Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the training difficulties encountered with dogs in later life can be traced back to allowing them to exert a subtle dominance over you at any early stage , while they are puppies . |
| 2 | This leads us on to OBSERVATION : so that quite a lot of time should be given over to looking . |
| 3 | When time permits part of the class may be given over to considering past examination questions . |
| 4 | The time spent together might be given over to sharing a game of dominoes , or cards , knitting , or having a quick drink , if the circumstances were right . |
| 5 | Such rights may also place restrictions on the future running and conduct of the target 's business and consideration may have to be given either to modifying these or buying out or repaying the relevant rights or loans . |
| 6 | Such celebrations of our art should not be limited only to honouring great architects and their buildings , or listening to occasional lectures and debates , but should be a continuous function of our institute . |
| 7 | This had little practical effect , however , until the 1890s , when public pressure forced the government to set aside areas of forest that could not be sold off to logging companies . |
| 8 | So I mean I suppose they 'll look at it in the same kind of way , somebody who 's got managerial , management qualities rather than I suppose people who are interested in the other side of it , the medical side of it , probably , really be geared up to organizing the money side of it would n't they , usually one or the other . |
| 9 | Newspapers would be reduced merely to printing what they are told — which means what the politicians want you to hear . |
| 10 | Both the budget package , as voted , and any new tax proposals — on energy , on sins , or in the form of a value-added tax — should be linked clearly to cutting the deficit . |
| 11 | ‘ But do n't be rushed in to giving such a priceless collection away till you 've had plenty of time to think about it . |
| 12 | Referring to assessment and monitoring , the guidelines continue : ’ Their role in these areas of housing will be passed over to housing associations and the private sector . ’ |
| 13 | Pask more determinedly attempted to block Self 's attempts to assert control , which he saw as unnecessary complications at a time when their efforts should be directed single-mindedly to overcoming the serious generating plant backlog . |
| 14 | A further questionnaire will shortly be sent out to piloting centres . |