Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of July 1989 Soviet scientists disclosed to visiting United States congressmen and environmentalists the full details of an accident in September 1957 at the top-secret Kyshtym nuclear weapons research facility near Chelyabinsk in the Ural mountains . |
| 2 | The cell was originally designed to held around twenty inmates . |
| 3 | Consequently , it is often impossible for lone appointees to represent the views of users effectively and authorities must become more seriously committed to listening to service user 's opinions and providing opportunities for them to exercise real influence . |
| 4 | This , it might seem , meant that the government was from that point firmly committed to controlling the monetary base rather than broader liquidity . |
| 5 | And yet , if the authorities are committed to controlling money supply , they will have to accept that equilibrium interest rates may well fluctuate in this way . |
| 6 | After the breakdown of relations with China in 1978/79 , conditions deteriorated further as Chinese and Western aid was withdrawn and military resources were committed to toppling the Pol Pot government in Cambodia and defending the Chinese border . |
| 7 | We are committed to addressing this matter thoroughly . |
| 8 | We are committed to addressing all problems and ensuring that Bank commitments are met . |
| 9 | Quoting Machiavelli 's prediction on what could happen to anyone committed to bringing in change , Sir Ron warns that ‘ whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack , they do it like partisans , while the others defend lukewarmly , in such wise that the innovator is endangered along with them ’ . |
| 10 | AI IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION TO COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD |
| 11 | Fremont , California-based Media Vision Technology Inc has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Pellucid Inc , which is committed to bringing high resolution real-time , true colour , two- and three-dimensional graphics and full motion video capabilities to the personal computer market : Media Vision will pay about $15m in shares . |
| 12 | If these observers are correct then the FMI 's future development will presumably be secured from within by a civil service committed to bringing about ‘ lasting reforms ’ . |
| 13 | The Government remain entirely committed to bringing terrorism to an end through the vigorous and impartial actions of the police and the Army . |
| 14 | In the current discussions about the size of the nuclear arsenal , is the Secretary of State still committed to bringing on stream another replacement for the WE177 free-fall bomb ? |
| 15 | He says the government might have given approval but questions whether are committed to bringing a new Nottinghamshire power station on stream . |
| 16 | Whether they be called Acknowledgements , Fore-words , Prefaces or Introductions , these preambles can be very instructive for both the reader who is ( still ) uncertain about the usefulness of a history book and also the reader who is already committed to reading sections of it . |
| 17 | I can count on the fingers of one hand all the journalists I have met who are committed to telling the truth about my field as well as they can discover it , No one could organise censorship so effectively in America , so the distortions in the press must reflect countless more or less independent decisions by editors and reporters which lead to the perpetuation of a misleading and intellectually fallacious understanding of a serious scientific subject . |
| 18 | John Major is the only leader committed to striving for zero inflation . |
| 19 | Most carers were aged 45–64 ; and six out of ten were committed to looking after the dependant for at least 50 hours a week . |
| 20 | The event was run by the USTA , ( which provided national coaches Nick Saviano and Lynne Rolley , not to mention former US Open quarter finalist Rodney Harmon to assist the youngsters ) , and the Safe Passage Foundation , ( a body committed to using sports as a vehicle to provide ‘ safe passage ’ for youths and young adults into productive adult lives ) . |
| 21 | Following US Federal Communications Commission approval for the San Diego company 's new dual standard digital and analogue cellular phone , analysts are betting that Qualcomm Inc 's Code Division Multiple Access standard will win the battle with Time Division Multiple Access , Reuter reports from New York , despite the fact that the latter , which provides less capacity , is being used by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc and Southwestern Bell Corp ; Bell Atlantic Corp , Pacific Telesis Group Inc and US West Inc have all committed to using building Code Division Multiple Access networks ; the European Groupe Speciale Mobile system uses a version of Time Division Multiple Access that is incompatible with the American one . |
| 22 | Published reports claim Apple Computer Inc has committed to using Motorola Inc 's 32-bit 68060 superscalar chip , expected to ship in 50MHz and 66MHz levels in the second half of next year , in future Quadra workstations : the silicon is forecast to outperform the current 68040 three to four times and beat out the P5 . |
| 23 | OSF/1 was ACE 's primary Unix focus when the initiative was launched amidst much fanfare last year , but over the following months it became clear that DEC was the only major ACE member committed to using the operating system . |
| 24 | We are committed to using the resources available to the health service to treat the maximum number of patients and to offer them the highest possible quality of health care . |
| 25 | The Department is committed to teaching materials in an engineering context and much of its research reflects this attitude . |
| 26 | There were four teachers fully committed to teaching Art , and one whose main responsibility was teaching Needlework but who also taught some Art . |
| 27 | The Directors of Waterford Wedgwood UK plc are committed to managing the Group 's operations so as to minimise any adverse environmental impact . |
| 28 | We are committed to replacing CFCs in refrigeration by the end of 1996 and , when Basildon opened in August , we were the first supermarket retailer in Europe to introduce an ozone benign refrigerant . |
| 29 | As for Europe , the Liberal Democrats explicitly espouse a federal system and the consequent eclipse of the British nation , while Labour is committed to handing over control of our currency to the EC . |
| 30 | The British government is committed to taking 1,000 ex-detainees and their dependants , believed to be about another 3,000 . |