Example sentences of "[vb base] to be [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But calling something a science does not guarantee that its practitioners forthwith cease to be attracted to the same specious accounts of what it is to communicate to which the rest of us are attracted when we try to say what communicating is . |
| 2 | The superluminous masers are not well understood , but appear to be related to the mass outflow . |
| 3 | And not least because after an era of relative restraint in 15-cert films , we appear to be returning to the near glorification of casual sexual encounters . |
| 4 | Since you have the keys and I 'm a customer , I want to be taken to the vault , please , ’ she said in a loud , clear voice , her heart hammering with apprehension . |
| 5 | Now , rather than sliding to the bottom of the league , they hope to be accelerating to the top . |
| 6 | ‘ The Russians seem to be over-reacting to the yellow peril , ’ Hayman observed laconically . |
| 7 | There are also several creatures which , while they seem to be related to the segmented worms , are rather more complex in structure and quite unlike any other animals that we know , living or fossil . |
| 8 | platelet activating factor precursors seem to be related to the calcium increase in gastric cells . |
| 9 | This is the kind of situation where readers seem to be relegated to the role of invisible eavesdroppers , overhearing a conversation between others . |
| 10 | Of those cancers that seem to be limited to the prostate clinically , 25–35% will have lymph node metastases . |
| 11 | ‘ People seem to be coming to the door , ’ said Penelope . |
| 12 | Acting on that basis , the kind of socialism that he advocated was then , was guild socialism , or more popularly nowadays , workers ' control , and what he would have hoped to see was something which , most mysteriously , does n't yet even now seem to be coming to the fore , the use of industrial power by the workers not merely for economic advantage but for political ends . |
| 13 | At Dragonby , spacious plots appear to predominate in the excavated areas , but at Ilchester , they seem to be confined to the extramural frontages in the form of a double row of plots 20 by 50 m ( 66 by 165 ft ) in size . |
| 14 | The gates seem to be clipped to the lane marker buoy wires in some way and to be operated by compressed air as bubbles rise to the surface just before the gates appear . |
| 15 | Allow finance to be equated to the resources needed to provide education at the required level ( ie achieve equilibrium ) |
| 16 | It is in this way that the Roman catholic bishops of Ireland , as intellectuals organizing the beliefs of catholic nationalists , continue to be aligned to the forces of conservatism within the alliance , forces which in practice do not recognize important protestant civil rights in Ireland . |
| 17 | I am glad to join my hon. Friend in congratulating those local people who have argued the strong case for ensuring that the hospital facilities at that building continue to be provided to the people of Ely . |
| 18 | As this Department is responsible for the fees for the course , which I believe will total £170.00 , I would be grateful if you could arrange for this amount to be invoiced to the above address , for the attention of Miss Heather White . |
| 19 | ‘ I demand to be taken to the plush offices of a disreputable publicity manager , ’ Chico demanded . |
| 20 | Support needs to be given to them , not least In their ministry to other homosexuals , who tend to be drawn to the inner cities . ' |
| 21 | Climbers ' eyes tend to be drawn to the cleanest and most direct route up a rock face , while in a similar way walkers piece together peaks and ridges to create their own ‘ direct ’ routes — albeit ( usually ) on a more horizontal plane . |
| 22 | Such was the set up of the Drama Department in the Sixties that a staff Production Assistant could find himself being allowed a turn in the Director 's chair for one show , giving directions to a fellow PA colleague , and then , a few months later be taking directions from perhaps that same PA , whose turn it had now become to be elevated to the directing heights . |
| 23 | For it is the increase in product wages ( the real cost to the employer of hiring workers ) which makes the old machinery unprofitable and permits labour to be transferred to the new . |
| 24 | APBC members only work on referral from veterinary surgeons , so please discuss your case first with your vet and ask to be referred to the local APBC practitioner . |
| 25 | The British — even those who claim to be attached to the virtues of the enterprise culture — are too addicted to the class system and the honours baubles to give them up . |
| 26 | There will be a note of those jobs that require to be done to the property and also a valuation . |
| 27 | If you wish to be added to the mailing list please give me a call on the number above . |
| 28 | I wish to be attached to the |
| 29 | By citizens and burgesses he meant the freemen of corporate towns , taking it for granted that his readers would understand that this privilege had in practice come to be restricted to the richer inhabitants — merchants , not working craftsmen . |
| 30 | The next group of sections deals with the various types of publicity that have to be given to the annual accounts and reports . |