Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doing so , they argue , would be tantamount to giving up the intifada and accepting the continuation of military rule , without a firm promise that Israel would eventually withdraw . |
| 2 | Medical researchers believe they could be close to pinning down the cause of hereditary asthma . |
| 3 | And on the night of the final reaping , there 's a great harvest supper , after which the men would stay guard around the great heaps of grain which were ready to winnowed early the following morning . |
| 4 | If you only have a very limited amount of clerical back-up at least see that this is devoted to taking away the paper and putting it where you will be able to find it again if necessary . |
| 5 | Much of the book is devoted to demonstrating scientifically the progress of students using the Progress Chart of Social and Personal Development ( PAC ) which Gunzburg pioneered and which was meticulously used at Wentwood . |
| 6 | Another eight months was devoted to working out the spacing between characters . |