Example sentences of "'s [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gedge 's mother was pleased to see the band put our a tribute to Jones but would have preferred her son 's singing to be given a lot more prominence . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's intended to be . |
| 3 | It 's proving to be a strain , both financially and physically — since we are doing as much of the work ourselves as possible — and our friends were convinced for some time that we had gone mad ! |
| 4 | Carole did n't appear to notice the English girl 's slightly hesitant reply as she continued enthusiastically , ‘ He 's proving to be a terrific father-figure , is n't he ? |
| 5 | But as business picks up , ironically there 's proving to be a shortage of available workers with the right skills . |
| 6 | And like any other baby it 's proving to be quite a handfull … especially at mealtimes . |
| 7 | In Nottingham city centre you 'll find space to park at the Broadmarsh Centre and Fletchergate you wo n't have to queue for the Victoria Centre car park but Trinity Square that 's proving to be fairly busy so expect a short wait to park there . |
| 8 | Do n't you know war 's goin' to be declared any second , ’ and he waved at Willie . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I know it 's goin' to be a son … |
| 10 | Not a mess steward , though ; more on the cleanin' side , I think it 's goin' to be . |
| 11 | This billet 's goin' to be all right , ’ Vi urged . |
| 12 | We 'll have to wait an' see what the benefit 's goin' to be … |
| 13 | I think that 's needs to be looked at . |
| 14 | There 's reported to be a four to ten vehicle pile up there and that 's close to the roadworks . |
| 15 | Los Altos , California-based Full Source Software Inc has begun shipping UniShred , a $150 suite of media erasure applications that irrevocably delete files and securely obliterate data in files , making any kind of retrieval impossible : it 's claimed to be the first Unix package to conform to the strictest government and commercial standards , directly replacing Unix 's rm utility . |
| 16 | Ghost hunters are staging a vigil at what 's claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in the country . |
| 17 | Dragon racing uses skills learned from a two thousand year old legend … yet it 's claimed to be the fastest growing sport in Britain . |
| 18 | ‘ What do you think — perhaps you are not thinking as you should — you see — it 's permitted to be frank ? ’ |
| 19 | The farmer 's tied him to the fence to stop him butting the sheep and that 's deemed to be cruel . |
| 20 | That 's considered to be a full page . |
| 21 | The mini is a long way from what 's considered to be the first jukebox ; the Edison Phonograph . |
| 22 | The first production versions of Audi 's Cabriolet were on show , although it does n't go on sale until April/May in Germany and the UK launch has been delayed until summer 1992 , when it 's expected to be priced at about £25,000 . |
| 23 | With other attractions planned in the village , such as the church flower festival , it 's expected to be a particularly busy day . |
| 24 | ‘ I understand people associating me with bands I 've worked on as an engineer , but I do n't understand why I am the only engineer in the world who 's expected to be discriminating about the bands he 's worked with … ’ |
| 25 | It 's expected to be available in the UK by the end of next month . |
| 26 | It 's expected to be completed in the next few days . |
| 27 | A man 's expected to be charged tonight . |
| 28 | He 's expected to be out of action until June . |
| 29 | It 's expected to be some weeks before all the shops damaged in the arson attack can be re-opened . |
| 30 | He 's expected to be committed for trial in 6 weeks time . |