Example sentences of "[vb mod] be devoted to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | • decide what resources should be devoted to protecting your data |
| 2 | The training which is offered by PGCE courses ( whether at polytechnic or university ) should be devoted to giving graduates some understanding of the nature and needs of the children with whom they are to work . |
| 3 | Group financial accountant Tony Hall told ACCOUNTANCY that a decision to use the direct method was taken back in December 1991 so that adequate time could be devoted to making the necessary analyses . |
| 4 | This is an aspect of pastoral development in which small groups meet together principally for Bible study but , in many cases , they may be devoted to promoting other activities as well , such as literacy classes or agricultural cooperatives . |
| 5 | For three and a half years these lines would be advanced less than 16km/10mls in either direction , and Allied strategy would be devoted to penetrating this formidable barrier . |
| 6 | Compensating this apparent service cut for mentally ill patients was the fact that most of the capital to be set aside for the service developments would be devoted to building the replacement facilities in the community for the two psychiatric hospitals to close . |
| 7 | Kibona said that 42 per cent of government spending would be devoted to tackling transport and communications problems , which were hindering economic recovery . |
| 8 | But in years 4 and 5 , the years that in other schools would be devoted to working for the GCSE with continuously assessed course-work , and when the TVEI scheme would also be introduced , we are told nothing whatever about examinations , only that the pupils will not have a wide choice of subjects . |
| 9 | Since everyone can foresee that this will occur , few resources will be devoted to searching for inventions , even though they are socially valuable . |
| 10 | That is , the socio-economic status of one 's childhood does affect the degree to which goals will be compromised or energy will be devoted to achieving a particular goal . |
| 11 | Because of its particular importance to the overall organization of discourse , the next chapter will be devoted to discussing word order at length from a purely textual point of view . |
| 12 | Apple Computer Inc is teaming up with trading house Uchida Yoko Co Ltd to expand its business with Japanese schools , Reuter reports from Tokyo : Uchida , which specialises in office equipment and school supplies , aims to sell 3,000 Macintosh personal computers to schools in the year from July , taking advantage of the fact that in Japan 's supplementary budget unveiled in April , the government plans to increase spending on computers for schools and other public bodies — it is expected that $1,800m will be devoted to buying over 300,000 machines for schools by 1996 , with NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd , the latter with its FM Towns multimedia box seen as the main beneficiaries . |
| 13 | The two rocks are different in chemical composition , and this difference manifests itself in a number of intriguing ways ; ways which a fair part of this book will be devoted to exploring . |
| 14 | This session will be devoted to understanding the fight and flight response and the effects of stress on our body , mind and emotions . |
| 15 | Evenings will be devoted to viewing TV and films , group discussions and tutorials . |
| 16 | The rest of the two days will be devoted to rehearsing Malcolm Arnold 's Symphony No 9 , Saint-Saens Organ Symphony ( No 3 ) and Rossini 's overture La Cenerentola . |
| 17 | The remainder of this chapter will be devoted to examining how the potential provided by the two versions of the infinitive is actually used by speakers of English in contexts where the infinitive occurs after full verbs . |
| 18 | The reduction in host overhead should mean that more MIPS can be devoted to executing the transaction processing application , executing more transactions , and supporting more users and more applications . |