Example sentences of "[conj] be [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some families choose particular village locations because multiple-car ownership eases their problems of accessibility ; others make the choice or are constrained to a particular area for economic reasons even though the ownership of just one car may cause difficulties for some members of the family ; yet other households may be constrained even to particular houses in particular locations . |
| 2 | It is true that there were first-class scientists at work in other countries but they were either greatly taken with large unprovable notions or were limited to a single field , whereas Galileo was original in dynamics , hydrostatics , mechanics ( strength of materials ) , optics and astronomy . |
| 3 | Goal congruence : employee and organization share the same goals ( e.g. a football team , a religious society ) ; the reward is an emotional wellbeing from believing in or being committed to a superordinate goal . |
| 4 | This option enables you to view the identifier , title and status for a set of up to 10 Software Performance Reports ( SPRs ) that are related to a specified module name . |
| 5 | This option enables you to view the identifier , title and status for a set of up to 10 submitted Software Status Reports ( SSRs ) that are related to a specified module name . |
| 6 | These rapidly become the scenes of intense activity , not just of the spadefoot toads , but also of the other animals that are tuned to a similar life cycle . |
| 7 | Since the possibility of full grammatical coverage is not feasible many systems have been created that are targeted to a specific application domain . |
| 8 | Courses in the earlier years introduce and develop the study of topics that are taken to an advanced level at honours — the pronunciation and grammar , and the functional , regional , and social varieties of present-day English and of the earlier periods of Old English , Middle English , and Early Modern English . |
| 9 | These are : ( 1 ) variable sets in which the lexical items are very numerous and are distributed throughout all or most of the range of a phonemic class ( we can call these ‘ large-set variables ’ ) , and ( 2 ) variables that are restricted to a small class of lexical items ( small-set variables ) . |
| 10 | In that case , the electorate might well prefer to be Red and live to fight another day rather than be consigned to a nuclear crematorium . |
| 11 | Her mother had pointed out to her that being married to an older man had its advantages . |
| 12 | Beneath the outward appearance of self-assurance and scholarly success , deep-seated psychological tensions were being set up in Nizan 's personality , tensions exacerbated by changes in Nizan 's family and educational situation , tensions that were to lead to a personal crisis . |
| 13 | ‘ The more I see of you , the more I 'm convinced that we have a great deal more in common than being related to a tiresome adolescent . |
| 14 | Yes erm , we 've actually linked with a firm of independent mortgage brokers erm so rather than being tied to a particular building society as most estate agents are erm what they will do is they 'll shop around and tell you which lenders are offering the best terms and particularly good schemes at any one time erm , it 's literally free information they simply phone you up and say get some idea of what your salary is and what your requirements are and then they 'll send through some information for you . |
| 15 | Syndicated euro-credits also enable banks to spread or diversify their risks by having a wide loan portfolio rather than being over-committed to a few customers . |
| 16 | The most satisfactory cutting method for one-off home-built kites is to use a sharp modelling knife or ‘ roller-cutter ’ against a straight edge on ripstop that is secured to a firm base by tapes . |
| 17 | A church that is dedicated to a gentle , caring man who cared about the poor , instead of helping the man who needs help and who is literally sitting on the doorstep , is showing tourists paintings , especially commissioned to educate the illiterate about God , is not even showing them to the illiterate . |
| 18 | The first run was at Stratford-upon-Avon , a place that was used to a different kind of theatre entirely , and ended at what was regarded as the graveyard of intimate revue , Blackpool . |
| 19 | Certainly , Derry lifted the McKenna Cup but it was a hollow victory against hollow opposition — a match that was reduced to a meaningless championship preamble . |
| 20 | Scholz took out a meerschaum pipe that was burned to a dark orange and blew through it . |
| 21 | Now , however , it has suffered a fate common to most of Darlington 's fountains , and been relegated to a forgotten corner . |
| 22 | Radiation readings are taken every hour at each station and are transmitted to a central computer which analyses the data . |
| 23 | All rotation rates have been corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion , and are referred to a best fit for rotation rate and its first derivative made over 400 days immediately preceding the glitch . |
| 24 | While sleeping at night we fast and are exposed to a quiet , dark environment . |
| 25 | 4.20 Where clients are thought to be or are known to be a risk or danger to themselves , other clients or other people and are admitted to a residential or day care facility , their progress must be explicitly monitored by the officer in charge who should keep the line manager informed . |
| 26 | Cover and simmer until the berries have ‘ popped ’ and are reduced to a juicy pulp — you may need to add a couple of tablespoons of water . |
| 27 | Sometimes when my mother told me how fortunate I was , how lucky to live in a nice house and be engaged to a good man , I felt like a fish in a gilded cage . |
| 28 | Dr Alastair McLeish , the branch secretary of the ULA , said the one-day strike at the school would go ahead tomorrow and be escalated to a three-day strike next week . |
| 29 | Passengers must also be selected at random and be subjected to a complete baggage check . |
| 30 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |