Example sentences of "be [verb] to an " in BNC.

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1 However , in broad terms , one credit is assigned to one 40-hour module ; two credits are assigned to an 80-hour module , etc .
2 Accordingly , we are treated to an immediate and excellent example of Johnson 's mind at work .
3 While Adamski cues his samples and activates his drum programs , we are treated to an enthusiastic , if inaudible , bongo player , and tow backing singers , one of whom has the added advantage of being a fine mover .
4 While Adamski cues his samples and activates his drum programs , we are treated to an enthusiastic , if inaudible , bongo player , and tow backing singers , one of whom has the added advantage of being a fine mover .
5 Now a sinister trend is emerging with the rearrest of some of those whose prison sentences are drawing to an end .
6 Thus , the yearly incidence rate was 0.03% for the whole population , and even if it had been adjusted to an age-standardised incidence , the observed incidence of 1.2% would still be more than expected , considering that the uncorrected risk ratio was 40 .
7 By the time I 'd recovered I was skinnier than ever , having been rationed to an orange a day .
8 It is obvious that the more we are aware of the feelings , the more we understand about the filter and the better placed we are to minister to an individual 's needs .
9 Charges against him were dropped in May 1988 after a meeting between the Crown Prosecution Service and the force complaints department , because his alleged confession had been given to an officer , Det Sgt James McManus , who was already under investigation in another case .
10 But as yet , however , much less attention has been given to an equally crucial dimension of local government activity — its capacity to actually achieve its policy intentions .
11 It is the first time that the Stylesetter Award has been given to an Axminster carpet range .
12 But perhaps Governor Clinton 's most remarkable achievement will have been bringing to an end the Reagan-Bush years .
13 Sometimes technical disputes are referred to an expert , while all other kinds of disputes go to arbitration or litigation : this may be useful in giving an appropriate forum of dispute resolution for whatever dispute arises .
14 However , in cases where all technical disputes are referred to an expert for determination , and those where all disputes , technical and non-technical are referred , it is uncommon to find provisions allowing the parties to make representations to the expert .
15 At each level , the word list has been created with an eye to current concerns so that students are exposed to an up-to-date vocabulary which is really relevant to their needs .
16 Indeed the evidence ( Wilson 1980 , Evans 1981 ) suggests that disruptive pupils are exposed to an inferior curriculum which may only add to their difficulties .
17 Of course the Government are not satisfied with that , but at least it is clear that our efforts are having an impact and are bringing to an end the unsatisfactory increase in the number of homeless in bed-and-breakfast accommodation — which is falling in London , and is virtually stable across the rest of the country .
18 The name does not transliterate into any other language , and the advertising has been assigned to an agency without a real European capability .
19 Referring to Figure 5 , it will be seen that there must be two places , one on either side of the tip of the extra sheet , where the atoms are distorted to an angle which approximates to the theoretical shearing strength of the crystal .
20 His limited activities to date had been confined to an uncommitted setting-up operation .
21 The jury had been confined to an hotel overnight and , in the judgment of Lord Lane , C.J. , any risk of prejudice was capable of being overcome by denying it access to radio and television .
22 It has been confined to an interpretation of the specific regulations .
23 She said that patients had been evacuated to an upper floor .
24 Years of danger and frustration for Blackfriars staff are to come to an end this summer with the installation of a traffic light controlled crossing over Stamford Street .
25 Suppose that I am committed to an ideal of conserving areas of natural beauty or variegated wild life in my country .
26 There should then be no plateaux in the Hall voltage because as more electrons are added to an unfilled Landau level we expect a smooth decrease of the Hall voltage .
27 Whenever records are added to an existing file , as both home and synonym records from the original load have already been stored ; in this case the probability of an addition that is a potential home record being prevented from taking up its home position by a synonym that was loaded earlier is high .
28 ‘ I had a feeling he 'd been committed to an asylum .
29 That is why the Government are committed to an expanded roads programme and continuing major investment in our transport infrastructure .
30 This Government are committed to an effective policy of regional development , and I remind the hon. Member for Gateshead , East that much has been achieved over the past 10 years .
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