Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [be] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The body of one of the four , " Stompie " Moeketsie Seipei , was subsequently found on waste ground , and one of Winnie Mandela 's bodyguards was sentenced to death for his murder [ see pp. 36452 ; 37441 ] .
2 Prior to the ceremony the railway 's guests were entertained to lunch at the Raven Inn where W & L chairman Ken Fenton told the guests of the station 's history and paid tribute to the people and organisations who had helped bring the former Eardisley station building up from its former site .
3 These include passivity and intellectual slowness ( motivational deficits ) , a belief that one 's actions are doomed to failure ( cognitive deficits ) and the emotional component of depression .
4 On Thursday , Hamel 's gifts were brought to light before a sadly sparse audience .
5 A six-point retort to Microsoft 's claims was posted to computer journals in the UK by WordPerfect 's Windows product manager , Daniel Sumner .
6 The monarchists ' proposals were doomed to failure a priori because they did not take into account a number of crucial factors relating to the Caudillo .
7 For this reason , Edwards ' indicators were designed to measure in various ways the extent to which speakers have contact with black friends and neighbours and participate in black social activities .
8 From 1987 , companies ' gains were charged to corporation tax as if they were additional income of an accounting period .
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