Example sentences of "[pron] to be [vb pp] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Council advised the Bristol conference of the League of 1935 : We must not allow ourselves to be diverted into activities definitely condemned by the Labour Party which will jeopardize our affiliation to and influence in the Party . |
| 2 | By the very act of reading on into the tale from the Miller 's Prologue we as readers allow ourselves to be manipulated into supposing ourselves somehow different from the readership of " " every gentil wight " " that is offered a warning and an invitation to : We know ourselves to be more complex beings . |
| 3 | Consequently , rather than allowing ourselves to be drawn into a metaphysical wild-goose chase we should concentrate instead on exploring the structural features of the minimal conceptual apparatus upon which any significant choice of ontological objects must depend . |
| 4 | He laid aside his paper and allowed himself to be lulled into a rhythmical vacuity by the swaying of the ambulance . |
| 5 | He allowed himself to be hustled into the background of affairs by men with narrower views and nearer objectives . " |
| 6 | The true collector should never allow himself to be beguiled into buying an unworthy copy of a book . |
| 7 | At his most impressionable , Nicholas allowed himself to be talked into publicity stunts that horribly backfired . |
| 8 | After a hard-hitting first round in which both boxers traded body punches , the initiative ebbed away from Hopper in the second as he allowed himself to be drawn into a slugging match instead of using his jab . |
| 9 | The ideal " School " of English literature will … not , for a moment , allow itself to be made into a mere branch of History . |
| 10 | It has allowed itself to be pushed into juggling words to fit industries ' interests and has ignored the legitimate moral concerns of many . |
| 11 | Jim Birrell , chief executive of Halifax , has made it clear that Halifax will not allow itself to be frogmarched into a potentially damaging merger with a large but weak society . |
| 12 | The scandal is that a supine and cowardly press has allowed itself to be intimidated into censoring the truth even though it distorts our entire view of reality . |
| 13 | Compliance or non-compliance is simply something to be taken into account by the court in determining whether an offence under section 20 has been committed . |
| 14 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 15 | Choosing a home is probably one of the most important decisions of your life and it is n't one to be rushed into lightly . |
| 16 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |
| 17 | Had she allowed herself to be lulled into a false sense of security ? |
| 18 | Something was wrong ; she should have listened to her instincts , not allowed herself to be lulled into a false security by the normal appearance of the flat . |
| 19 | Still worse , she had allowed herself to be drawn into a conspiracy of exclusion . |
| 20 | Doreen continued to hover about them , still chatting with forced brightness , but , instead of allowing herself to be drawn into their banter , Lucy made a start on preparing to leave . |
| 21 | Annoyed at herself for allowing herself to be suckered into that , Paige said nothing . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
| 23 | What happens if there 's an assault on me to be taken into the reckoning ? |
| 24 | However , some on-the-job training , in skills such as cash handling or food preparation , is usually given to seasonal workers and this allows them to be moved into tasks which would have been denied them at the start of their employment . |
| 25 | Well aware that most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs , he fully expected the majority of them to be swept into fratricide by patriotic propaganda if war actually came . |
| 26 | The Samples of Anonymised Records will be kept in a form which will allow them to be read into a variety of software packages . |
| 27 | This allows expectational effects to be incorporated in the consumption , investment and capital flow equations , providing an indication of the importance of such effects in the regulation of the economy , and allowing them to be taken into account in policy design . |
| 28 | His mother had wanted him to be put into care and felt that she was unable to relate to him . |
| 29 | Pip secretly arranges for him to be taken into partnership by Clarriker , a rising young merchant , and he prospers , working for the firm in the East and is eventually able to marry his sweetheart Clara Barley . |
| 30 | She wanted him to be mocked into silence or at least into changing the subject . |