Example sentences of "[vb pp] to a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Listen , ’ said Arthur , ‘ I 'm committed to a standard of absolute honesty . |
| 2 | Now that he was committed to a course of action he felt exhilarated . |
| 3 | Anyone who wants to gain the maximum benefit from Alexander lessons should be committed to a course of individual sessions with a qualified teacher . |
| 4 | She was committed to a course of action and was prepared to see it through . |
| 5 | Three of the schools had clearly used the project to identify , and provide a richer resource base for , curriculum areas already committed to a degree of RBL and/or subject departments with a history of library involvement and use . |
| 6 | Both of the funding councils are committed to a system of competitive bidding for students , but each council will have its own separate arrangements . |
| 7 | After second reading , clause 52 of the Bill was committed to a committee of the whole House and clause 54 to Standing Committee E. On 17 May 1976 , the House considered clause 52 and strong representations were made about the impact of clause 52 on airline and railway employees . |
| 8 | Ordered , That , if the Welsh Development Agency Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House , further proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed and that as soon as the proceedings on any Resolution come to by the House on Welsh Development Agency Bill [ Money ] have been concluded , this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill . |
| 9 | I draw the hon. Gentleman 's attention to the fact that the Question will be put from the Chair at the appropriate moment , That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House . |
| 10 | Ordered , That , if the Social Security ( Mortgage Interest Payments ) Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House , further proceedings on the Bill shall stand postponed and that as soon as any proceedings on any Resolution come to by the House on Social Security ( Mortgage Interest Payments ) Bill [ Money ] have been concluded , this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill . |
| 11 | The majority of the incomers who settled in these localities were young couples who were still committed to a strategy of occupational and residential mobility in order to further their career interests ; they were ‘ spiralists ’ , and with only a few exceptions , their residence does not seem to be permanent . |
| 12 | Communists and socialists alike were committed to a strategy of co-operation aimed at combating reactionary government policies at home and stifling the threat of international fascism abroad . |
| 13 | We are committed to a policy of fair trading and make every effort to ensure that you will have an enjoyable holiday with us . |
| 14 | The group is committed to a policy of recruitment and promotion on the basis of aptitude and ability without discrimination of any kind . |
| 15 | Finally , both health authorities and local authorities are firmly committed to a policy of supporting older people in their own homes for as long as possible . |
| 16 | The World Health Organization ( WHO ) is committed to a policy of ‘ Mental Health for All by the Year 2000 ’ . |
| 17 | I assure the hon. Gentleman that the Government are committed to a policy of informative labelling . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman does a valuable service by reminding us that Labour is committed to a policy of heavy redistributive taxation . |
| 19 | We do n't think to have the sixty to ninety transport debate yet again , this route remains committed to a policy of reducing the amount we spend on transport because that ultimately benefits our schools and with this in mind we will reintroduce |
| 20 | It was true , as successive home secretaries explained to pressure groups , that the government was committed to a mountain of fresh legislation in the new Parliament . |
| 21 | If the objective of a democratic legislature is to inform the public about issues , to let them know what pressure groups are saying and to allow the civil service to assess public reaction before rather than after the government is committed to a line of action , then pressure groups should address Parliament . |
| 22 | The University is committed to a process of evaluation for both new and existing courses . |
| 23 | Some models suggest that the earth has already been committed to a warming of at least 1.5 °C by the current increases in greenhouse gases even though global temperatures have actually risen by only 0.5 °C in the past century . |
| 24 | England are committed to a review of the situation midway through this six-match Ashes series . |
| 25 | Indeed , a system which has rules of adjudication is necessarily also committed to a rule of recognition of an elementary and imperfect sort . |
| 26 | Before a youth was apprenticed to the Sechem he was committed to a number of years of study of the Yasa , memorising the codex in its entirety so that he was capable of relating his knowledge of the law to science . |
| 27 | All the alternatives have not been properly considered , and must be before the Institute is committed to an enterprise of this magnitude . |
| 28 | While some linguists may concentrate on determining the formal properties of a language , the discourse analyst is committed to an investigation of what that language is used for . |
| 29 | Suppose that I am committed to an ideal of conserving areas of natural beauty or variegated wild life in my country . |
| 30 | Committed to an ideal of ‘ astronomy without hypotheses , ’ he nevertheless chided Copernicus for having employed the ‘ most absurd fable in order to demonstrate the true facts of nature from false causes . ’ |