Example sentences of "be [prep] [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are for attaching to the erm , tabs . |
| 2 | The promise follows reports that some Middlesbrough vice girls are considering moving to the town . |
| 3 | As this Report has noted , people of other faiths or of no faith , as well as Christians , are used by God to mediate his gift of music , and those who are not believers are as capable as those who are of responding to the power of religious music . |
| 4 | ( The teams the players are with according to the DT . |
| 5 | You 're no more interested in how a programme is put together than you are in flying to the moon ! ’ |
| 6 | This is the maximum size that a two-colour stitch pattern can be for transferring to the console . |
| 7 | However , the greater the inherited capital stock , , the less need there will be for adding to the capital stock , or even replacing worn-out equipment . |
| 8 | Rory Finegan was reported to be considering going to the European Court . |
| 9 | Her whole concentration had been on getting to the airport as quickly as possible . |
| 10 | Whether the case is worth taking to the Commissioners is doubtful , bearing in mind the costs involved for one business . |
| 11 | To follow this argument in more detail , it is worth turning to the product which is most intimately associated with the earliest period of the industrial revolution , that is cotton cloth . |
| 12 | Above all , it is worth talking to the people who produce your documents by traditional methods . |
| 13 | Finally , it is worth returning to the feature that puts SuperCalc first among DOS spreadsheets — its multipage and multiple spreadsheets . |
| 14 | WHAT a spoilsport the Queen is for objecting to the Spitting Image royal puppets being displayed in the window of Liberty in London . |
| 15 | The Lloyds Register of Shipping is considering relocating to the town . |
| 16 | For him , looking at X-rays is like going to the theatre or watching a good film . |
| 17 | It is like turning to the end of the story before you begin reading it , to find out if the bad dies got their just deserts , or the good guys won . |
| 18 | Practically each one began by saying , ‘ This is like coming to the Headmaster 's study . ’ |
| 19 | Rather , it is to say that Gusfield 's theory may continue to have explanatory power , particularly with regard to the initial motivation of participants in such a movement , and that where Wallis ' work is important is in pointing to the cultural concerns that may also underpin the rise of specific moral entrepreneurial groups . |
| 20 | In the States , the emphasis is on sticking to the tried and true . |
| 21 | In statistical analysis , on the other hand , the emphasis is on presenting to the machine information that is exceedingly diverse in nature and often very extensive and which can have a complicated , possibly hierarchical , structure . |
| 22 | Members can buy their tickets from tomorrow … while other fans can get their 's by going to the next home game against Sunderland |
| 23 | Moving together is essential , and the only reliable means of stopping a fall is by jumping to the other side of the ridge . |
| 24 | That turkey has got one chance of avoiding jail , just one , and that chance is by proving to the judge that he 's cleaned up his act . |
| 25 | For the best way to job-hunt in Europe is by going to the country of your choice for a few weeks and signing up with several private employment agencies . |
| 26 | And the only true way that we can achieve that and that we can deliver that is by adhering to the emerging industry standards . |
| 27 | A second way in which the Spirit inspires prayer is by giving to the man in question the gift of tongues . |
| 28 | It was like going to the Holy Land , or being the Knights of the Round Table , Sir Perceval I think it was , and your dad suddenly said he was going to take you to see the Holy Grail . |
| 29 | While Penry was outside seeing to the generator she fetched her belongings , then collected the knitting , stuffing it inside her bag guiltily . |