Example sentences of "[vb pp] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arguments in favour of the provision of an outer bypass for Edinburgh , designed to a high standard , are so overwhelming that Lothian Regional Council is maintaining a continuing construction programme aimed at completion of the entire bypass by 1990 . |
| 2 | We could implement the same architecture in a number of ways , and some ranges of computers ( such as the IBM 370 range ) are designed to a common architecture but with a radically different physical implementation for each model . |
| 3 | In the Neolithic period , totalitarian states emerged as a result of the reappearance of profound inequalities made possible by the acquisition of agricultural surpluses , whereas in the modern epoch most of the comparable states emerged out of periods of revolution and upheaval constituted mainly by a struggle for equality — a fact that has had the odd consequence of leaving all modern police states with official ideologies strongly committed to a non-existent freedom and egalitarianism for their citizens . |
| 4 | Only Cuba stood out as still committed to a state-led economy although private capital was involved in the development of such areas as tourism [ see p. 38141 ] . |
| 5 | Erm which again would n't trouble Selby district , because we 're we 're committed to a new settlement . |
| 6 | Rather more ideologically committed to a new form of politics were those for whom anti-semitism was seen as the reason for the changes in British and European society engendered by the first World War . |
| 7 | Ipswich 's other newcomer , German Andre Pollehn , will also be missing as he is committed to a long track meeting in his own country that day . |
| 8 | May I draw his attention to comments in the recent issue of ’ Community Care ’ by the hon. Member for Birmingham , Perry Barr ( Mr. Rooker ) The hon. Member for Perry Barr is not an apologist for the Government , but he said that the Labour party was committed to a mixed economy . |
| 9 | In what was seen as a pragmatic change of policy , Nujoma now declared that his government was committed to a mixed economy and actively sought foreign investment . |
| 10 | It is as if between 1927 and 1934 a party unequivocally committed to a sectarian strategy on the political front nevertheless consciously chose to hedge its bets on the cultural front . |
| 11 | If you are married , or committed to a serious relationship , have one child or more and a home to support , then the hours you work and the amount of travel involved in getting to and from work may limit your options . |
| 12 | Dorothea Beale , the Principal of the first proprietary girls ' school in England , Cheltenham Ladies College , was firmly committed to a separate curriculum for girls and declared that her aim was to train ‘ girls so that they may best perform that subordinate part in the world to which , I believe , they have been called ’ . |
| 13 | The Labour party is not committed to any specific increase in health service expenditure , but it is committed to a specific cut in the proportion of NHS expenditure used for patient care . |
| 14 | But they could be expected especially to move a religious audience committed to a divine order comprehending all men . |
| 15 | He was committed to a private asylum in Leicester , where he remained until his death in 1799 . |
| 16 | The government was , also , committed to a private sector as , in its manifesto , it had pledged support for the small businessman , of whom there were many in Chile . |
| 17 | Certainly , once committed to a personal code , I can make value as well as factual judgments about your conduct ; but if your first principle is ‘ Do as you would be done by ’ and mine is ‘ Care only for yourself ’ , it seems that there is no objective test by which one of us can convince the other that he is right , as there is for an issue of fact . |
| 18 | The library committee , however , is committed to a future agenda where study skills have a high priority , and there is already a considerable legacy of booklets and supportive material in the school to assure a measure of continuity . |
| 19 | While Microsoft is committed to a future custom version of NT that 's B2 secure , its plans for network security are not clear . |
| 20 | Responding to criticism from neighbouring countries , including Russia , the Chinese authorities said that they had always exercised restraint in nuclear testing and that China was still committed to a complete ban on nuclear testing within the framework of effective nuclear disarmament . |
| 21 | Could he also tell me whether he said on 16 December 1983 : ’ We are committed to a non-nuclear defence policy ? ’ |
| 22 | Several top managers are unhappy that England are committed to a three-match tournament in the United States this summer . |
| 23 | The ASEAN states are committed to a limited neutralisation of Kampuchea . |
| 24 | He even off-loaded tens of thousands of pounds worth of stock on to a client committed to a mental asylum ( for which he was sacked ) . |
| 25 | Psychiatrists diagnosed Hinckley as suffering from a ‘ schizotypal personality disorder ’ , also known as ambulatory or borderline schizophrenia ( Hinckley was subsequently committed to a mental hospital . ) |
| 26 | But someone committed to a thorough-going naturalism is no more prepared to allow to the mind mysterious properties than he is prepared to allow them to matter : for the thorough-going naturalist , after all , mind is no more than a manifestation of matter . |
| 27 | A government committed to a sustained reduction in the growth of the money supply over a number of years will find this very difficult unless it restricts the size of the public-sector deficit . |
| 28 | It is because of the concern expressed by my hon. Friend and others that the Government are committed to a further increase in the use of the ’ lane rental ’ method of procurement of motorway repairs . |
| 29 | Communism is committed to a large number of goals , but for our purpose three stand out : the abolition of private property , the abolition of the family and the abolition of religion . |
| 30 | It is committed to a high tax policy , high borrowing and high spending , which in the past have led to pain , suffering , misery and job losses . |