Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret Stanhope saw by the watch that never left his wrist that their unromantic interlude would soon be drawing to a close . |
| 2 | In the hollow below , Bigwig seemed to be drawing to a close . |
| 3 | The clear danger was , however , that certain factions within the party leadership would not be so tolerant as Su Xiao Kang hoped and that the freer intellectual atmosphere of 1988 might be drawing to an end . |
| 4 | There were some signs in 1990-91 that Japan 's long-running dispute with the Soviet Union might be drawing to an end . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if you were Andrus and for some reason you decided to start a campaign of your own , and you were , like him , a Copt , the first thing you would do would be to go to a bank and make proper financial arrangements . |
| 6 | This must be explained to a client at this early stage , because many do not understand the requirement for a deposit , and many do not have the full 10% available . |
| 7 | In his work , theoretically relying both on Freudianism and on variations of Parsonian functionalism , which sees the biological , egalitarian family as the culmination of the modernising process , he argues that the rise in illegitimacy can be traced to a change in the attitude towards sex of lower-class women , a change so great as to amount to a sexual revolution . |
| 8 | The origin of the theory of sexual selection can be traced to a peacock — or , rather , a peahen owned by Lady Tynte . |
| 9 | These acts can be traced to a plethora of practices which encourage sexually aggressive behaviour in men and boys , in a context in which there are few effective sanctions . |
| 10 | Some seem to have thought that if a case could be traced to a feud , it was false . |
| 11 | These may all be traced to a reluctance to consider the managerial function which provides the context for the tasks , activities and behaviour of individual managers [ Hales ( 1986 ) ] . |
| 12 | Indeed much of the weakness of recent educational research can be traced to a failure to take account of such factors . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , s14(4) of SGA 1979 , which is replicated in other supply contracts ( s10(4) of SOGIT 1973 as substituted by the CCA 1974 and ss4(7) , 9(7) of SGSA 1982 ) , provides , " An implied condition or warranty as to quality or fitness for a particular purpose may be annexed to a contract of sale by usage " . |
| 14 | It is also a great time-saver when the same message has to be relayed to a group of people , for example , the times of meetings . |
| 15 | The speaker appears to be generalising to a time which includes her own experience . |
| 16 | He said that he could not accept the procedures and it is possible the dispute will be referred to a court . |
| 17 | It will be the Master of the Rolls who decides whether an appeal is so important that it should be referred to a court composed of more than three judges , even though decisions of such courts formally have no greater weight than those of three judge courts . |
| 18 | Mr. Dear painted a picture of a poorly funded , undermanned force under great pressure , and a chief constable with his hands tied behind his back by council rules and bureaucracy such that decisions on spending even minute amounts have to be referred to a committee , including items as minute as the installation of a telephone line . |
| 19 | [ 4.2 If by the Certificate Date the parties have been unable to agree whether any requirement of the Landlord made pursuant to clause 4.1 is reasonable the matter or matters in dispute shall be referred to a counsel to be agreed upon between the parties or failing agreement within [ 5 ] working days after the Certificate Date to one of the conveyancing counsel for the time being of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice [ " Counsel " ] to be nominated on the application of either party by the President for the time being of the Law Society ( or his duly appointed deputy or any other person authorised by him to make appointments on his behalf ) and Counsel shall : |
| 20 | That the draft Maximum Number of Judges ( Scotland ) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 21 | That the draft Double Taxation Relief ( Taxes on Income ) ( Isle of Man ) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 22 | Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 23 | That the draft Double Taxation Relief ( Taxes on Income ) ( Papua New Guinea ) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 24 | That the draft Double Taxation Relief ( Taxes on Income ) ( Czechoslovakia ) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 25 | Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 26 | Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 27 | Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 28 | Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 29 | That the draft Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance ( Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments ) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 30 | That the draft Merchant Shipping ( Prevention of Oil Pollution ) ( Amendment ) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |