Example sentences of "he [is] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is heard to great advantage in the defiantly difficult Scherzo tarantelle , where he surmounts every complexity with seemingly effortless bravura , whilst his account of the Souvenir de Moscou is magnificent . |
| 2 | However , he is reduced to sleazy encounters with both men and women in 42nd Street grindhouses and hotels . |
| 3 | He is resigned to public indifference to the benefits of efficiency , as well as to the effects of greenhouse gases . |
| 4 | The plaintiff 's feelings may be wounded if he is subjected to aggressive cross-examination , especially if it is designed to support what transpires to be an unsuccessful plea of justification , so this forensic factor may be brought into account . |
| 5 | In a letter to The Times she wrote : ‘ He is used to one-to-one relationships but society , and certainly schools , are composed of groups of people . |
| 6 | He is used to abrupt changes . |
| 7 | He talks well , he 's travelled to distant lands , he speaks foreign languages , he 's conversant with the arts — more than conversant — and he dresses in clothes which do n't fit the contours of his body and are therefore declared to be fashionable by people in the know . |
| 8 | Chap 's got to get out , if he 's used to fresh air . |
| 9 | I only look towards someone like Dylan because I see the things that have happened in his career and the conclusions he 's come to and the way he 's responded to outside forces , the audience , the press … and I recognize a similarity to how I feel in my career . |