Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These schemes and the benefits they provide , in general , are organised hierarchically according to employment status and occupational class ( James , 1984 ) .
2 Recent advances in knowledge of thrust belts based on seismic and drilling have been made easier to apply to frontier areas by published descriptions of typical geometries , improved understanding of the mechanisms involved , and the establishment of standard terminology ( see , for instance : Hossack 1979 ; Berger and Johnson 1982 ; Butler 1982 ; Boyer and Elliot 1982 ) .
3 Certain diseases are hereditary ( or at least familial ) ; sadly , it is being discovered that some babies are born already addicted to heroin or with the AIDS virus .
4 Pepsinogen synthesis has been found closely linked to secretion and depletion of stores by a well regulated feedback mechanism under in vitro conditions .
5 They said Nicola had been found brutally stabbed to death in her office although neither newspaper disclosed that the murder weapon was a pair of scissors .
6 The Commission strongly affirms the value of silent as well as vocal participation , and it believes that worshippers need to be taught how to listen to music no less attentively than they do to the reading of Scripture , or to preaching , or to the recitation of prayers .
7 On completion of the consultation process with members the paper will be redrafted then submitted to Government .
8 Fun Ski and the travel company Made to Measure Holidays Ltd are in partnership , therefore all enquiries and booking can be made through Made to Measure , telephone 0243 533333 .
9 When the use of the term ‘ reading readiness ’ in education is examined , it will be seen not to refer to readiness to read , nor even to readiness to learn to read , but to quite a different state of affairs , namely readiness to cope with reading instruction .
10 In practice , the word seems to be used mostly to refer to animal sonar .
11 THE number of patients waiting for hospital treatment has been cut considerably according to health officials .
12 Concentrations of sulphur dioxide from burning of low-grade coal at the region 's power stations led to a heavy smog in mid-February ; children were told not to go to school and some pregnant women were evacuated .
13 We wandered back home and when we entered the yard we were called in to go to bed early so we could get up to help in the morning .
14 The Stone of Destiny was in alien hands , but in other respects the coronation ceremony on 25 March 1306 was carried out according to tradition .
15 Candy was brought up dancing to soul and reggae from the age of six in Ladbroke Grove .
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