Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his boasts of political eminence in England , the Leader of the British National Socialist Party had a dread of being bundled off to internment in Silesia as an undesirable alien . |
| 2 | Mr Gandhi needs to win at least 200 seats nationally to be reasonably certain of being called on to form the next government . |
| 3 | A HELICOPTER from RAF Valley on Anglesey was scrambled yesterday to help rescue three young canoeists who were in danger of being swept out to sea . |
| 4 | Instead of being lured up to Whit 's room with you and erm other people |
| 5 | The diagram is therefore drawn on the computer screen with the aid of a mouse instead of being drawn on to paper or a plastic sheet . |
| 6 | This charge can be deferred where the shares in Target are distributed to a newly formed company in exchange for the issue of shares in the Newco to management ( see s139 TCGA 1992 ) , instead of being distributed directly to management . |
| 7 | After all , the last time such a state of affairs had existed , it had at least given her the bonus of being taken out to dinner by him . |
| 8 | It 's a great place for beginners to learn as the harbour has shallow water — only 40ft at its deepest point — with constant winds and protection from being swept out to sea . |
| 9 | FAR FROM BEING PUT OUT TO GRASS , DOS IS SET FOR A FACELIFT . |
| 10 | The grass in the middle had been ploughed up into a dustbowl , and here and there pools of dark blood showed where bodies thrown out had lain before being taken away to hospital . |
| 11 | To facilitate the mass launch , most of Wasp 's Wildcats had to be flown off to loiter overhead . |
| 12 | With the threat of war approaching , a Cadet Corps was formed and my Sunday school teacher provided the fifteen shillings necessary for the purchase of a second-hand uniform , which had to be cut down to boy 's size . |
| 13 | No provision could be made for the selection of books to be kept up to date and they are not much used now , but there is an excellent service of books from the Argyll and Bute District library for the residents and patients in the hospital . |
| 14 | The Law Societies have renewed the research contract to enable the Report to be kept up to date , and to help assess how the other Member States are implementing the Directive . |
| 15 | Further , particularly under a current cost system , these values have to be kept up to date . |
| 16 | Regular operation of LIFESPAN RDBI allows transferred information to be kept up to date with changes occurring in LIFESPAN . |
| 17 | It needs to be kept up to date . |
| 18 | Whatever happens , Tendulkar is no doubt resting easily at night safe in the knowledge that Geoffrey Boycott has already emerged as a sort of godfather figure , willing to be called on to help at any time , to be party to any photo opportunity that may be at hand . |
| 19 | The New Yorker of November 24th lamented that the NSC would not reveal even the age or the precise employment of this man , ‘ who seems to be called on to act as a secret surrogate for something like the entire United States government ’ . |
| 20 | It is common commercial practice for the auditors of a private company to be called on to value the shares . |
| 21 | to be dragged back to daylight ! |
| 22 | The British tabloids , always to be relied on to turn a mild comment into a raging scandal , did just that , hilariously suggesting that The Smiths , as always , led by manic vegetarian Morrissey , were inciting the nation 's kids to go shoplifting . |
| 23 | The object of the executors ' year is to protect the personal representatives from demands for immediate payment but it is not to be relied on to cover undue delay in dealing with the estate . |
| 24 | Hers was a brave effort for one who had to be whisked off to hospital on Tuesday after a painful accident . |
| 25 | This is a genuine surgical emergency if it occurs and the unfortunate victim has to be whisked off to hospital . |
| 26 | Although appearing to be clinging precariously to life , once introduced to the pool they quickly produce roots and become established . |
| 27 | Furthermore , the attitude of the Democrat majorities in both houses towards a war with Iraq was unclear , their leaders appearing to want to be seen neither to sanction nor to prohibit the use of force . |
| 28 | We can guess at the relative dating of the units , but unit one makes most sense as a secondary feature , since it seems to be butted on to unit two , with banks overlaid south of the mill . |
| 29 | It is because of the inherited beliefs and practices of the Hindu way of life that he is able to claim to be bound indissolubly to Truth . |
| 30 | There are only three solutions : the owners can decide that the pleasure of having a cat in the home is greater than the distress of living with scratched furniture , or some kind of covering that cats hate to scratch has to be put over the sides of the furniture , or the cats have to be trained not to strop the furniture with their claws . |