Example sentences of "be [noun] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we are dot going to be hobbling a horse by three legs and tethering it all day out in the sun , we will need a tolerant horse if we wish it to do boring or repetitious work . |
| 2 | If , there are , there are industry working to deadlines all the time . |
| 3 | Being certainly lost an opportunity by not being it 's only body there is an editing element in the book publishing section from the P G B and there are elements relating to us in the S P G of the Periodical Training Council and there will be bits of them in the public relations in the marketing one of which I 've got a copy of the draft , but you know there is nothing all embracing B T E C do graphics and journalism but there is no single forum , I mean that 's what so astonishing and interestingly somebody at B T E C told me the other day there 's been a bit of a problem about the the book editing part of the editing level three element um , and that 's partly political as to editing versus production because production 's level four and editing is level three , and that has made some problems apparently |
| 4 | Are parents going to be invited to see talented children involved in a theatrical performance or are they coming just to see their child ‘ doing something ’ on the stage with all the other children in the school ? |
| 5 | The solutions of equations ( 9.76 ) are the physical meaning of which becomes clear on appreciating that the propagation constant is complex , say , and that , , and are phasors relating to quantities of the form . |
| 6 | It was no doubt proper and necessary for the Rome Convention to stipulate a proper law applicable to the consequences of nullity of the contract in order to embody a comprehensive conflicts of law code ; but it by no means follows that the consequences of nullity are matters relating to a contract , since ex hypothesi no contract existed ; nor is article 10(1) ( e ) comparable with article 10(1) ( c ) ( which is the sub-paragraph cited in the Arcado case [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 1539 ) or indeed with sub-paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( d ) of article 10(1) , since in all these instances there is a contract in existence . |
| 7 | The question then arises , What are economists referring to when they talk of ‘ monopolistic markets ’ ? |
| 8 | I myself think that the writer 's relation to things as they are changes according to what he or she is writing . |
| 9 | What are things coming to if it is no longer possible to spend time sailing and taking part in other water sports without subjecting yourself to the risk of such symptoms as rashes and vomiting ? |
| 10 | Since medical advice has the force of moral imperative , health and illness are concepts expanding to ever increasing parts of human existence ( Zola , 1975 ) . |
| 11 | Are farmers responding to the food needs of the '90s ? |
| 12 | The proportion of students from poorer families who enter higher education is similar in other Latin American countries , though there are variations according to courses and institutions . |
| 13 | There are provisions relating to qualification for office , and to appointment and vacation of office ; and to many express powers , duties , rights and liabilities additional to those expressed in the debenture . |
| 14 | I mean he 's right there , and he 's a challenge , but how are people responding to him . |
| 15 | She 's out enjoying a Saturday shopping trip — there are people coming to dinner tonight , and when she 's stocked up on the basic necessities , she 'll choose some extra delights from the delicatessen . |
| 16 | The rental for the first year would be £250 rising to £500 thereafter on an annual licence . |
| 17 | There is only 2.6mV across R13 ( ) which gives 0.104V at pin-14 which should be 10V varying to 0V as the pot is rotated . |
| 18 | All your stock , crop and equipment would become part of a vast operation , you and your staff would be workers operating to a master plan created in a central office a long way off . |
| 19 | Clothes and personal effects may only be seized if the custody officer : ( a ) believes that the person from whom they are seized may use them : ( i ) to cause physical injury to himself or another ; ( ii ) to damage property ; ( iii ) to interfere with evidence ; ( iv ) to assist him to escape ; or ( b ) has reasonable grounds for believing that they may be evidence relating to an offence . |
| 20 | Jack shook off his dream about Death Row and remembered that all over Dublin today there would be people waking to the first day of term . |
| 21 | Some of them can be issues relating to these energy matters that we have been discussing , and in fact one of the aims of introducing this form of discussion is that science is often seen as a very factual subject — that you just receive and learn the facts . |
| 22 | If there are friends coming to dinner , but you 're going to be busy during the day , do n't panic ! |
| 23 | There are examples extending to Music and P.E . |
| 24 | Typical of such demands are information relating to the countries and business segments the company operates in and especially the performance of each segment , employee policies and employment impact , environmental impacts and company objectives and plans . |
| 25 | ‘ Are proceedings relating to the wrongful repudiation of an ( independent ) commercial agency agreement and the payment of commission due under such an agreement proceedings in matters relating to a contract within the meaning of article 5(1) of the Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 ? |
| 26 | The department is one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom and offers a full range of courses and postgraduate research.There are courses leading to professional and post-qualifying qualifications in social work ; taught Master 's degrees in policy studies ( full-time ) and social and public policy ( part-time ) . |
| 27 | What damage are tourists doing to the scene shown in the photograph ? |
| 28 | Even at the time the study group that was planning the establishment of the Committee for Arts and Social Studies met in April 1965 there were proposals waiting to be processed in business studies , languages , sociology , psychology , administration , economics , law and ‘ combined subjects ’ , with business studies leading the field in both honours and ordinary degree course proposals by a wide margin . |
| 29 | Philip had opened the proceedings by again suggesting an exchange of conquests , but Richard opposed this , arguing that this would mean that he gave up lands , including the Quercy , which brought him an annual revenue of a thousand marks or more , in return for estates in Berry which , though they were fiefs belonging to Aquitaine , were in fact held by other lords and so were of very little direct financial benefit to him . |
| 30 | Were Spiritualists going to be forced to do it in strange , and possibly overexciting , positions ? |