Example sentences of "we [am/are] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are to point to government growth , then different conceptions of the term might lead to different measures of growth . |
| 2 | It was interesting to receive a positive reaction from the police to the measures we are taking to crime prevention , ’ says regional manager John Hibbert . |
| 3 | But at length we are stirred to action , and then we surprise other people , and perhaps even ourselves , by our determination . |
| 4 | ‘ We are summoned to audience with Artai later , ’ he said , ‘ but until then we can do as we please . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Northern Ireland and all of Ireland and its people are close to my heart , and we are bleeding to death , ’ he told senators . |
| 6 | ‘ Northern Ireland and all of Ireland and its people are close to my heart , and we are bleeding to death , ’ he told senators . |
| 7 | I welcome the fact that , when we are returned to government at the next election , pensions will go up by £8 and £5 ; those are steps in the right direction . |
| 8 | We are dedicated to experimentation , to pushing back the frontiers of football as we know them , to boldly go where no self-respecting soccer club has gone before , and no , I do not mean the Whaddon and Mitchley Sunday League . |
| 9 | We think it would be a mistake to try and establish any ‘ consensual ’ version of feminism or of feminist philosophy because we are committed to exploration of the beliefs and views we hold , even the ones which at present seem indisputable . |
| 10 | We know that there is a limit to what Britain can achieve alone and we are committed to building in the wider world the sort of society we strive for at home , founded on mutual cooperation , political liberty and shared prosperity . |
| 11 | We are committed to building on the lead we have and increasing chemical and process engineering resources to drive the various projects associated with fluidics . ’ |
| 12 | A specially prepared Project Focus type folder telling the story of a project or organisation we are committed to funding and stating what £1,000 will pay for . |
| 13 | We are committed to openness on environmental matters . |
| 14 | ‘ We are going to back each of them because we are going to make their fight to keep their jobs our fight to keep Scotland 's industry . ’ |
| 15 | My youngest son , Joseph , is very interested in history , and we are going to Hue to look at the Imperial City and watch the emperor perform the traditional ceremonies of Tet . " |
| 16 | we 're not doing it again , I do n't think she will , but I mean I think we need to be sort of positive about how we are going to sort of |
| 17 | ‘ We are planning to electrofish the North Oxford junction later this month but it really depends on the weather . |
| 18 | What that refers to is that we do have a contract with the fire service college and we are satisfied with the resources we are committing to training at the moment and should any more be necessary at any time we will bring that back to members . |
| 19 | If we insist that their mind patterns must match ours , then we are doomed to unhappiness and discord . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's part of the pattern , Charles ; society disintegrates before our eyes and we are expected to paper over the cracks . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ At the moment we are talking to TV , radio and even some promoters in the States about us doing work there . ’ |
| 22 | We make a substantial troop contribution to the United Nations peace-keeping force in Cyprus , UNFICYP , which we think is a tangible measure of the efforts that we are giving to peace there . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to do something , ’ she answered sharply , ‘ unless we are to starve to death . ’ |
| 24 | Because we are conditioned to thinking of retirement as a time for settling into a new home , many people up sticks without perhaps giving enough thought to such essentials as proximity to family and friends and whether a different area would provide the same scope for pursuing their interests . |
| 25 | And er so we we 're covered to date , |
| 26 | We 've got a ladies luncheon in Glasgow for four hundred and the organiser , Ruth the chair of Glasgow branch , is being helped by two ladies from the business community erm Linda from the BAFTA award and Tessa who has her own marketing company , so we 're hoping to sort of pull in a lot of people from that erm Judy the chair of Scottish council , is yet again holding her Charlotte Square ball erm , this was very , very successful two years ago , I think you know erm and we 're hoping for the same success erm , we are very lucky that the Royal Highland Show has chosen us to be er the charity this year for the gala preview of the show erm this is er for three hundred people , a champagne reception erm sponsored by the Bank of Scotland , so that you go and see the flowers before the show opens the next day . |
| 27 | It 's 10.30 and we 're listening to Earth , Wind And Fire . |
| 28 | for all the wrong reasons , so we 're trying to sort of pick a number of tests which will determine whether there 's a problem with air conditioning and it 's humidity or or er or if the temperature . |
| 29 | tha , that 's , that 's the activity that we 're trying to sort of resume erm |
| 30 | On the applications that 's quite interesting because the reason the applications are moved to separate days was because we can work we 're having to lunch and then make again |