Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those Israelis whom this behaviour most appals have long been likening it to the earlier stages of Nazism , an analogy that found startling vindication with the recent disclosure that some units in the occupied territories draw on Nazi precedents for their own self-image , one calling itself the ‘ Mengele detachment ’ and another ‘ the Auschwitz company ’ . |
| 2 | And the way the management work in here , I can say is they , aim they 're promoting anybody to a chargehand they usually promote somebody that 's actually no threat to themselves . |
| 3 | We 're moving you to a safe house in Wapping . |
| 4 | True , you ca n't do it , if you 're restricting yourself to a positive answer . |
| 5 | As the introduction says how you intend to proceed , you are committing yourself to a particular course . |
| 6 | The key seems to be shaping it to the particular client . |
| 7 | There are 10 very lucky readers who could be treating themselves to a hot , refreshing shower every morning . |
| 8 | Makes a change to be giving it to a real postman . |
| 9 | Molesworth claimed that the House would not be committing itself to the larger scheme , nevertheless it was not in a mood for what George Bankes called an ‘ extensive scheme to enable Cabinet Ministers to entertain foreign visitors and their friends ’ . |
| 10 | Putting this point on a more theoretical level , the musical field and the class structure at any given moment , though clearly not unconnected , comprise different ‘ maps ’ of social/cultural space , and they can not be reduced one to the other ( see Williams 1981 ) . |
| 11 | I 'm taking you to the Jolly Farmers . |
| 12 | ‘ Will you be taking them to the maximum security wing , sir ? ’ |
| 13 | This is partly because , for reasons to be discussed later , we shall be confining ourselves to a certain class of creative person , viz authors : it would therefore be presumptuous of us to extrapolate from our conclusions to other forms of originality . |
| 14 | Now they are taking her to the High Court . |
| 15 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 16 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
| 17 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 18 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 19 | If you are under 60 but your husband has reached 65 and is retired , he may be able to claim a dependency addition of £32.55 for you , provided he pays it to you or is maintaining you to an equivalent amount . |
| 20 | The second way of considering the tending of the fire is to compare it to the feminine ability to create and sustain atmosphere . |
| 21 | There are two ways to make an application protocol-independent : the first is to re-write it , incorporating MPTN , the second is to connect it to a separate gateway that will do the conversion . |
| 22 | Professor Moravcsik is addressing himself to a vast audience , from high school students to politically responsible adults . |
| 23 | Peter Wood 's brief is to guide us to an acceptable quality management system that genuinely reflects our practices . |
| 24 | The way I approach anything is to do it to the best of my ability , whatever . |
| 25 | A landmark environment policy document was issued by the Labour Party in September , which claims it is committing itself to a green government . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's appointed himself to the temporary monitoring team . |
| 27 | Sociologists may , however , note that if God is converting someone to a particular belief , past experience indicates that He is likely to use a social means to achieve His end . |
| 28 | In such a case the judge is not abusing his powers ; he is exercising them to the best of his ability albeit some other court thinks he was mistaken . |
| 29 | two , even though you 're both working you ca n't guarantee that both will continue to work , it 's taking it to a real , a realistic level |
| 30 | The second is to present them to the three million visitors each year in ‘ an educative and enjoyable way ’ . |