Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most self-poisoning patients are reacting to crises in interpersonal relationships . |
| 2 | We are only just beginning to recognize that if we take this attitude , we are denying to arts and letters , and to the criticism of them , any bearing at all on public life — including , for instance , public education . |
| 3 | Rapidly increasing administrative costs are contributing to reductions in service despite increased expenditure . |
| 4 | Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours . |
| 5 | As pesticide concentrations in the environment fall , birds of prey are returning to areas of eastern England for the first time in decades . |
| 6 | These distinctions are vitally important : whereas teachers of foreign languages are working with a body of knowledge and skills which is expected to be put to use mainly in employment or during vacations abroad , community language teachers are relating to perceptions of identity , culture , and prejudice as experienced by dynamic sections of the population here in Britain . |
| 7 | Well , even even people who perhaps are not so experienced in doing it in their personal lives can be influenced I think , especially when they are relating to children , to perhaps become more sensitive to that and the children in their care . |
| 8 | He used some statistics about what has been happening to jobs and businesses recently . |
| 9 | As I take this bread and drink this wine , I am affirming to men , and to angels and to demons , that I believe Jesus Christ died for me , and I identify myself with him in his sacrifice for me . |
| 10 | We 'd all been listening to things like reggae and Spanish music , and when we got together to rehearse , we 'd be playing all kinds of crazy stuff before we settled down to get serious . ’ |
| 11 | But I feel it incumbent upon me ( I have been listening to chairmen 's speeches ) to bring up the subject for one last time because of a letter from a reader in Nigeria . |
| 12 | Right hon. and hon. Members are failing to remember in how many criminal trials it happens , often necessarily , that allegations are made by the prosecution or defence which are damaging to persons who are not immediately before the court . |
| 13 | The pair are looking to businesses and local traders in the areas they are running through to offer support , either by making direct or sponsored cash contributions , or by donating equipment . |
| 14 | There is little evidence to support such explanations , which are insulting to women in that they are viewed as faulty biological mechanisms which spend some of their time malfunctioning . |
| 15 | ‘ All the time your bosses and peers are listening to consultants , they are not listening to you . |
| 16 | The material included on any demo tape , to gain the attention of A&R staff who are listening to tapes all week , should be strong properly presented and preferably original . |
| 17 | Well you make notes when you 're listening to customers and make notes when you were questioning me did I and it was hard to even if it 's only four or five questions it was hard to pull together . |
| 18 | They 're looking to entrepreneurs like David Puttnam and Richard Branson for the vital backing to develop the project . |
| 19 | I do n't know what she thinks about television , but she seems to enjoy the music on the car radio whenever we 're going to lectures . |
| 20 | Right , next one is poison must get a move on cos we 're running a bit late so as we 're going to poisons later I 'll just go on to say here that there 's four ways poisons can get into the body . |
| 21 | You 're going to stockings ! |
| 22 | Erm well when you 're getting to glasses , erm there is a way . |
| 23 | Erm well i it can be quite nice cos you okay , you we you 're speaking to parents and that who 've had kids that have gone and died you 're not actually dealing with the kids themselves . |
| 24 | There 's four families living down the bottom of Carterton , they 've got pick-ups , they 've got lorries , they 've got their caravans , they 've got piles of cars there that they 're ripping to pieces , they 've got dogs . |
| 25 | Two families have spoken about how they 're coming to terms with a playgroup accident that changed their lives . |
| 26 | It 's a plea which we suggest should make the timetable serve the child and not the reverse , and so what we 're doing is we 're saying to children erm ‘ Yes , you are of the same worth , you are of equal value , you should have the same care , love attention and the same resources ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're jumping to conclusions . ’ |
| 28 | Even when you 're playing to audiences that consist entirely of journalists , A&R men and general music biz types ? |
| 29 | So that erm if we 're talking to parents , for example , about being assertive , we know that very often the feelings behind their inability to be assertive need to be addressed first of all and then the skills that they may want to acquire will fit in with erm a different quality erm of where it 's emanating from in them as a person . |
| 30 | The great thing about him is , when you walk into a room — and it does n't matter if you 're talking to senators or salesmen — he 'll say , ‘ Do you know Tip Anderson ? ’ |