Example sentences of "is [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Documents we have obtained show that one contract for the extension to the London Underground Jubilee Line is to go to a German firm , even though a British company is desperate for the work . |
| 2 | A STOCKTON woman 's bid to turn an empty shop into a taxi office is to go to a public appeal . |
| 3 | In many statements of this sort racism is likened to a contagious disease , which people catch off each other , or a cancer in the body politic , something which can only be stopped by either eliminating its carriers , or protecting others , especially children , from contact with its ‘ breeding grounds ’ . |
| 4 | One such sceptic , a certain Montgomery , is likened to a prickly housemaid . |
| 5 | Compensation is calculated to a complex formula which includes a basic award related to gross earnings and length of service and a compensatory award which seeks to meet the employee 's actual and future losses arising as a consequence of the dismissal . |
| 6 | The slowness of engineering to join the scheme , for example , is explained to a considerable extent by fears of the attitudes of the professional societies ( it is hoped that , in time , field combinations such as computer studies and microelectronic systems will succeed in breaching this important wall ) . |
| 7 | The software can automatically distinguish between various score types — everything from solo or piano music to conductors ' orchestral sheets with up to 16 staves per line — each part is assigned to a separate MIDI channel . |
| 8 | The training of probationers encourages this transmission , because after formal training in the depot each recruit is assigned to an experienced senior constable in the station . |
| 9 | For the process to proceed smoothly it is necessary to ensure that responsibility for overall policy decisions is assigned to an appropriate individual or group ( for instance the managing director or the board of directors ) . |
| 10 | A packed run of the ‘ The Wind in the Willows ’ at the National Theatre is drawing to a close , but it is clear that Alan Bennett has launched a new Christmas tradition in London . |
| 11 | The scene of life , Bransby ’ , continued he , ‘ is drawing to a close : although my career has been a most happy one , I feel much less regret than I expected in leaving it , for I have full confidence in the mercy of God . ’ |
| 12 | It is this era which is drawing to a close and , with it , the peculiar mixture of promise and peril which long characterised Soviet life . |
| 13 | In 1838 Captain ( later vice-admiral ) John Washington [ q.v. ] , secretary of the Royal Geographical Society , remarked upon these West African surveys : ‘ this tedious undertaking is drawing to a close , and will then be of equal utility to the fair traders , and to the anti-slavery cruisers . |
| 14 | The mill , which consists of a single long block , is joined to a gabled mill house , both of which are in good condition . |
| 15 | The stone-deaf person relies entirely upon sight throughout every phase of life , and not upon hearing , and , therefore , this sense of sight is developed to an extraordinary degree of efficiency from sheer necessity . |
| 16 | A rent review is a procedure enabling a landlord and tenant to revise the amount of the rent payable under the terms of their lease to reflect changes in rental levels or circumstances : if they do not agree on the rental , the revision is referred to a third party . |
| 17 | Violations — poaching in another household 's area — is referred to a special council of eunuchs from all over India and Pakistan which meets once a year . |
| 18 | His hostility towards scientific medicine is highlighted by the passage where the artist , not to be treated by Rigeon , is referred to an eminent but stupid physician , Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonnington . |
| 19 | Electric switches of the tumbler type are in a row along the bottom of the captain 's panel and the battery master is banished to an out-of-sight position low down on the pedestal where you have to feel for it . |
| 20 | For what it is worth , my view is that the student of political science is exposed to a wide range of somewhat superficial opinions , most of them barely distinguishable from the prejudices daily expressed in newspapers . |
| 21 | If the top of the egg is exposed to a sufficient dose of ultraviolet irradiation the nucleus is inactivated and is functionally useless while the cytoplasm is unaffected . |
| 22 | This diagram shows what happens if a red light is flashed every time a person is exposed to a sudden loud noise . |
| 23 | At the secondary level , unless health education is catered for solely within Personal and Social Education ( PSE ) , the main problem is liaising with the various departments to ensure that each individual pupils is exposed to an agreed core of health education . |
| 24 | It is the way the subject is exposed to an anonymous gaze that always remains open , which puts any sense of personal identity into question . |
| 25 | This is fastened to a top and bottom line which is 100 yards long . |
| 26 | The contraceptive effect of ‘ suckling ’ is neutralised to a large extent if a bull is running with the cows . |
| 27 | The claim for damages for loss of expectation of life is limited to a moderate conventional sum ; by 1985 it had reached £1,750 ( Kralj v McGrath [ 1986 ] 1 All ER 54 ) . |
| 28 | When you consider this organisation , bear in mind Poe 's description of the short story as ‘ a narrative that can be read at one sitting of from half an hour to two hours , that is limited to a certain unique and single effect to which every detail is subordinate . ’ |
| 29 | The traditional Diamond fighter kite as flown all over Eastern nations is remarkably controllable even on a single line , though its flight path is limited to a narrow sector of the downwind area . |
| 30 | Advertising is limited to a new issue by an investment trust , and to investment trust saving schemes . |