Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] to being " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sold more $500,000-plus machines in fourth quarter 1992 than the three previous quarters combined and looks forward to being able to use Pentium in its machines , because it says the new Intel Corp chip will reduce the gap between its machines and RISC in batch processing work . |
| 2 | The Princess of Wales looks forward to being a Lady of the Garter one day , and if precedent is followed , her appointment will depend on Prince Charles when he becomes King . |
| 3 | He likes them so much he even looks forward to being stuck at roadworks . |
| 4 | He 's not a man who takes kindly to being henpecked . |
| 5 | He 's got very he 's very sensitive cells in his nose because , cos a dog used to be a hunting dog , and goes back to being a wolf , they used to track their prey to eat so they 've still got that ability and we have n't , but a dog has , it can smell . |
| 6 | Sir Samuel , disguised in drag , comes close to being ravished by Sir Formal ; the curmudgeon turns out to have a taste for flagellation . |
| 7 | I hope you will agree that in these two instances I have cited from his career — both of which I have had corroborated and believe to be accurate — my father not only manifests , but comes close to being the personification itself , of what the Hayes Society terms ‘ dignity in keeping with his position ’ . |
| 8 | The walk outlined here comes close to being a true wilderness area , being lonely , beautiful and sometimes precarious . |
| 9 | Indeed , at times Adorno 's Beethoven comes close to being a fetish : the image objectifies those musical tendencies Adorno wants to privilege . |
| 10 | Overall the Calculator accessory is the only one that comes close to being worth its price , the others are either too basic or liable to crash to be considered seriously . |