Example sentences of "he [is] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he talks of the ‘ metal landscape ’ he is referring to the world of the train and not to the one of green landscapes which we would expect . |
| 2 | He is referring to the fact that people are prepared to compromise and will accept half-measures . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , one reason why Mr Hammer 's message has been received so eagerly is that , to a large extent , he is preaching to the converted . |
| 4 | However , if he has disclosed that fact so as to indicate that he is transferring to the purchaser only his own possessory title , then he will not be in breach of the condition , section 12(3) . |
| 5 | He is called to the realisation that he is part of the force , the force is god , and therefore he is god . |
| 6 | When there is an appeal from the decision of the benchers , the judges of the Common Pleas join in sitting upon that appeal ; and if the candidate be called to the Bar , I say , he is called to the Bar — by the judges of the Common Pleas . |
| 7 | He is speaking to the scribes , to the Pharisees . |
| 8 | He is speaking to the scribes and Pharisees . |
| 9 | The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King . |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what alterations he is considering to the disability working allowance scheme before it is introduced ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 11 | The rapid rise may suggest he is wedded to the bank . |
| 12 | With his loyal advisers Francis Cripps and Frances Morrell by his side , he beavers away with unremitting zeal even when his beloved industrial policy is snatched away and he is banished to the Department of Energy . |
| 13 | Ruling over an infernal world , the President is cast in the role of Satan , while his favourite , Angel Face , is identified with Lucifer , but his rebellion takes the form of forsaking evil for good , a crime of treason for which he is banished to the bowels of the earth in the President 's deepest dungeon . |
| 14 | He is introduced to the group by Jane , this month 's student chairperson and is handed an agenda ( collected from items submitted by students , support workers and staff ) , minutes and notes . |
| 15 | In each case the individual is identified either by the role which is relevant to the content of the article , or by the role by which he is known to the public . |
| 16 | ‘ Then suddenly he is thrown to the wolves with the stigma of being incompetent , no good — even a fool . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend is right in the point that he is putting to the Minister . |
| 18 | Finally , he is drawn to the essence of Muir 's genius which he sees as that of ‘ the sensibility of the remote islander ’ , and the words that follow give one final transformation of the savage and city motif , when he describes Muir as ‘ the boy from a simple primitive offshore community who then was plunged into the sordid horror of industrialism in Glasgow , who struggled to understand the modern world of the metropolis in London … |
| 19 | He is drawn to the Ring and his thoughts are tortured by it . |
| 20 | Now , when I touch his cheek with my finger , he responds normally , but not as quickly as he responds when he is held to the breast . |
| 21 | For instance , when he is wheeled to the toilet , he stands up in order to get into the wheelchair , and again to move onto the toilet , instead of being lifted or transferred . |
| 22 | The assumption is about what lies behind our saying of a man , when he comes out with the sounds , ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ , that he is asserting that he is going to the bank , but our not saying this of the parrot . |
| 23 | We say that the man , who utters the same sounds as the parrot , is asserting that he is going to the bank because he is a man , and not a parrot . |
| 24 | What roughly he says is that he is committed to the following scientific arguments , arguments based upon scientific principles , regardless of any pain that may be caused to him or to others by so doing . |
| 25 | Also , at 26 , he is coming to the peak of his career . ’ |
| 26 | As soon as he shows the slight movements that herald developing hunger , he is put to the breast . |
| 27 | If he has , they will only be discovered if he is put to the test . |
| 28 | inserting common paragraphs , for example if half the students make the same mistake , it is useful for the marker to prepare a paragraph explaining the error , and to paste this into each of the documents he is returning to the errant students . |
| 29 | I mean , their loan periods are somewhere about twenty five years whereby you probably realise in this country if a young er person wants to start a firm and he 's go to the bank they 're not gon na give him much scope at all ! |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , he 's listening to the radio . |