Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farmers are struggling to cope with an invasion of slugs . |
| 2 | The payment will be available to teaching staff until such time as the Teachers ' Superannuation ( Scotland ) Regulations are amended to provide for an injury allowance . |
| 3 | The points noted below are intended to serve as a guide on how to maximise this resource . |
| 4 | These measures could quite justifiably be regarded as something of a sledgehammer to crack a very small nut , since they are intended to deal with a problem the existence of which is almost totally unproven . |
| 5 | Mass mobilisations by the so-called ‘ pro-life ’ forces in Buffalo are designed to focus on an issue that puts liberals on the defensive : abortion is to the US Democratic Party what taxes were to Labour . |
| 6 | Some stoves are designed to operate on a variety of liquid fuels including , for example , white spirit . |
| 7 | Speakers and headphones are designed to work from a zero impedance source . |
| 8 | ‘ But for subsequent years , as the economy strengthens , my proposals are designed to build in a wedge of steadily rising revenue . |
| 9 | ‘ You are forbidden to speak to an officer in that fashion . ’ |
| 10 | They also are expected to call for a UN arms embargo . |
| 11 | ‘ You are expected to perform straight away and if you are in a front-running car you are expected to perform like a front-runner immediately . |
| 12 | Further , these purchases are expected to lead to an increase in the price of financial assets and a fall in their yields ( i.e. interest rates ) . |
| 13 | As a consequence they pose real problems to the policy maker , practitioner and manager , who are expected to respond to a problem the magnitude and significance of which are open to wide and sometimes conflicting interpretations . |
| 14 | Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win . |
| 15 | Children are expected to conform to a plan . |
| 16 | It suffices that customers are expected to act in a way that will provide economic benefits to the entity . |
| 17 | WinServers are expected to sell for an average of £40,000 to £50,000 in the UK — prices are n't available until the systems are ready to ship — and will be offered with Oracle 7.0 , Microsoft SQL Server and other database options . |
| 18 | Arguments about carbon emissions are expected to come to a head in the forthcoming UNCED " Earth Summit " to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 , where a global warming treaty is expected to be signed . |
| 19 | We are an integral part of a large organisation and are expected to work as a team . |
| 20 | Both the statement and financial figures are expected to relate to a plan for development over a period of 3–4 years . |
| 21 | However , students are expected to bring to a module and to use in an examination perspectives related to their particular fields of study . |
| 22 | Notice that already , in talking about different tones , some idea of function has been introduced ; speakers are said to select from a choice of tones according to how they want the utterance to be heard , and it is implied that the listener will hear one-syllable utterances said with different tones as sounding different in some way . |
| 23 | I mean fifteen hours in in a week is not much at all when you consider how much you 're expected to do for a degree |
| 24 | I think we 're going to go as a council in the direction of not answering letters on time . |
| 25 | You volunteer information and then tell them what you 're going to do as a result of the call , and do it . |
| 26 | Now with the dermatological products , I actually have n't bought those with me apart from those that we 're going to use as a demo erm , the have a very nice cleanser called special cleansing gel , and if you 're used to using soap and water it really is very similar to using soap . |
| 27 | Now , today I 've got two types of products with me , one is Gloria M products that we 're going to use as a demonstration , and the other dermatological products that we 're going to use as a dem demonstration . |
| 28 | Ken , we 're going to stop for a moment . |
| 29 | You 're going to live for a wee while yet , going to live for a wee while yet . |
| 30 | Erm , it 's the go I mean you , you can or not er , decided whether you 're going to believe in a woman who is so vindictive that she 's going to allow them er , prevent her having her rightful |