Example sentences of "be [verb] to [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one half of the train had been filled to bursting point it would ‘ draw up ’ … |
| 2 | Such a committee might also help to satisfy those who are given to complaining about the choice of hymns . |
| 3 | We catch an echo of it however in that curiously possessive rather than patronizing way in which anthropologists are given to speaking of ‘ their people ’ ( just as the people sometimes speak of ‘ their anthropologist ’ ) . |
| 4 | These factors are particularly important as the best preventative maintenance service in the world can be seen as less than satisfactory , if oily , unkempt , poorly dressed engineers are given to camping out in your hotel lift lobby without warning and taking lifts out of service just as you are receiving a large influx of guests . |
| 5 | Her childhood hardships had been limited to undergoing doting but humourless tirades from her mother . |
| 6 | So far discussion has been limited to discussing the beneficiary 's ability to recover the trust property where it had passed into the hands of a third party : in principle the beneficiary was able to follow it , but his claim could be barred depending on the nature of the acquisition by the third party . |
| 7 | Even in the engineering companies the role of the unions seemed to have been limited to ensuring that , in other than their temporary status , temporary workers were not disadvantaged and received the same fringe benefits ( except membership of company pension schemes ) as regular workers . |
| 8 | My purpose has been limited to increasing a level of awareness , rather than attempting to supply solutions . |
| 9 | Personal transport had since the dawn of time been limited to footslogging or a horse not too exhausted by its labour in the fields . |
| 10 | On Dec. 28 Gaviria admitted in an interview that official talks had taken place with the drug cartel ; however , he said , they had been limited to offering traffickers protection if they surrendered . |
| 11 | are joined to trembling drops |
| 12 | Trying to carry on with the normal routine while suffering from depression has been likened to driving a car in top gear with the brakes full on . |
| 13 | Certain facts need to be considered : ( i ) Repairs — The court can not expressly order a party to pay for or contribute towards the cost of repairs to the house the subject of the court order because its powers are limited to ordering periodical payments and lump sums . |
| 14 | ‘ Soon those opulent manufacturers , whose ideas of supreme happiness at a spa are limited to taking their spotty wives and daughters to a moderately dear hotel , will be recalled to the smoke of their native places . |
| 15 | All Welsh counties for instance are limited to increasing their budgets of one point seven on point seven five percent over nineteen ninety three , ninety four are as the cities of Cardiff and Swansea and the borough of Newport and it is this cap of one point seven percent as my honourable friend for Cardiff South and Penarth has pointed out , which is at the route of the funding problems of the South Wales police authority area . |
| 16 | ( The court 's powers , however , are limited to remitting the decision to the secretary of state for reconsideration . ) |
| 17 | Tactical options are limited to selecting the team and general player positions ( goalie , defence , midfield , attack ) . |
| 18 | This applies to all soundtracks whether made for professional or non-profit amateur use even if these are limited to showing in the home . |
| 19 | Aviva Green — at Kenkelba until 22 May — is an artist true to her name : her canvases are filled to bursting with lush vegetation and flowers , all rendered in lively fireworks of colour . |
| 20 | Has consideration been given to producing a programme of events open to all nurses who are not practising ? |
| 21 | This explains why attention has been given to producing future warm earth scenarios based on past climatic data . |
| 22 | These latter had fallen out of traditional summer grazing use during the present century and official encouragement ( mainly through SAFER — Societe d'Amenagement Foncie et d'Etablissement Rural ) has been given to establishing farmers ' associations for their re-use by cattle . |
| 23 | I wonder if this is characteristic of all our homes and whether this is likely to continue , and whether any thought has perhaps been given to using this surplus accommodation for day care facilities ? |
| 24 | The fact that very little concerted thought had been given to organizing the juvenile labour-market does not mean that no action had been taken at the local level by schools , skilled employment committees , and several or more local education authorities . |
| 25 | Relatively little thought appears to have been given to developing systematic forms of training in the area of music in worship , and little assessment of the quality of training seems to take place . |
| 26 | Has any consideration been given to allowing right hon. and hon. Members to express an opinion on that matter , either on the Floor of the House or in European Standing Committee B ? |
| 27 | Consideration had been given to moving Harriers and Jaguars from Wittering and Coltishall , but the idea has been rejected on cost grounds . |
| 28 | The J/44 is very much a performance yacht , so the deck is laid out mainly for racing although careful thought has been given to cruising requirements . |
| 29 | He was thus ‘ pleased to learn that consideration [ had , at the time of his report ] already been given to increasing the provision of residential facilities for patients with chronic illness ’ . |
| 30 | Attention has been given to predicting admission to long-term care because of concerns about the processes and mechanisms by which places are allocated . |