Example sentences of "would be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move caused some surprise in Whitehall , where the belief is that it would be damaging to Mr de Klerk if he were seen to be making reformist moves because of external pressure . |
| 2 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 3 | It said that a strike would be damaging to the company and to its staff . |
| 4 | The Alliance wanted television yet feared that it would be damaging to them , as Alliance MPs are allowed such a small share of parliamentary time . |
| 5 | ACAS refused to recommend recognition partly because to do so would arouse strong opposition from the other unions with a risk of industrial action which would be damaging to the industry . |
| 6 | We are determined to resist calls for a fortress Europe , which would be damaging to world trade . |
| 7 | As I am constantly told by many who get in touch with me , uncertainty and delay would be damaging to the whole of the further and higher education sector . |
| 8 | However , he added , like all ministers , the Chancellor would be moving to a more environment-friendly machine in the fullness of time . |
| 9 | Instead , there was an announcement , accompanied by a great hoo-hah , that the authority and its 800 jobs would be moving to the bay . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Some dealers , all sitting together , would be listening to these lines for hours on end . |
| 12 | It is a picture indelibly imprinted , Ward 's voice painting it in quiet words , neither excited nor repelled by the horror of it , but simply repeating information he had obtained from one of the books he had borrowed from his Glasgow library as soon as he knew the route he would be taking to Punta Arenas and the Antarctic . |
| 13 | He left her with the impression that he would be proceeding to the States . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The matter had been taken up with the Bank of Ireland and he would be recommending to the incoming Executive Committee that it should be referred to the Labour Court , on the basis that it is gross discrimination . |
| 16 | Philip , 20 , was told he would be speaking to Caroline Cove , 26 , on BBC1 's Good Morning show through a live link with Sarajevo , where she is serving with the Army . |
| 17 | Several indicated they would be looking to Mr Lawson to give the Tory voters a reason for enduring the pain of higher mortgages . |
| 18 | One would be looking to the Navarrans to pay accommodation . |
| 19 | Instead , at a press briefing , he made it clear that he would be looking to private benefactors to come to the rescue in extreme cases , and pointing to the successful purchases of ‘ Portrait of a lady with a squirrel and a starling ’ by Holbein for the National Gallery ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p.1 ) and Canaletto 's ‘ The Old Horse Guards , London , from St James 's Park ’ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ( see The Art Newspaper No.19 June 1992 , p. 3 ) . |
| 20 | It would make very significant incursions into our much against our wishes , to accommodate that , so that we would be looking to North Yorkshire to and work to the same levels of migration , the trend in migration as it were . |
| 21 | And we know there are various er responses to that question , and I would be looking to the districts to say whether or not they could cope with the various levels of provision that have been identified for Greater York , and it 's the view of whether they can cope within their own districts , I have n't said how you can cope , I said whether you can cope , you might I will I will leave you free to make the odd comment , but I want to focus on that part of the issue , and then the natural corollary to that is , will it be necessary , or is it considered necessary in the context of this alteration to provide specific guidance within H One policy for the distribution of that er development to er at sub , what I would call sub-district level , in other words do you want a specific entry for say Ryedale or Hambledon ? |
| 22 | The ministry would be writing to its Dutch counterpart . |
| 23 | Coroner Nicholas Gardiner said he would be writing to Oxford 's Licensing Justices drawing their attention to the case . |
| 24 | At a press conference to publicise the study , Dr Natalie-Jane Macdonald , assistant head of the BMA 's professional division , announced that the BMA would be writing to all councils and to Education Secretary Kenneth Clark to encourage a no-smoking policy . |
| 25 | He said he would be writing to the chief executive of the county council to ask him why the decision had been taken . |
| 26 | Alan Milburn , Labour 's Parliamentary candidate for Darlington , said he would be writing to the RHA calling on management to halt further moves towards purchasing consortiums . |
| 27 | Maeve would be seeing to the barns , ensuring stock was slaughtered , the meat dried , salted and hung high in the kitchen to smoke , preserving it for the long winter months . |
| 28 | A long hospital stay like that would be demoralising to anyone . ’ |
| 29 | Besides , to appear eager for a decision would be flattering to Angelina . |
| 30 | 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 . |