Example sentences of "be [v-ing] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These changes in facial colour are the most visible sign that you are reacting to each other . |
| 2 | The ‘ ancient pine forests ’ concept is linked to another myth about chemical sensitivity — that patients who are ‘ universal reactors ’ are reacting to all synthetic organic chemicals because they come from a common source . |
| 3 | Mr MacGregor said the Cabinet had agreed a clear spending totals in the summer ‘ and we are sticking to those . ’ |
| 4 | Mr MacGregor said the Cabinet had agreed a clear spending totals in the summer ‘ and we are sticking to those . ’ |
| 5 | I mean if , if they are in bed , I mean if they are there they are resting to some extent , even if they 're sort of awake but |
| 6 | When adult cats follow their owners they are reverting to this half-grown kitten stage . |
| 7 | Ironically Leicester are heading for the top using Brian Clough 's style of passing football and it 's Forest who are reverting to more of the long ball game . |
| 8 | If their full bellies make me fail to recognise my communality with a woman of colour whose children who do not eat , because she ca n't find work ; or a woman who has no children because her insides are rotten from home abortions and sterilisation ; or if I fail to recognise the lesbian who chooses not to have children , or the woman who remains closeted because her homophobic community is her only life support ; the woman who chooses silence instead of another death ; the woman who is terrified lest any anger triggers the explosion of hers ; if I fail to recognise these women as other faces of myself , then I am contributing to each of their oppressions , but also to my own . |
| 9 | I am dying to that old life , to that old self and I am following in this new life , and therefore , I am going through this , this symbolic act of being baptized , of dying to the old and being raised a new life in Jesus Christ . |
| 10 | Now , as a remarkable result of the ‘ Velvet Revolution ’ , the monks are returning to this great Premonstratensian monastery , founded in 1140 by Vladislav II . |
| 11 | I 've been listening to that a lot . |
| 12 | I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics . |
| 13 | But the Chancellor did show he had been listening to some of industry 's gripes . |
| 14 | I have also been listening to this wonderful young singer from Dresden , Olaf Bär . |
| 15 | Such battles are damaging to all parties , so we welcomed CCW 's policy guidance on wind power and energy strategy in the hope that these will encourage a more landscape-sensitive approach in future . |
| 16 | They are not as effective or fast acting and are damaging to some surfaces particularly aluminium . |
| 17 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 18 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |
| 19 | We are writing to all existing claimants to let them know how the change will affect them . |
| 20 | Branch secretary Jack Amos explained : ‘ We are writing to all clubs in the branch to see if there is sufficient interest in such a competition and if there is we will get things moving as soon as possible . ’ |
| 21 | I shall argue that the conservative and the reformist are both misguided : their views are comforting to many people , but in the end they are untenable as a theory of language . |
| 22 | I am writing to all Spokes members who offered , on their membership form , to help with cycleroute construction . |
| 23 | ‘ More and more people are looking to this kind of holiday — a bit of walking through spectacular landscapes , punctuated by train rides , ’ says Mark Livock , product manager |
| 24 | Will he bear in mind the fact that many eastern European countries are looking to this country as a possible dumping ground and they produce their goods with wages of about 20p an hour ? |
| 25 | Governments around the western world are looking to some of these technical ideas to provide a form of long-term insurance against problems with metals supplies . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope the rest of you are listening to this , ’ she said to the class . |
| 27 | Such ambivalence makes shifts of register suggestive , for they tend to imply that we are listening to this or that person 's manner of speaking , and to shift point of view accordingly . |
| 28 | People who are listening to this have missed something |
| 29 | The value they 're attaching to this holiday , is it an important element for them ? |
| 30 | Erm we 've got some stand alone term insurances which are currently paying one pound ninety , so the moment they increase the policy fee they 'll attempt to lapse so we 're writing to all those people now to tell them to increase . |