Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE bitter tussle between Russia 's parliament and government appeared to be drawing to a close last night after preliminary approval was given to a compromise that would allow President Yeltsin 's administration to continue its reforms . |
| 2 | Margaret Stanhope saw by the watch that never left his wrist that their unromantic interlude would soon be drawing to a close . |
| 3 | In the hollow below , Bigwig seemed to be drawing to a close . |
| 4 | The era of the passive media consumer — or ‘ couch potato ’ — may be drawing to a close if they discoveries of the ingenious Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are any indication . |
| 5 | The clear danger was , however , that certain factions within the party leadership would not be so tolerant as Su Xiao Kang hoped and that the freer intellectual atmosphere of 1988 might be drawing to an end . |
| 6 | There were some signs in 1990-91 that Japan 's long-running dispute with the Soviet Union might be drawing to an end . |
| 7 | The head is an important part of a pint of beer and if beer is dispensed in the way that he is advocating through the implementation of section 43 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 , the taste , texture and colour of cask-conditioned beer could be altered to the detriment of the discerning beer-drinking public . |
| 8 | The boxes both have six SIMM slots and can be incremented to a maximum 96Mb. +1 408 432–0292 |
| 9 | Such " consensual " , " common law " or " companionate " unions ( or " marriages " ) , however , may be recognized to a certain degree by society ( or even by the law ) . |
| 10 | In particular its authority should be recognized to the extent necessary to enable it to secure goals , which individuals have reason to secure , for which social co-ordination is necessary or helpful , and where this is the most promising way of achieving them . |
| 11 | Perhaps not surprisingly , the ‘ new ’ criminologists insisted that attention should be redirected to the definers of crime . |
| 12 | I understand that one of the reasons why it took longer than one would have wished was that the emergency services went to the inappropriate end of the tunnel , further away from the train , and had to be redirected to the other end , which gave easier access to the two trains . |
| 13 | Trafalgar House , BR 's favoured partner , is reliably understood to have rejected the idea of building a terminal at Stratford and to be sticking to the final route chosen by BR . |
| 14 | When she examined his eye she saw the splinter , a tiny coil of metal shaving which appeared to be sticking to the iris . |
| 15 | Oh no er necessarily not , because er depending on the details of the er formula that all the words that er come out of the discussions today , er it 's got to be discussed by the members at grass-roots level , and if we 're not happy with it , we will be sticking to the action er certainly up until when the ballot is taken and if it is voted against er any deal that is struck at the moment , we will continue the action , and I think this will be not only in Oxfordshire , but up and down the country , the strength of feeling nationally is very strong . |
| 16 | The arrangement , however , was successfully pressed by the friends of the Duke of Montrose , in order , hopefully , to heal the threat of division in the county , lest feelings of dislike be aroused to the point of threatening the stability of the Montrose interest in parliamentary politics . |
| 17 | It therefore seems that the way will be eased to the continuing destruction of what is left of wild nature in Britain , to serve the open-ended demands of development and growth . |
| 18 | On the other hand , if you were Andrus and for some reason you decided to start a campaign of your own , and you were , like him , a Copt , the first thing you would do would be to go to a bank and make proper financial arrangements . |
| 19 | If you suspect , for example , that your neighbour intends to build on your land , or if your windows are going to be blocked so that no light can get through , or if an unreasonable nuisance is going to be caused , then your last hope may be to go to the courts and ask for an injunction . |
| 20 | You may well , for instance , be depending to a large extent on the character of the victim ( as I was in The Murder of the Maharajah ) and the least troublesome way to put that character before the reader is in direct scenes showing the future victim in action . |
| 21 | The reasons for a separation and its temporary nature can be explained to a ten-year-old child , so that anxiety can again be minimised . |
| 22 | This must be explained to a client at this early stage , because many do not understand the requirement for a deposit , and many do not have the full 10% available . |
| 23 | From a plan , lately begun by another person who wished to assist Mr. Green , he hopes he shall not be injured in the public opinion , as the difference between a plan made from an actual survey , with accurate instruments , and conducted upon principles true in theory ( which will be explained to every scientific enquirer ) and one made by striding , is too palpable to escape observations . ’ |
| 24 | These difficulties have to be explained to the carer , as they can be hard to understand . |
| 25 | The reason for prescribing this medication , and the plan for its use should be explained to the patient and agreed upon before a prescription is supplied . |
| 26 | The modern pressures on a clergy family do not seem to be explained to the laity . |
| 27 | Where there is delay , the reason must be explained to the person waiting . |
| 28 | There are identifiable skills which the teacher knows and which need to be explained to the children and practised so that they are well equipped for life . |
| 29 | These may all be traced to a reluctance to consider the managerial function which provides the context for the tasks , activities and behaviour of individual managers [ Hales ( 1986 ) ] . |
| 30 | At a later stage , if errors are found in the procedure 's performance which can not be traced to a falling within the local system , it may be necessary to examine these influencing factors further , for instance the design of the form might be inadequate for the accurate recording of information , a factor outside the direct control of the section involved . |