Example sentences of "they be [verb] to [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parasitic flies are one of the hazards of the male cricket 's sex-life ; they are attracted to calling males , on whom they lay their eggs . |
| 2 | Hamer say that they are committed to producing instruments of the highest quality , using only the best woods , so that any potential purchaser may have a vintage quality guitar without the mega-buck price tag . |
| 3 | Animal welfarists , because they are committed to promoting the good of these and other animals , seem to have an intelligible basis on which to rest their call for the preservation of natural habitat . |
| 4 | They are committed to abolishing city technology schools , grammar schools and the assisted places scheme , and they have no time for parental choice . |
| 5 | ‘ I have worked closely with Technology on a number of service projects and I know that they are committed to providing the best possible service , ’ said John . |
| 6 | They are committed to enhancing educational provision in order to motivate young people , and to offering good and appropriate jobs to Compact graduates . |
| 7 | I am always fascinated to hear Liberals going on about resources being made available for defence , when they are committed to cutting them by 50 per cent . |
| 8 | It is impossible to recall contaminated eggs as they are distributed to packing stations around the country , where they are packed under British brand names . |
| 9 | And he was saying that it 's erm a speaking dic dictionary , that 's what they 're going to researching for |
| 10 | But typically they 're dedicated to achieving a single business goal . |
| 11 | They were objecting to having to travel by bus everyday to their laboratories and classrooms located on another site . |
| 12 | However there 's only 2 pubs near it and they were bunged to bursting point . |
| 13 | Bush said that they were committed to reaching an early agreement and Delors emphasized that there was too much at stake to allow failure . |
| 14 | When Labour returned to power they were committed to reversing the emphasis upon building for owner occupation within the building boom , but otherwise they wanted to produce even more houses per annum . |
| 15 | But companies can stop giving at any time ; under the traditional system of covenants , they were committed to giving an annual donation for four years . |
| 16 | Painstakingly Verity Lambert explained to her superiors the impracticality of a thirteen week , quarter-year season ; the four part cavemen story was in the can , the seven part Dalek serial was under way , and they were committed to running ‘ Marco Polo ’ , also seven episodes in length , giving a grand total of eighteen weeks in all . |
| 17 | Their pay in paper money was so bad and came so late that unless they had peasant relatives who could supply food , they were reduced to making shoes , singing psalms in church , or hiring themselves out as labourers to peasants . |
| 18 | Until that moment they were reconciled to leaving him behind for the proposed four-week tour . |