Example sentences of "[pron] is [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me if I would be kind enough to remind all parents that his is returning to the Skarloey Railway at the end of October . |
| 2 | ‘ So obviously this guest cottage of yours is going to be just perfect . ’ |
| 3 | Senior registrar appointment committees assume that accreditation is necessary before someone is appointed to a consultant post and that accreditation will be granted only after four years of higher training ( eight years for a doctor training half time under the PM(79)3 scheme ) . |
| 4 | Someone is going to be very disappointed . |
| 5 | Sooner or later someone is going to be killed in such an accident . |
| 6 | This means that next summer Yorkshire will have only eight championship matches to share around the six venues instead of 11 , so someone is going to be disappointed . |
| 7 | " I know when someone is lying to me , she added with a thin smile . |
| 8 | Will the Secretary of State confirm that , subsequent to the accident at the Severn tunnel on 7 December , the Government 's railway inspectorate removed and confiscated a length of self-healing cable , which is suspected to be part of the cause of the signalling failures that may have led to the accident ? |
| 9 | They have a piano — not a very good one ! — which is connected to a computer . |
| 10 | Transformer T1 , of course , steps down the main voltage which is connected to it 's primary winding . |
| 11 | The relay contacts RLA1 switch on the UV Exposure Light Unit , which is connected to the Timer via the miniature mains socket SK1 . |
| 12 | The normal way of ensuring this is to use a case of all-metal construction which is connected to the mains earth lead . |
| 13 | The opulent lounge , with monumental wooden fireplace , the bar , with tasteful vaulted ceiling , and the luminous dining-room are housed in the old mansion which is connected to a larger , modern building which houses the bedrooms . |
| 14 | Air now passes down this to the mouth of the fish which is connected to tiny openings in the parchment cocoon . |
| 15 | As with perceptrons , the threshold can be replaced by an extra ’ switch ’ called s0 , which is permanently on , and which is connected to each other node i by an arc with weight w0i = -ti . |
| 16 | The main component of the Light Rifle System is the electronic target pistol which is connected to the computer by a generous length of lead . |
| 17 | Following OPEC 's positive stance on production quotas , which is connected to the ecotax debate , prices have steadily risen from the lows of March . |
| 18 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in Portsmouth , which is connected to the continent by the finest ferry services in the country , there is a growing realisation that success at Maastricht is crucial to trade and investment , on which jobs depend , and that the main prize to be achieved is an agreement which recognises the importance of closer co-operation between European nations rather than moves towards inevitable integration ? |
| 19 | Porter International is adapting it for power plants , inland waterway structures , any place which is exposed to raw water , where plant or animal life can choke up intakes or block piping . |
| 20 | Any light fitting which is secured to a ceiling should ideally have at least one of its screws going into a joist , but where this is not possible , it is best to secure a piece of wood between the joists to take the securing screws , rather than relying on hollow wall fixings into plain plasterboard or , especially , into lath-and-plaster . |
| 21 | The jacket is the section of the permanent platform which is secured to the sea bed by cemented piles . |
| 22 | To put the discussion into context , responsibility for providing further education in the United Kingdom is divided between three hierarchical levels , with the central government Department of Education and Science having overall responsibility , which is devolved to Local Education Authorities ( LEAs ) each accountable for the education provision in specified geographical areas . |
| 23 | Using an electronic sampling method which is locked to the same frequency as the supply voltage it is possible to derive a direct relationship between the voltage detected and the position of the stylus on the sheet . |
| 24 | Using an electronic sampling method which is locked to the same frequency as the supply voltage it is possible to derive a direct relationship between the voltage detected and the position of the stylus on the sheet . |
| 25 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
| 26 | The company is also involved in a project which is intended to ‘ bring school science to life ’ in the local community by using the so called Ciba-Geigy ‘ bicycle pack ’ , which provides primary school teachers with ideas for classroom science activities linked to the theme of the bicycle . |
| 27 | At the same meeting at which the Vial memorandum was read , on 6 September 1791 , a letter to the secretary from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy ( who were present ) was produced : ‘ Sir , In consequence of your Advertisement we beg leave to inform you , that we have contracted with Lord Camden for about 100 acres of building land , near [ Old ] St Pancras Church , abutting on the Turnpike Road leading to Kentish Town , which is intended to be called Camden Town conceiving the situation eligible for your truly valuable Institution we request you will lay this our proposal before the Society — We hold this Land under his Lordship for 99 years from Michaelmas last , the three first subject to no Ground Rent , our proposal is , that Lord Camden does and he will under our direction grant the Society a lease for 99 years from that time , the three first subject to no rent but for the remainder of the term an Annual Rent of thirty pounds per acre , should this proposal meet with approbation , the Society have only to direct their Surveyor to make out any quantity of land and in what position they conceive will best answer their purpose ’ . |
| 28 | In 1981 , the British Standards Institution published its Roots Thesaurus which is intended to be a model thesaurus from which terms may be drawn . |
| 29 | A misrepresentation is a false statement of fact made by one party ( or his agent ) which is intended to and does induce the other party to enter the contract . |
| 30 | As has already been said , prisoners frequently ’ engage in conduct which is intended to further common purpose of overthrowing lawful authority in that prison ’ . |