Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Why did she have to be born into a mad , slave-driving family ?
32 This seemed to be developing into a regular pattern in his dealings with Emily .
33 The Bank of Japan even cites this sanguine view as a reason not to be pushed into a premature easing of monetary policy .
34 This allows a large number of variations in style to be incorporated into a single page , something that can not be achieved with digitised fonts as these , by definition , are of a fixed size and style .
35 The rotunda ward is to be incorporated into a conservation scheme for the whole site
36 The addition of a management controller and monitoring facility allows the individual design activities to be integrated into a total design process .
37 The OED and Supplement need to be integrated into a single work .
38 These were also sufficiently condensed to be poured into a flexible plastic ‘ dosing ’ ball .
39 As we know , Prince Metternich was not the only person to be put into a diplomatic bag .
40 Ugly though it was , the fight at Highbury needs to be put into a general sporting perspective .
41 As it got dark there was a nightmare of organisation and shouting ; there were meals to be cooked for the Sergeants , marquee and tents to be erected in a rainstorm , personal kit to be unpacked and weapons to be put into a makeshift armoury .
42 By April 1990 unrest in the eight predominantly Kurdish provinces of south-eastern Turkey appeared to be turning into a mass nationalist uprising .
43 It took Wolves 15 seconds to bring a Black Country barrage from the stands with their first , booming aerial ‘ pass ’ for Bull to pursue ; a further 30 seconds for Villa to concede a corner ; and two minutes for Nigel Spink to be forced into a sprawling save by Mark Venus .
44 It 's far better to err on the side of caution and be surprised than to be forced into a head-down gallop to stay on schedule .
45 Every Sussex parish adopted its own temporary expedients , gradually to be woven into a complex ‘ system ’ of permanent relief with 37,000 regular recipients by 1801 .
46 Indeed conservatives who are Catholics understand the feminine , as also the masculine , to be woven into a cosmic picture .
47 These men are also frequently by their misfortunes raised into the greatest benefit that Charles Lamb wrote of as being his fortune to realise after long years of being a poor man in time to be lifted into a vast inheritance .
48 Turkey also agreed to buy 3,000,000 tonnes of oil from Libya in 1990 , half to be paid for in cash and the rest to be paid into a joint account for payment to contractors .
49 It is time for many such ideas to be amalgamated into a fresh overview of prehistory ; time for them to be applied holistically .
50 The software houses have realised that the skills are not present , nor are they likely to be , and have compensated for this by providing either sample templates with the programs or even cut-down versions that only allow text to be entered into a pre-defined design .
51 Members of the FPR were to be brought into a new transitional government ( although no date was specified ) , and according to Le Monde of Aug. 12 , a proposed accord also envisaged constitutional reforms and the creation of an independent body to ensure the respect of human rights .
52 Pets , in other words , should be captive-bred , but you might allow animals which were wild to be brought into a captive-breeding scheme for pet ownership .
53 Simon Long adds from Beijing : China seems to be retreating into a diplomatic posture reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution , at odds with both Washington and Moscow , and firing frequent broadsides against all-comers for alleged interference in its internal affairs .
54 Simon Long adds from Beijing : China seems to be retreating into a diplomatic posture reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution , at odds with both Washington and Moscow , and firing frequent broadsides against all-comers for alleged interference in its internal affairs .
55 The last thing Michael Harvey wanted was to be drawn into a personal discussion .
56 ‘ It 's frustrating because clubs play games but I refuse to be drawn into a Dutch auction .
57 The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level .
58 After a hard-hitting first round in which both boxers traded body punches , the initiative ebbed away from Hopper in the second as he allowed himself to be drawn into a slugging match instead of using his jab .
59 Consequently , rather than allowing ourselves to be drawn into a metaphysical wild-goose chase we should concentrate instead on exploring the structural features of the minimal conceptual apparatus upon which any significant choice of ontological objects must depend .
60 The Arsenal striker , who scored in both north London derby games last season , refused to be drawn into a slanging match after the game but responded forcefully yesterday .
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