Example sentences of "to be connected to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I am sorry to have to disturb you at home , ma'am , but you do n't seem to be connected to the telephone system . ’
2 Some external callers have failed to be connected to the switchboard at all for considerable periods .
3 The mechanism is assumed to start at the rotation of the cam shaft A. This is seen to be connected to the sewing machine main drive system by a dog coupling at its lower end .
4 The charge is understood to be connected to the discovery of ten bags of fertiliser at a house in the west of the city last weekend .
5 Last night a County Durham police spokeswoman revealed Mr Dobson 's death appeared to be connected to the steam cleaner , which was still working when his body was found .
6 Following successful completion of this initial installation , new channel cables were laid to all the peripherals ( disks , tapes , printers etc ) which need to be connected to the system but existing connections to the two 600Js remained in place .
7 The closed-loop input impedance is easily found as To find the closed-loop output impedance , a source , is considered to be connected to the input in which case Assuming for simplicity that the feedback network negligibly loads the output and so from which the closed-loop output impedance is If further as is often the case ,
8 Although there are special fittings to allow washing machine waste pipes to be connected to the sink waste , the best way of plumbing in a washing machine is to make a permanent connection to the pipes in the kitchen for the water supply and to fit a stand pipe and trap leading through a hole in the outside wall for the waste pipe .
9 If the process is running , this will set up the required logical names and symbols , and the user then only has to type the symbol , specified by USERACCESSLOGICAL , to be connected to the process ( see Section 2.4 , LIFESPAN Configuration File ) .
10 Most prospective rural housebuilders were prepared to employ cesspits instead of mains drainage and to pay to be connected to the county 's ageing but still serviceable water supply system , whilst being content to build their houses alongside existing roads , dismissing any arguments about the aesthetics of ribbon development .
11 The pressure ‘ head ’ normally needed for operating an instantaneous water heater , typically 10m or 15psi ( pounds per square inch ) , means that they have to be connected to the mains .
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