Example sentences of "[verb] to [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the current discussions about the size of the nuclear arsenal , is the Secretary of State still committed to bringing on stream another replacement for the WE177 free-fall bomb ? |
| 2 | John Major is the only leader committed to striving for zero inflation . |
| 3 | Most carers were aged 45–64 ; and six out of ten were committed to looking after the dependant for at least 50 hours a week . |
| 4 | Joyce was committed to providing for the two daughters of his first marriage , to whom he was a conscientious father , as well as supporting his second wife . |
| 5 | ‘ If we want to develop we must assure Italian customers that we are committed to staying in Italy . |
| 6 | There is another America which neither of them knew , except tangentially : the America of the Old Confederacy which had known defeat , and was committed to living with that knowledge . |
| 7 | They probably stayed that night at Watchet , and there , tradition records , the first lines of ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ were committed to writing at the Bell Inn , within sight of the ships in Watchet 's decaying harbour . |
| 8 | It was perhaps originally an oral message from Cnut , committed to writing by an ecclesiastic for circulation to the shire courts , and then redrafted into its present state by Wulfstan . |
| 9 | The United States was , at last , firmly committed to helping in the maintenance of the stability of the Middle East , though British commitments to the Arab sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf and the Aden Protectorates were undiminished . |
| 10 | Though most report makers were not initially committed to reporting on an annual basis , nearly two thirds now feel that an annual report is appropriate . |
| 11 | For example , the Soviet Union is committed to moving from its odd system of Net Material Product ( which disregards services ) to a standardised system of national accounting on United Nations lines . |
| 12 | Staying on the edge of being a good photographer you felt committed to trying to be there . |
| 13 | The exercises , though , are not designed for any one standard just for all those who are committed to improving at whatever level . |
| 14 | When a nationalized industry is committed to pricing in this way , it should use these prices to calculate the stream of social profit and the social rate of return on the investment project . |
| 15 | More innovatively , companies signing up for the programme will be legally committed to going through a conciliation process to sort out unforeseen interoperability problems . |
| 16 | We had a little chat with Unix System Labs president Roel Pieper last week and he did n't exactly rule out the possibility of USL making a takeover move on Santa Cruz Operation Inc ( UX No 396 ) : however , he said , it would n't be a good business value unless both firms were committed to going in the same direction . |
| 17 | This is not to say that a science and technological education had to take on this character , for clearly there were and always have been those who are committed to inspiring in students a love of , and a care for , their subjects in those disciplines . |
| 18 | Labour is committed to introducing during its first year in power a Bill to set up a Scottish parliament to be elected by proportional representation . |
| 19 | And anyone can write into the managing director who is committed to answering within three days . ’ |
| 20 | Labour councils tended to spend relatively more and be more committed to spending on social services than Conservative councils which spent a higher proportion of their budgets on education , but the bulk of spending was similar and handled through nationally organized professionals rather than locally based politicians . |
| 21 | It is likely that we will have to add £200 million to the billions of pounds we are already committed to spending on a genocidal weapon , which even from a purely military point of view is regarded as redundant . |
| 22 | Sunk costs can be easily identified in that they will have been paid or are subject to legally binding contracts and the firm is committed to paying for these contracts in the future . |
| 23 | This was not very difficult ; the Spanish still did not recognize other colonies in the Caribbean and the old rule of ‘ no peace beyond the line ’ went on , so that West Indian governments could still recruit on an official basis men who were committed to fighting against the Spanish whether the governments thought they were at war or not . |
| 24 | AST founder Safi Quorshi said ‘ This machine is designed to meet the requirement of companies committed to downsizing by replacing their minicomputers with equivalent computing power based on PC architecture . ’ |
| 25 | His 1911 book Political Parties argued that these organizations supposedly committed to ushering in democratic organization in fact showed all the essential characteristics of bureaucratic organizations , and a separation between leaders and led every bit as pronounced as that prevailing in industry or state agencies . |
| 26 | Thus , those who are committed to caring for and working with old people have first to face two facts . |
| 27 | My experience of practitioners trained overseas and with small lists is that most are good doctors committed to caring for their patients to the best of their ability . |
| 28 | The same holds true of the new wave of talent highlighted here , though one or two are committed to working with building-based companies . |
| 29 | … committed to working with groups and individuals of all ages , cultural backgrounds and special needs . |
| 30 | Also , being human , Huy regretted that he was now committed to working with the policeman . |