Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to improve the world , to deliver into man 's hands some of those powers which had hitherto been ascribed to a snivelling and fictitious God ! |
| 2 | THE news that Peter Cranmer after having long been confined to a wheelchair , has had both legs amputated in Brighton General Hospital will sadden all who recall with admiration that famous sporting figure of the 1930s . |
| 3 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 4 | Central heating boilers should only be fitted to a flue that has been lined with a stainless steel flexible liner of about 150mm ( 6in ) diameter . |
| 5 | It could only be given to a child in very mild doses because excessive use could cause ‘ retard growth and lasting disfiguration ’ . |
| 6 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 7 | Applications under s25 ( secure accommodation orders ) and s102 ( police warrant of assistance ) may only be transferred to a county court to consolidate with other pending family proceedings arising out of the same circumstances ( APO , art 7(3) ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Chairman and chief executive Paul Myners claims that Gartmore would only be sold to a party acceptable to the management . |
| 9 | Most dishes take about 8 to 10 hours to cook , but some foods , such as pasta , can only be added to a dish halfway through , otherwise they disintegrate . |
| 10 | Young members can only be attracted to a team that realistically and consistently challenges for honours , not because the team is composed entirely of Yorkshiremen . |
| 11 | Competition fighting can perhaps be likened to a game of chess ; a player only improves by continually playing against another chess player better than himself . |
| 12 | I said All you can do basically is go to a solicitor , get a court order , unless I can persuade the lady herself to let you have the furniture . |
| 13 | The following policy exclusions are of importance in determining whether a valid subsidence claim exists : o Defective design or inadequate construction of the foundations — e.g. where the foundations of a property have not been constructed to a level required by regulations applying at the time of construction . |
| 14 | Widely known for the large painted steel sculptures which brighten plazas and lobbies throughout the United States , and for his regular appearances in the New York salerooms , he is surprisingly unfamiliar in a London context and has not been treated to a museum exhibition in this country since the Tate Gallery 's survey of 1962 . |
| 15 | ‘ In general terms , this accident could have been avoided had the petrol vapour not been exposed to a source of ignition , ’ Mr Haddock added . |
| 16 | Those of us who have worked within the education system , in social priority areas , since the Sixties , can assure Janet Daley that these children have not been abandoned to a type of educational apartheid . |
| 17 | It would almost certainly have been given the same support by the full House had it not been attached to a Bill to reform obscenity law , with which it had no clear or logical connection . |
| 18 | ( i ) any goods listed above are sold to a bidder for less than his highest bid or part of the price is repaid or credited to him ( or stated to be so ) ; or ( ii ) the right to bid for any goods listed above is ( or is stated to be ) restricted to persons who have bought or agreed to buy one or more articles ; or ( iii ) any articles are given away or offered as gifts . |
| 19 | The possibilities of error at every stage in the handling of this sort of document have already been alluded to a number of times , and one would therefore need to subject the document to the most rigorous examination . |
| 20 | Some models suggest that the earth has already been committed to a warming of at least 1.5 °C by the current increases in greenhouse gases even though global temperatures have actually risen by only 0.5 °C in the past century . |
| 21 | The sum of £250,000 has already been allocated to a number of projects , ranging from the purchase of Porthor in North Wales to the restoration of Biddulph Grange Garden where BBC gardening expert Geoff Hamilton accepted a cheque for £20,000 in May . |
| 22 | From 1966 to 1969 he was a fellow of Balliol College , Oxford , and had just been appointed to a readership at the time of his death . |
| 23 | I just been talking to a coupla friends of yours . ’ |
| 24 | This name has lately been given to a Trident submarine . |
| 25 | Margaret Stanhope saw by the watch that never left his wrist that their unromantic interlude would soon be drawing to a close . |
| 26 | Innovation players , in their effort to get their idea through the corporate labyrinth , play what can best be likened to a relay race . |
| 27 | Item No 4 : the large loop would normally be attached to a belt as this is a purse frame dating to the 15th to 16th century . |
| 28 | Spiritual direction need not be limited to a twosome . |
| 29 | The report need not be made to a constable . |
| 30 | We shall assume that , by definition , an adjective , which instantiates a property , can not be related to a noun phrase identifying an entity by the relation of equation , and we have to deal in predicative position only with the other intensional relation found in items following a form of to be , assignment of qualification . |