Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These mechanics for transfer are strictly not dealt with through the post but the Filing and Record Department which is at Room 81 , Royal Courts of Justice , London WC2A 2LL although it is prepared to make an exception provided all of the documents , so far as applicable , set out in the above Practice Direction are sent to it by post ( an unofficial proforma provided to solicitors in fact repeats the list ) ; though in lieu of the proforma no doubt a letter referring to the items in the list would equally suffice . |
| 2 | Do you think women artists are drawn to you as a dealer because of your sex ? |
| 3 | ‘ As long as the patients are volunteers and the risks are explained to them before the operation , I can see no objection myself . ’ |
| 4 | A ranked output IR system such as Okapi can also use several other kinds of knowledge about words to modify the way in which weights are assigned to them in an individual search . |
| 5 | These words were spoken to me with a strong American accent . |
| 6 | A wide selection of mustards were supplied to us by Arran Provisions , Colman 's and Burnham Mustards |
| 7 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 8 | My eyes were drawn to it as if the Officer had left part of himself here on the grass . |
| 9 | Human possums avoid conflict by agreeing with whichever side is talking to them at the time . |
| 10 | As the news of ‘ that ’ exclusive Sinead O'Connor interview is wired to me from London , England , it becomes diamond-bullet clear that Sinead is a mere music biz appendix — surplus to requirements , but potentially very painful in the side — and the three bands that comprise Rollercoaster Mk II are its guts . |
| 11 | ‘ I expect she realizes now that Prince Edward is lost to her for ever ! ’ |
| 12 | When low down it seems to flash various colours , because its light is coming to us through a thick layer of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 13 | Modernism is described to us with references to a neat sequence of male coteries who obviously made full use of the opportunity for dialogue and debate . |
| 14 | The voice of your brother 's blood is crying to me from the ground . |
| 15 | ( 5 ) A recognised body which is required to insure under this Rule shall each twelve months after recognition is granted to it under these Rules , or at any other time when so required by the Council , submit to the Council evidence of compliance with this Rule . |
| 16 | Coke died in the 1840s and a monument was erected to him at Holkham , guarded by a cudding Devon cow carved in stone . |
| 17 | The bowler took none too kindly to the official warning from umpire Roy Palmer , and imagined that his sweater was returned to him at the end of the over in an insulting manner . |
| 18 | Its effect was described to me by a white probationary teacher : |
| 19 | The script was handed to him by Casper Wrede , a director friend from the Royal Exchange who directed him on screen in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich . |
| 20 | The petition was not successful but a deputation to Sir James Graham , Home Secretary , in April 1842 received some encouragement and an amended petition and a draft of a Charter of Incorporation was submitted to him on 24 March 1843 . |
| 21 | The figure was mentioned to me by the manager of a gay bar who was justifying the role of the establishment , but added , ‘ some of them are not angels you know . |
| 22 | Rosalba was drawn to her above all the other Marys in the province , far and above the Madonna of the Kneading Board , who had been washed ashore with the face of Our Lady in its grain , and who was her mother 's favourite , and hung in replica above her bed . |
| 23 | Your specific tasks within that given work are assigned to you by a person called your manager ( or boss or supervisor ) , who ought to be held accountable for the work you do . |
| 24 | In addition , any other rights the buyer may have at law are reserved to him by the operation of cl 1.4 . |
| 25 | Sometimes the most immense-changes are given to us in a short story of only a few pages : Chekhov 's ‘ Let Me Sleep ’ sees an exhausted , brutalised servant-girl murder a baby in six pages ; Katherine Mansfield 's ‘ Revelations ’ sees a woman who longs for freedom and independence rush for security to an unloved but ardent suitor — because everything feels strange at her hairdresser 's , where she learns that a tragedy has occurred — in seven pages . |
| 26 | Why have they such an appalling record when ready-made Bills are presented to them by the Law Commission ? |
| 27 | An image copy of the Working-Set is taken whenever a new dictionary range is transferred to it from the Main Database . |
| 28 | If the new work is given to you in a lecture , you can assume that you require two hours of study for each hour of lecture — for reading of the subject before the lecture , and as a first review ( " within the first 24 hours ) . |
| 29 | The Creator is revealed to us as a rational , moral , feeling person , capable of making choices . |
| 30 | The column is drawn to him through a piece in Mission Impossible , Darlington FC 's first class fanzine , which touches upon post-war all rounders . |