Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This order may be obtained whether the courts are sitting or not , if a ‘ prima facie ’ case is make out to a judge of the High Court . |
| 2 | This is the more remarkable since by this time , its mother may have already given birth to another tiny baby that has made its way to the pouch and is fastened on to a teat imbibing milk of a quite different composition . |
| 3 | The west wall of the gallery is given over to a work 17ft high and over 20ft long entitled Touch the Earth Again , and the ecological sentiment implied by this title is crucial to Setch 's work . |
| 4 | The problem now is finding the right sort of staff reliable ladies with their own transport as more people realise how nice it is to come back to a house someone else has cleaned . ’ |
| 5 | Responsibility for various specific public services is hived off to a range of special agencies , though in each case ultimate responsibility for policy lies with one of the central departments . |
| 6 | DARLINGTON sailor Julie Carroll , 20 , is looking forward to a life on the ocean waves on the type 42 Destroyer HMS Southampton after successfully completing a radar operator course at Portsmouth . |
| 7 | Is it not a fact that , for all their fine words , the Government 's deeds are desperately poor and that the country is looking forward to a change of Government in a month ? |
| 8 | He 's just finished a stint as Edmund in King Lear at the Royal Court Theatre and is looking forward to a holiday in Wales with his actress wife , six-year-old daughter and teenage stepson . |
| 9 | Now , NOEL MALCOLM is looking forward to a shift in the agenda — back to real news |
| 10 | Indeed , now she is looking forward to a career in tennis . |
| 11 | In order to assess the arguments over the variability of V it is necessary to see just how a change in money supply is transmitted through to a change in aggregate demand . |
| 12 | The most useful is the automatic mode : by keeping the trigger gently depressed , the tool will fire a staple every time the nose is pushed on to a surface . |
| 13 | A word in one language which is related etymologically to a word in another language , eg German Haus and English House . |
| 14 | The dynamic insert might pick-up a certain amount of ‘ hum ’ and other electrical noise if the unit is operated close to a television set , mains wiring , etc . |
| 15 | But note that you must use fittings and valves which comply with the water byelaws and that if the cold supply is connected up to a washing machine from the rising main , this will be at mains pressure while the hot supply ( if there is one ) will be at a lower pressure . |
| 16 | If you suspect that this is leading up to a tirade about vegetables suffering pain , flowers having feelings and ants being cleverer than humans , then I am sorry to disappoint you . |
| 17 | To lay an egg , the female grasps a hair and deposits some ‘ cement ’ which is extruded on to a hair just before the egg is laid . |
| 18 | Rotherham striker John Buckley ( also pictured inset ) is helped on to a stretcher after fracturing his skull |
| 19 | You know is going forward to a week on Sunday and then whatever else happens we 're going through the process are n't we ? |
| 20 | ‘ What we are seeing now is a public revulsion against violence in society which is feeding through to a desire for greater sensitivity by programme makers , ’ he said . |
| 21 | In some places , oil is packed up to a foot deep in the sand , according to the co-ordinator of Greenpeace 's expedition to the area . |
| 22 | It 's also worth knowing that the first £20,000 in a building society or bank is protected up to a set percentage . |
| 23 | The corpse of a zebra , under the camera 's necessarily impassive gaze ( some viewers are queasier ) , is reduced almost to a skeleton as skin and then flesh are progressively stripped away by the processes of nature . |
| 24 | CHELSEA Football Club is edging close to a deal with Cabra Estates , its heavily indebted landlord , which could settle their drawn-out tussle over the football club 's Stamford Bridge ground . |
| 25 | It does this through sensors which monitor speed and body movement , and this information is passed on to a computer . |
| 26 | This is passed on to a set of inference rules cast in an appropriate non-monotonic logic which operate over the knowledge base to determine an appropriately helpful answer . |
| 27 | This is then drawn full-size and traced on to acetate film which is put on to a bed of clay covering the board . |
| 28 | ‘ Its figures only measure waiting time from the day a patient is put on to a consultant 's in-patient or day case waiting list . |
| 29 | The mainsheet is taken down to a track just ahead of the wheel pedestal where it is within easy reach of the helmsman and the genoa is trimmed by a pair of three-speed Barient 37–3AST winches which achieve a ratio of 87:1 in third gear . |
| 30 | This means that in the event of your death under the age of 65 , the outstanding balance on your CheckOver is repaid up to a maximum of £3,000 or your agreed limit whichever is the lower . |