Example sentences of "[vb infin] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you see they 've been brainwashed to that sort of music so they 're bound to , bound to like it . |
| 2 | In no sense can this market be said to be mature . ’ |
| 3 | Now uranium erm is , is er a non-renewable resource like oi oil and coal and gas but there 's an awful lot of it in the world and this is erm the reserves of the energy they can give are compared to the remaining reserves of coal or and er gas , you can see it 's one of the largest energy resources on on earth . |
| 4 | The four outcomes that can result are taken to be as labelled in the Box ( over page ) . |
| 5 | Can an exhaust brake be fitted to my 1989 Range Rover Vogue V8 auto as , on long declines it will gain enough momentum not only to rip the skin off a rice pudding , but take the table and chairs with it . |
| 6 | But these are no reasons for not looking through the accounts , and making sure that all we can give is turned to real advantage . |
| 7 | The Romanians are really a West European nation — in language , culture , history and so — on and they do n't like being dictated to by these Mongols , as they see them . |
| 8 | Nor did she like being summoned to the cabin next door , but Penrose was a leading Wren . |
| 9 | he does n't l like being tied to the bench does he ? |
| 10 | NOTE Men may not like being taken to the toilet by a woman , nor a woman by a man . |
| 11 | Like that after yo I know he did cos that had , listen if you were lying to me , I do n't wa I do n't like being lied to because I |
| 12 | I do not like being forced to this conclusion . |
| 13 | For example , the hospital treatments that GPs can purchase were limited to standard relatively inexpensive procedures which the GP could easily diagnose and cost ; the costs a practice would bear for any one patient were limited to a maximum of £5,000 ( after this the DHA picks up the bill ) , and finally entry to the scheme was limited to large , well-managed practices . |
| 14 | Long safety straps are a more practical choice if you do n't mind being connected to your skis . |
| 15 | Would you mind being introduced to the Aged now ? |
| 16 | ‘ As I 'm a stranger here , I do n't mind being shown to people like a strange wild animal . |
| 17 | The overall cost of the project over the ten years it will run is estimated to be in the region of £1.9 million , and an appeal for sponsorship by commercial sources and private individuals is to be launched early in 1993 . |
| 18 | MS 9 What alterations , if any , would you suggest be made to existing arrangements ( in association with existing other distribution officer ) ? |
| 19 | Should the harmonizing measure be confined to business transaction or should it embrace consumer transactions as well ? |
| 20 | Nor can an ivory ban be compared to attempts to stop trade in alcohol or tobacco . |
| 21 | They can not face being left to their own , shallow life , which has no substance ; conversely , Ferdinand gains inner strength from maintaining his stand against tyranny . |
| 22 | Mrs Thatcher , in effect , did not anticipate being linked to the monetary system of an increasingly interventionist Europe in her political lifetime . |
| 23 | Similar incidents occurred all over the Old City and the manpower Owen could command was stretched to its limit . |
| 24 | When can service be refused to a traveller ? |
| 25 | Indeed , on 1 September 1939 ( by the Act passed in 1936 ) the school-leaving age would have been raised to fifteen — without much preparation , it seems . |
| 26 | The redemption value is also linked to the rate of inflation so that , taking the above rate of inflation as being relevant , the original 100 would have been increased to 105.5 ( 100 ) ( 1.055 ) . |
| 27 | Civil Service have conceded fewer goals than any other team in the division , and had Howell not taken the decision to stand down from the top flight , he could have been elevated to the Scottish senior international training squad this summer . |
| 28 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 29 | She could have been assigned to any one of them . |
| 30 | Gloucester seems already to have had control of the forest , and granted a fee from two closes there in 1473 , which suggests that it may have been assigned to him as warden of the west march , although this is nowhere explicitly stated . |