Example sentences of "are [verb] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Not for them the hollow reply , ‘ What meeting ? ’ when a call is made to check that they are bringing something to the pot luck supper at school that very evening . |
2 | Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim . |
3 | Property speculators in particular are addressing themselves to the question of what is to be done with the vast stretches of land once occupied by watch towers , border guards , dogs and rabbits . |
4 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
5 | The Government are leading us to a shambles . |
6 | Always boil beans first , if you are adding them to a stew or casserole . |
7 | ‘ You are to confine yourself to a mosque until after the Moulid . |
8 | ‘ Then how do you know you are to give it to the Sheikh Osman ? ’ |
9 | Said Professor Hoskins of the University of Reading : " We know that human activities are doing something to the system but computer models are too crude at present to predict what will happen . " |
10 | However , an increasing number of countries are committing themselves to the goal of immunising 80% of their children by 1990 under the World Health Organization 's Extended Programme on Immunisation ( EPI ) . |
11 | As the introduction says how you intend to proceed , you are committing yourself to a particular course . |
12 | Now they are taking her to the High Court . |
13 | Those educationalists who deny children these opportunities are confining them to the ghetto , to a restricted discourse which will close to them access not only to the professions but also to leadership in national politics . |
14 | " You are to take me to the King , " he said . |