Example sentences of "[that] [noun prp] [be] [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He would use whatever insight into Angy 's true nature that he had gleaned from Rick and Lou to undermine the pure , unsullied image that Barney was dedicated to preserving .
2 His later Lives do not inspire great confidence in their historical details about a young king seeking the hand of Offa 's daughter in marriage and falling a victim to the machinations of Queen Cynethryth , who alleged that Aethelberht 's real intention was to reconnoitre the Mercian kingdom with a view to invading it , and when the Chronicon ex Chronicis also claims that Aethelberht was put to death by Offa at the instigation of Queen Cynethryth it is not necessarily independent of the legend .
3 Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford .
4 informed your meeting that Ratho was linked to Edinburgh by 15 return journeys per weekday and 20 single journeys on Sunday .
5 It seems that Gould was determined to blackball his talented , but temporary , artist .
6 It was in the wake of that boom that Short was attracted to chess .
7 On the day that Wilson was elected to office , he telephoned me , tracking me down to a restaurant in London , to enquire what to do about the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra .
8 He could see that Lee was attracted to Meryl , and this amused him , because he knew instinctively that he only had to turn on his own powerful charm and the result would be a foregone conclusion .
9 We are forced immediately to see that Blanche is addicted to alcohol .
10 The scene in which Nicky takes leave of Rudi is touchingly drawn , and heartening in the sense that Nicky is moved to tears and is not ridiculed for it .
11 It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 .
12 Nevertheless , there is no reason to doubt that Chad was sent to Canterbury .
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