Example sentences of "to [be] heading for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its main shareholders , M&G , a unit-trust group , which owns 6.9% , and the Kuwait Investment Office ( 10% ) , already nursing losses , Midland seems likely to be heading for the altar before long . |
| 2 | The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion . |
| 3 | He later went on to say that he had seen the same man in the vicinity about 5.30 to 6.00 , and that he seemed to be heading for the Oliver 's shop . |
| 4 | He has to be heading for Holland , Germany or France … ’ |
| 5 | All Dublin seemed to be heading for Christchurch Place tonight . |
| 6 | They adapted well to the conditions in the end but at half-time the found the Emerging Wallabies leading by 21–4 and they looked to be heading for a big win . |
| 7 | If on the basis of the best information the system is seen to be heading for some sort of catastrophe then people not unnaturally lose confidence in it . |
| 8 | Molassi seemed to be heading for a large structure . |
| 9 | The £14m annual budget allowed for establishing fundholding seemed to be heading for overspend just midway through 1991–2 . |
| 10 | " The animals do n't seem to be heading for their usual haunts today . " |
| 11 | The protagonists looked to be heading for an all-out clash , but the outbreak of war in August put an abrupt end to the contest . |
| 12 | But now their contacts at her refugee camp say Azra and her mother have disappeared and are thought to be heading for Germany . |
| 13 | And in the other Nat West quarter final , Northamptonshire seem to be heading for victory over Glamorgan . |
| 14 | Collegians seemed to be heading for a shock win which would have ruined Western 's chances of a possible date with Lisnagarvey in tomorrow 's final when winger David Hutchison put them in front with a superb solo effort in the 20th minute . |
| 15 | Sheffield United looked to be heading for their third successive home win when substitute Simon Milton found space on the right . |
| 16 | Ireland seemed to be heading for a win in the bottom match when Mary McKenna and Aideen Rogers turned three up but Joanne Hockley and Sandy Lambert made one up . |
| 17 | AS The Milk Race cavalcade left Liverpool today , Chris Lillywhite looked to be heading for the Banana team 's third race victory in four years . |
| 18 | looked to be heading for defeat against after a typically workmanlike innings by Steve Greensword ( 49 ) had held Wearmouth together . |
| 19 | Direct Line , by contrast , made profits of £15.1 million and is predicted to be heading for profits of about £40 million this year . |
| 20 | PETER SUCH ( Essex ) produced a career-best 7-82 for England A against the Australian Cricket Academy in Melbourne which sent the ACA reeling to 231 all out in their first innings , after they appeared to be heading for a huge lead when they reached 159 for one . |
| 21 | Duff , who won the title when representing Auchinleck back in 1988 , but now resident in England and representing his new country , looked to be heading for the quarter-finals when he opened up a 6-1 final-set lead over Dennis Catunarich . |
| 22 | THE right-wing challenger Glafcos Clerides appeared to be heading for a narrow victory last night in a Cyprus presidential election which could be crucial for the future of the divided island . |
| 23 | THE tiny Pyrenean principality of Andorra appeared to be heading for a ‘ yes ’ vote yesterday on a new constitution to reform a rule run largely on feudal lines . |