be going to the Gulf ; how many people were involved ; and what experience they had . |
| 14 | She and her husband Dennis will be going to Newcastle where they have relatives . |
| 15 | tell them that , at the end of next month , for a week , to mark Australia Day , this programme will be coming to you live from Sydney . |
| 16 | ‘ The members of this delegation will be speaking to a number of prisoners . |
| 17 | Following points of clarification on all these issues , the IBOA will be reverting to our members in Willowbrook . |
| 18 | Some of the world 's finest vintage aircraft will be taking to the skies at a display this weekend . |
| 19 | Cars , cameras , motorbikes and hi-fis may be getting to the stage where only the keenest enthusiast can tell them apart , but tractors remain mercifully different from each other . |
| 20 | Children who behave well at school but badly at home may be responding to family tensions , or they may find it easier to accept discipline in the more formal atmosphere of a school . |
| 21 | Canoeists should be looking to their own backyard to promote an anti racist approach within the sport . |
| 22 | Since the distinction between the two subclasses is immediately obvious , the adult 's question must be referring to the relative numbers of roses and daffodils . |
| 23 | THE picture of wizened old Frenchmen puffing contentedly on their Gauloises over a glass of pastis could be coming to an end — by law . |
| 24 | Was it possible , he wondered , that by breakfast time the two youngsters would be reporting to him that they were in love ? |
| 25 | He had just nodded his head , and then returned to the talk about the social evening , and how difficult it was to be safe with prawns , and he had wanted to know if Dan and his lady would be coming to the Service 's New Year 's Eve party . |
| 26 | However , he added , like all ministers , the Chancellor would be moving to a more environment-friendly machine in the fullness of time . |
| 27 | Without question Scotland will be looking to the three happy wanderers to form the backbone of their batting , along with Jim Love and George Reifer , who has just signed for Uddingston . |
| 28 | The home side have a number of St Michael 's , Enniskillen MacRory side on board , while the visitors will be looking to their colleges stars to point the way to victory . |
| 29 | But the organisers of the conference and show point out that orchid specialists from 17 countries will be coming to the city and pouring money into the local economy as well as adding to the prestige of Glasgow 's Parks and Recreation Department . |
| 30 | The Regional Council will be responding to the consultation paper and other interested parties are asked to submit their views in writing by 29 January 1993 to : |