Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [prep] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following memorandum was presented by Vial , and read by the secretary : ‘ When the Members of the Veterinary College were occupied by objects to which I was in no wise competent I was absolutely silent — but now that it is a question to chuse [ sic ] a convenient situation for the establishment of the College , I think it a duty incumbent on me to give my advice on this important point . |
| 2 | The programme is prefaced by tributes to Arlott from Richie Benaud and Ian Botham , but is otherwise unchanged from the original , as reviewed in WCM Oct 1988 . |
| 3 | The task of this chapter is to look at attitudes to ageing and old people , to look at their consequences and to consider changing them . |
| 4 | The problem here is that unless some attempt is made by sociolinguists to ‘ unpack ’ the pertinent variables for which social class stands proxy , progress in formulating a satisfying explanation of the relationships between linguistic and social structure is likely to be slow . |
| 5 | Nearly half the songs on Lovesexy explicitly expound Prince 's nebulous ideas about salvation , and the rest of the album is limned with references to a ‘ new power ’ , a positivism that is our answer to the problems of a world that 's going to hell in a handbasket . |
| 6 | However , the latter figure is based on answers to a question in the 1981 census about the country of birth of one 's head of household , and can not be considered very accurate . |
| 7 | Furthermore , all donated blood is tested for antibodies to HIV and other blood-borne infections before it is used . |
| 8 | Individual responses in a class test were compared with responses to the same items presented in an interview : many were found to differ . |
| 9 | Particular outstanding work is dealing with changes to the Community Charge Register which have to be reflected in the Council Tax liabilities , approximately 30,000 changes were to be processed in this area . |
| 10 | People on low incomes are entitled to rebates of up to 80 per cent , and further help is included in payments to those in receipt of income support . |
| 11 | Dissolved material may subsequently be reprecipitated or be reincorporated into other minerals , but the great proportion is carried by rivers to the ocean . |
| 12 | The most important issue was considered by electors to be that of unemployment , an issue on which more preferred the Labour position to that of the Conservatives . |
| 13 | Analysis for each question was based on responders to that question . |
| 14 | The news that Abbey tor is leaving for condoms to Marigold gloves group London International sent the bank 's shares running for cover . |
| 15 | The news that Abbey National 's finance director is leaving for condoms to Marigold gloves group London International sent the bank 's share running for cover . |
| 16 | Much of the factual information contained in this article was ascertained during visits to the Commissioner 's office in Warrington during the summer months of 1992 , when selected files were examined and interviews were conducted with the Commissioner and her staff . |
| 17 | The deputies unanimously declared : " Immeasurable sorrow was caused by Germans to the peoples of the world during the time of National Socialism . |
| 18 | Problems in the third quarter are reckoned by observers to be mainly due to falling confidence throughout the securities industry in the run-up to Black Wednesday . |
| 19 | Trade theory seems of little help , for the advances in recent years of understanding how trade might affect national welfare are offset by limits to the theories in their capacity to yield policy advice that can work in practice ( see , for example , Baldwin , 1988 ; Helpman and Krugman , 1989 ) . |
| 20 | The lama was found in ancient Chaldea and was usually depicted as a female , her likeness being carved beside portals to sacred chambers to repel evil . |
| 21 | All the studies related to ‘ Guernica ’ and ‘ Las Meniñas ’ are reproduced and each work of art is identified by references to the catalogues of Zervos and the other authorities . |
| 22 | FEB 1993 The first anniversary of TOP was marked by presentations to a representative group of staff outlining progress and difficulties encountered in the past year . |
| 23 | The 45-minute ecumenical memorial service was relayed by loudspeakers to a further 200 huddled in the cold outside . |
| 24 | Particular stress was laid on subscriptions to Rabochii put' , the guberniia party and Soviet organ . |
| 25 | A speechreader was chatting about roses to a keen gardener . |
| 26 | Not one single name was forwarded from branches to HQ , and so no action could be taken . |
| 27 | Not one single name was forwarded from branches to HQ , and so no action could be taken . |
| 28 | Two periods a week are allocated to Games to Primary 7 and one period from S1 to S6 . |
| 29 | All specimens of sufficient volume were screened for antibodies to p24 , gp120 , and the HIV-1 MN V3 neutralisation epitope . |
| 30 | Authority is filtered through managers to other managers and other job holders . |