Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] to the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same procedure has been extended to the former communist east . |
| 2 | Rather than concentrating on a bottom line which shows the profit attributable to shareholders , the value added statement is concerned with how much value the entity has added through its operations and how that added value has been distributed to the many resource providers . |
| 3 | The Art Newspaper 's sources in Russia have , however , confirmed that Ivan 's treasure has been found to the same extent as the Loch Ness monster . |
| 4 | And was it any wonder she 'd fled , if she 'd been subjected to the same bullying and threats by an earlier generation of de Rocheforts ? |
| 5 | Of course , it is more complex than that because allowance has to be made for convergent evolution , which is the acquisition of common characteristics by virtue of having been subjected to the same selection pressures , rather than because of sharing a common ancestor . |
| 6 | There were other people there , he had been demoted to the same rank as her many friends . |
| 7 | It may well be that he took the place of Thomas Hitchcock who had been apprenticed to the same master nine years previously . |
| 8 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’ |