Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas Dyer is imagined as the builder of Nicholas Hawksmoor 's churches in the East End of London ; the enlightened edifices of a rational Christianity are thereby ascribed to a devil-worshipper , while the name ‘ Hawksmoor ’ is assigned to the Detective Chief Superintendent who , in the later narrative , frets himself into a delirium over a series of stranglings which takes place in the vicinity of the churches . |
| 2 | Venetian blinds are better suited to a study or workroom where a simple , practical treatment is needed , and where they can be easily dusted over . |
| 3 | There are pygmy varieties that can be grown in a sink , right through to vigorous kinds that are only suited to a lake or large pool in a public park . |
| 4 | Although broader in the range of their social backgrounds , they are somehow homogenized to a degree previously unthinkable . |
| 5 | They are normally pinned to a pelmet board in the same way as a pelmet , through pocketed webbing tape , hand stitched to the back . |
| 6 | Swordtails are best kept to a ratio of one male to three or four females . |
| 7 | Such terms are best confined to an appendix . |
| 8 | When cleaned , non-ferrous metals are best brought to a finish before priming with zinc chromate or zinc phosphate . |
| 9 | I feel so glad that I 've finally found something that works and am not confined to a life of bingeing/vomiting , etc . |
| 10 | So these problems and similar ones to them are generally led to an abandonment I suppose , or a lack of interest in feat in a pure feature analysis view to how we build up and recognise objects . |
| 11 | If this population is representative of the situation nationally , substantial numbers of patients with end stage liver disease might benefit from liver transplantation , but are not referred to a centre . |
| 12 | It 's easy to forget that you are not listening to a mate in a pub telling her latest , raucous , embellished anecdotes . |
| 13 | You are NOT CONNECTED to a LIFESPAN communication line |
| 14 | As the name implies , these are not linked to a company scheme but can be purchased independently from : insurance companies , building societies , banks , unit trusts and friendly societies . |
| 15 | You 're not listening to a word we 're saying , you 've done sponge , that 's good , now what else float ? |
| 16 | You 're er for the moment you 're not committed to a party , you 've just got to take an individual decision and I know Maastricht is very complicated but there 's a lot of gut feeling as well as precise knowledge about these things , so I want to take a vote . |
| 17 | and if you 're not going to a game tomorrow … you can switch Central on at tea time for all the football news … we 're heading off now to Milton Keynes for a story of adventure for our Friday Feature |
| 18 | I think it 's a lot more worthwhile doing a science degree because a lot of arts degrees do n't lead anywhere because then you have to find a job … they 're not leading to a career of any sort … |
| 19 | And there are many who are deeply committed to a faith which is alive and obvious to everyone with whom they come into contact . |
| 20 | Irrespective of the decisions of the World Bank classifiers , however , it is an undeniable fact that in the 1990s most hitherto self-proclaimed socialist or communist countries are rapidly coming to an understanding with transnational capitalism , and that the scope and volume of the transnational practices of such states with the states and institutions of the capitalist system have increased dramatically in the last decade . |
| 21 | The grants are usually tied to a theme and conditions . |
| 22 | Any seriously ill patients are usually sent to a state hospital . ’ |
| 23 | This expert might have to deal with a wide variety of issues , including the builder's/lessor 's obligations to obtain planning permission , as well as the design and construction obligations , issues which are usually left to an arbitrator or an Official Referee of the High Court . |
| 24 | If the consideration is securities in the bidder , the shares are usually issued to a trustee to hold on behalf of the untraceable shareholders . |
| 25 | Even under normal circumstances , however , people throughout the world are still exposed to a variety of environmental hazards which jeopardise their safety , health , happiness and , indeed , survival . |
| 26 | UNIVERSITY students are still sticking to a boozing , sexy lifestyle despite the recession . |
| 27 | The tesserae are still applied to a bed of mortar , but the client could expect the work in the room which was actually receiving the mosaic to be finished much more quickly than with the direct method . |
| 28 | The British imitators are still whispering to a city that 's still in bed . |
| 29 | Not only are they moving away , but often they are also moving to a place totally unsuitable for elderly people . |
| 30 | We 've got a number of questions we want to ask you , because er though you 're pivotal to all of our erm activities in this enquiry , we are also looking to a report which is hopefully going to be influenced the Bill the Government brings forward . |