Example sentences of "[conj] be [adv] [verb] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goldthorpe 's recent study that covers the social mobility records of the same age cohorts as those covered by Halsey reached conclusions that are strongly discouraging to egalitarians . |
| 2 | For longer-distance migration the destinations are likely to be places that are better known to tourists or are considered to be scenically more attractive . |
| 3 | But is n't it er true according the reports in the financial times , that the government at this moment is planning to withdraw Britain from the I L O. Precisely because the I L O has censured Britain a censure that is normally a sanction that is normally applied to countries like Haiti and North Korea . |
| 4 | Experience over the last ten years ( 1963–73 ) has convinced the staff of this Polytechnic of the need for a more flexible type of course than is commonly offered to students . |
| 5 | A recent study concluded with the recognition that research had not yet identified any variant of the existing system that was consistently related to students ' educational outcomes ( Averch et al , 1972 ) . |
| 6 | We have lived in a wonderful variety of houses , including one normally occupied by a pit deputy in South Yorkshire ; a leaking gothic horror of a Victorian rectory in deepest Sussex that was literally falling to pieces while administrative matters blocked efforts to replace it and our present one near Lewes built in 1934 in the days of live-in maids , recently modernised but still half as big again as any built these days and with a double-size garden . |
| 7 | Issues are managed by domestic security dealers or by merchant banks and are largely sold to investors resident in the UK . |
| 8 | Those speakers whose ties are weakest are those who approximate least closely to vernacular norms , and are most exposed to pressures for change originating from outside the network . |
| 9 | The new conditions of sale have been drafted for both domestic and commercial transactions and are not restricted to transactions where the National Protocol is followed . |
| 10 | Since they have been in Brazil things have not been easy but they have settled in well and are slowly coming to terms with the language . |
| 11 | Its reaching out to the people who 've not been through the processes that we 've been through and are still attached to ideas that are in essence racist , imperialist , sexist , heterosexist , and how we , nevertheless , draw those people into activity . |
| 12 | ‘ It will now be necessary to observe that animals are more frequently attacked by epizootic , endemic and contagious diseases than the human species because we are protected from these casualties by our Houses , Clothing and manner of Living , in short by all the precautions that reason dictates , whilst animals are deprived of all these recourses and are constantly exposed to dangers which we avoid by the above-mentioned precautions , besides their food and drink is constantly the same , which often is the cause of a fermentation in their blood which generally terminates in stubborn and fatal diseases . |
| 13 | General practitioners have always had to manage and plan their businesses and are constantly adapting to changes in medical care . |
| 14 | It should lead to more understanding of language diversity , including multilingualism , and be closely related to pupils ' experience in their own communities , and therefore be treated with great sensitivity to pupils ' home backgrounds . |
| 15 | Fortunately , ex-Prisoner James Taylor is aware of the problem and is finally coming to terms with it after five albums of patchy solo meanderings . |
| 16 | Fortunately , ex-Prisoner James Taylor is aware of the problem and is finally coming to terms with it after five albums of patchy solo meanderings . |
| 17 | Lexical variation of this type is widespread in Durham and is not restricted to items belonging to any particular grammatical class ; Kerswill reports that it is particularly salient as a sociolinguistic marker sensitive both to the age and social class of the speaker ; but unlike either CSPs or other phonological variables , it is affected very little by speech style . |
| 18 | But Aristotle is not just making a sociological point about what is and is not permitted to women in his society . |
| 19 | The House held , agreeing with the Court of Appeal , that there is a tort of intimidation , but they also held , reversing the Court of Appeal , that the tort extends to threats by A to break his contract with B and is not confined to threats of criminal or tortious conduct . |
| 20 | A disclaimer can be used in relation to any trade description of any goods and is not confined to odometers on motor cars . |
| 21 | The sanding plate wo n't rip or tear , and is simply attached to tools with a self-adhesive backing . |
| 22 | In part it is simply descriptive of the employment foundations of the economy , and is sometimes related to theories of economic development which argue that national economies evolve through a series of stages dominated in turn by agricuIture , manufacturing and services . |
| 23 | Be assured , though , that God sees what you are doing , understands why you are doing it and is really chuffed to bits when you try to do what he wants . |
| 24 | For more than 100 years the Works Brigade was the sole protector of the Urban District against fire , and was also called to villages , and to larger fires in nearby towns . |
| 25 | A Marine Firemen 's Union was already in existence in Hull when the Grimsby society accepted formal registration in 1872 and was later opened to deckhands . |
| 26 | It was employed on marble and was usually confined to capitals , pulpits and fonts . |
| 27 | The techniques and skills that follow can be performed on all funboards but are best suited to boards under 3.20m as they are more controllable in strong winds . |
| 28 | Spines — This expression has been used by various writers with considerable latitude but is here confined to outgrowths of the cuticle which are more or less thorn-like in form . |
| 29 | Hopwood , a case in which the House of Lords upheld the decision of the district auditor to surcharge members of Poplar Borough Council for maintaining a minimum wage for its employees which was not only in excess of wage rates in the area but was also paid to men and women alike . |
| 30 | Next came the mountains , their lower slopes cloaked in rain forest which had once covered the coastal plain but was now restricted to tongues licking down the banks of the Belpan and Makaa Rivers . |