Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The games , which have become an annual event , are intended to appeal to weekend sportsmen and women . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Dockers at Sharpness are expected to return to work on Monday , although they 've been reluctant to speculate on any future action . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The explanation put forward for this relationship is that where the coverage of collective agreements is extensive , as in centralised-bargaining structures , trade union membership is thereby encouraged since the benefits of agreements are seen to accrue to union members on a wide scale . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you 're allowed to walk to church and back . ’ |
| 8 | SSRs are used to reply to Software Performance Reports ( SPRs ) , by providing an explanation of the original problem and a solution to it or by giving recommendations on how to proceed . |
| 9 | SSRs are used to reply to Software Performance Reports ( SPRs ) , by providing an explanation of the original problem and a solution to it or by giving recommendations on how to proceed . |
| 10 | They have warned that similar cases , involving pesticides as well as other toxic chemicals , are bound to come to light in the future , the legacy of inadequate waste-disposal standards in force for many years . |
| 11 | Erm , I 'm bound to say to Congress , that under normal circumstances , we do n't take additional supporting speakers on resolutions , er and the reasons for that is very obvious , it 's because of lack of time . |
| 12 | Just as journal serialization affected the chapter formation and the structure of the nineteenth-century novelistic , so also the expectation of the break , mediated by the specific form of attention which audiences are believed to give to television , produces a mutation within the novelistic towards segmented narration . |
| 13 | • Patients are asked to go to bed 3 hours later each ‘ night ’ and get up 3 hours later each ‘ morning ’ — this they will find easy , of course . |
| 14 | What about the Halal meat , in this county where three years ago we had a meeting and they decided that animals that were slaughtered without being stunned with sheer terror , who are allowed to bleed to death because this is what a particular group believed in and we did it . |
| 15 | ‘ We will be looking closely at people who get involved with drugs and alcohol , those who are encouraged to turn to prostitution and those who are made homeless , ’ said Ms McHale . |
| 16 | Participants are encouraged to contribute to tutorial discussions |
| 17 | ‘ We are determined to return to profitability during 1993 and I am pleased to say that overall our plans to achieve this appear to be well on course , ’ he said . |
| 18 | The speed at which bacteria can mutate and their readiness to pass around packages of genetic information means that bacteria are poised to react to selection pressure with rapid and substantial genetic changes . |
| 19 | Finally , any other COB rule that expressly indicates that it is not restricted to regulated business will also apply ; the firm must therefore comply with those COB Rules that are expressed to apply to investment business ( rather than the narrower regulated business ) . |
| 20 | Girls usually leave Arbour after twelve months , having taken their exams and any girls who , for instance , come in the third year at school are required to return to school afterwards . |