Example sentences of "we [am/are] [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right at the outset we are alerted to the tact that Mary Frith , the real-life cross-dresser on whom the play is based , is being given a more virtuous image than she in fact possessed ( dedication , ll. 19 ff. ; prologue , ll. 26 — 7 ) . |
| 2 | So it is important to remember that schools are not factories — however frequently we are told that they have to ‘ deliver ’ the curriculum , and however deliberately we are exposed to the pressures of competition and market forces . |
| 3 | So as we get a platform on a level of erm if you like , performance , where we are compared to the Ferraris , the McClarens etc. , and any other ones down the field . |
| 4 | We are connected to the phone down there . |
| 5 | For example , we are treated to the results of a 10-year study of the foraging activity of a laboratory colony of Atta , information on the biology of the immense carpenter ant genus Camponotus and unique insights into the alkaloidal pharmacopoeia of fire ants . |
| 6 | Instead , we are treated to the Gaelic language stuck on the culture of others like Thomas the Tank Engine or pastiche gardening programmes about how to grow runner beans against a breeze block wall ! |
| 7 | ‘ My greatest hope is that we shall gain a deeper knowledge of who we are and how we are related to the Universe , and that this knowledge will further the evolutionary progression of our collective consciousness . ’ |
| 8 | Once again we are led to the provisional conclusion that the poll tax was only one variable determining party support in individual district authorities , not least because of the problems voters had in deciding where responsibility lay . |
| 9 | As soon as we ask what faith is and what sort of mistreatment of faith causes doubt , we are led to the first major misconception about doubt — the idea that doubt is the opposite of faith and the same thing as unbelief . |
| 10 | We are led to the conclusion that 11a is grammatically but not semantically deviant by the fact that substitutes for bake which normalise the sentence ( e.g. shake , forsake ) , as a class , have no distinctive semantic attributes ( that is to say , members of the class share no characteristic patterns of co-occurrence with other open set elements that differentiate them from non-members ) ; however , they do share a grammatical peculiarity , which is that they form their past participles with — en . |
| 11 | Overall , we are led to the conclusion that State governments differ very substantially in their relative generosity ( using Federally-raised money ) towards their poor residents . |
| 12 | Since previous fractionation studies have indicated that only a single DNA-activated kinase exists in HeLa cells , we are led to the conclusion that it is the DNA-PK that phosphorylates the c-Jun bZIP region in crude cell extracts . |
| 13 | So we are referred to the chemistry of the reaction of society ; and here we are involved inescapably in a circularity of reasoning . |
| 14 | A room full of animals is bewildering until we are introduced to the idea of sets ( categories of living creatures ) . |
| 15 | The two elements are equally well reconciled in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , where we are introduced to the workings of the ‘ Spirit ’ to a large degree ; the very setting of the poem , where the poet finds that ‘ at my side my cradled infant slumbers peacefully ’ suggests the power of creation ; it is partly owing to the silent yet undeniable presence of the product of his own regeneration that allows Coleridge to ascend to the levels of ‘ meditation with its strange and extreme silentness ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ We are dedicated to the export-oriented economy , ’ promised Wu Binghui , the director of the provincial capital 's Commission for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade . |
| 17 | We are committed to the practical care of all those who are ill with AIDS/HIV regardless of race , religion , lifestyle , sex , sexuality or any other factor . |
| 18 | Over the next three years we are committed to the biggest investment in Britain 's transport infrastructure in our history . |
| 19 | We are committed to the free market , to free trade and to the creation of a competitive and enterprising economy . |
| 20 | Like you , we are committed to the NHS , and there is an enormous reserve of goodwill that you could be harnessing ; just show some evidence that you appreciate the nature of the problems we are facing , and we can all work together to establish the quality service that our patients rightly demand . |
| 21 | As has been said in the House previously , my hon. Friend will know that we are committed to the work being done in the south Atlantic , which HMS Polar Circle will shortly be carrying out . |
| 22 | We are committed to the YT guarantee and we are providing the funds to honour it . |
| 23 | We are committed to the highest safety and environmental standards and put great store by the contractual arrangements in place for the return of wastes . |
| 24 | As we are committed to the idea of providing general managers with a progression of learning opportunities , we have designed our programmes to match these needs . |
| 25 | ‘ We are committed to the development of rugby league in Wales and will be monitoring their progress on the international scene during their home fixtures with New Zealand and France next season . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We are committed to the appeal and confident we will win the appeal , ’ the spokesman said . |
| 27 | We are committed to the new North . |
| 28 | Now we are attached to the Jewish bourgeoisie like Modkowski , Aronson , etc . ’ |
| 29 | We are attracted to the idea that rights of access could be extended to the unenclosed uplands of Wales . |
| 30 | Blindly we are carried to the abyss of the 21st century without a philosophical air bag to spring out and cushion us on impact . |