Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Thus factors other than the presence of intraluminal unhydrolysed triglycerides must be contributing to faecal bile acid loss in this group of patients . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Canoeists should be looking to their own backyard to promote an anti racist approach within the sport . |
| 5 | Was it possible , he wondered , that by breakfast time the two youngsters would be reporting to him that they were in love ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Mr Thompson said that groups such as the GAA , Masonic lodges , playgroups , golf clubs and many other organisations could be clamouring to be first on the list for the new free service . |
| 9 | The stress this imposes on carers can be damaging to their mental and physical health and deprive them even of a fulfilling private life . |
| 10 | Managers will be responding to points made to Acas officials yesterday at a briefing session involving union officers . |
| 11 | On Saturday , the environmental campaigners will be taking to the streets of Colchester to urge furniture buyers to boycott stores which stock products made of mahogany . |
| 12 | Mr Hurd needs no minders , but the 60 Tory MPs who declined to support Mrs Thatcher for leader last week , plus MEPs , this week 's Lords report and many industrialists will be looking to him for a more emollient performance in difficult circumstances . |
| 13 | Mr Hurd needs no minders , but the 60 Tory MPs who declined to support Mrs Thatcher for leader last week , plus MEPs , this week 's Lords report and many industrialists will be looking to him for a more emollient performance in difficult circumstances . |
| 14 | Patterned on what athletes will be wearing to the 11th Asian Games in Peking next year , it includes sportswear , jackets and close-fitting suits : ‘ The vigorous clothes will help build the atmosphere of the Asian Games and encourage people to get more exercise to promote health , ’ the agency predicted . |
| 15 | If you go back seven or eight years ago er the city institutions would be saying to the companies , you know this is a er a major matter in the in the growth of the company and you need you need city representation , you need a firm of city lawyers to deal with it . |
| 16 | It requires organisation and planning , as one group usually follows another and for the changeover to be smooth all departments must be working to maximum efficiency . |
| 17 | They were a captive audience for the beautiful satin and silk and a few weeks later their mothers would be complaining to Mr Smith that their weekly pound had not been received . |
| 18 | ‘ Except the comedians will be working to a live club audience instead of in the studio . ’ |
| 19 | • At least one of the $630,000 Cizetas will be coming to Britain this year — to be crashed . |
| 20 | WEST : New voices and opinions will be vying to be heard in Westminster now the Conservatives ' grip on the region has been eased slightly , especially by the defeat of the Tory chairman , Mr Patten , in Bath , writes Paul Stokes . |
| 21 | A spokesman for Thames Valley police , who have been investigating the don 's disappearance , said that two detectives would be flying to Paris today to continue their inquiries . |
| 22 | It is certain , however , that by developing new ways of integrating machine-readable data into their thematic courses , historians will be contributing to ( and thus perhaps influencing ) a wider trend which will have a lasting impact on how we conduct teaching and research within our discipline . |
| 23 | That 's what Brian Horton and his Oxford men will be saying to themselves tomorrow , when they face Leicester City at Filbert Street . |
| 24 | Thirty volunteers will be travelling to Croatia over the next few weeks , taking three operating theatres from St. Mary 's Hospital , Portsmouth with them . |
| 25 | The possession of large machines by those responsible for managing rivers can sometimes lead to a situation where the tail wags the dog , and the results can be damaging to both the environment and the economy . |
| 26 | We poor women must be looking to our defences , I swear ! |
| 27 | Others might be talking to their girlfriends or just idly smoking and looking at the sky . |
| 28 | An education which does justice to feminist priorities is not merely a matter of curriculum innovation and change although when women begin to rewrite the history and culture of societies in ways which include the diversity of women 's experiences , and when women generate their own knowledge and become their own teachers — the consequences can be challenging to men 's view of the world and their view of women . |
| 29 | Pundits are now beginning to wonder whether Japanese chip makers may be preparing to ‘ leap a generation ’ . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , more than fifteen hundred new jobs could be coming to Swindon . |