Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't as pretty as we are given to understand in fairy tales . ’ |
| 2 | Exercise that can help to maintain the elasticity of the vagina are also used to control urinary incontinence and avoid a prolapse — they are the pelvic floor exercises that women are taught to do after childbirth : sit on the lavatory with the thighs parallel to the ground and feet flat on the floor ( or on a book , if necessary ) ; start to pass water , then use the muscles to stop the flow ; release and finish the flow . |
| 3 | Our servile Tongues are taught to cry for Pardon |
| 4 | In this respect , a famously offensive passage by Rousseau on the education of girls may be seen as , after all , no more than realistic for period and place : recommending that girls be taught to break off games they are enjoying to return to work without complaint , he writes : |
| 5 | The games , which have become an annual event , are intended to appeal to weekend sportsmen and women . |
| 6 | All local plans are intended to develop in detail the broad structure plan policies and indicate how they are to be applied on the ground . |
| 7 | The tables are designed to exclude from comparison all the factors that influence examination results , particularly the social class make-up of a school . |
| 8 | ‘ You are forbidden to work in association with him any further . |
| 9 | They were the products of the free institutions of which Britons are bidden to think with pride … one duty was clear : even the vaguest altruist felt that something ought to be done about it . |
| 10 | On the basis of a 5-4 majority in a Missouri case judged in July , the cases are expected to lead to expansion of the right of individual states to pass laws regulating abortions . |
| 11 | Some 1,500 jobs at Barclays are expected to go before Christmas . |
| 12 | Parents and local authorities are expected to act in partnership motivated by the child 's best interests . |
| 13 | Hotels are expected to spend in excess of £30m in 1986 on adding leisure facilities to their properties and creating 300 new jobs within this specialist area . |
| 14 | Dockers at Sharpness are expected to return to work on Monday , although they 've been reluctant to speculate on any future action . |
| 15 | There are a series of formally laid down rules and procedures which medical and social service workers are expected to follow in child abuse cases . |
| 16 | a Policy No policy statements were found to indicate the degree to which dementia sufferers and non-dementing people are expected to mix in day care , or in day hospitals . |
| 17 | Talking of an essay that students are expected to write as part of their course , he says |
| 18 | The machines are expected to come with sample voices , a pronunciation dictionary and a speech synthesiser called QuickTalk as part of planned extensions to Macintosh System 7.1 . |
| 19 | And the government 's so called mum 's army proposals for teaching youngsters are expected to come under fire at a meeting in Nottingham later today . |
| 20 | Not all customers are expected to come by road — new mooring points and landscaping on the neighbouring Grand Union Canal welcome any barges that may need re-stocking . |
| 21 | As children with special educational needs grow in reading competence , increasing demands are made on their skills because they are expected to learn through reading . |
| 22 | Mix and match elections ( see para 1.2 above ) may be offered where some shareholders are expected to want to realise their investment and others are expected to want to roll-over their capital gains into new ordinary shares of the offeror . |
| 23 | John and Martin Stacey are expected to appear in court again tomorrow . |
| 24 | Some are expected to apply for permission to reintroduce selection , joining the 150 grammar schools reprieved by Labour 's defeat . |
| 25 | If Oswestry 's bid fails Town are expected to apply for membership of Wrexham area 's Read Construction Welsh National League or Richards Builders Mid Wales League . |
| 26 | The significant fact about both phrase types is that we have two property words — a major one ( the verb ) extended by a minor qualifying one — and they are linked together to form a more complex property before they are permitted to enter into construction with a syntactic object . |
| 27 | Hairdressers , for instance , are permitted to work from home — providing they declare their income . |
| 28 | When a package is submitted for approval using option 1.5.1 , all DCs which are currently ACTIVE through the package are transitioned to state IN APPROVAL . |
| 29 | They fear either that we are committed to move to stage three or that , irrespective of the provision in the treaty allowing us a free choice , we would none the less be obliged to move . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the start of a journey in which all are committed to grow in respect and acceptance of others in order to live and work together in the city , ’ he said . |