Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entities are subjected to selection of sorting over many " generations " in succession . |
| 2 | These ponies are going to work in the coldest place on earth — they need a lot of food — more than this ! ’ |
| 3 | Cash surpluses are delivered to carrier to Midland Cash Centres . |
| 4 | This leads naturally to another key point : whatever social or political meanings are attached to sport by different groups , participation remains intensely sociable and largely organized around the institution of the individual ‘ club ’ — a neglected social creation of the Victorians . |
| 5 | The look.up table values are chosen to ramp up the motor velocity over six steps to a maximum stepping rate which is of the clock frequency . |
| 6 | His views are taken to task by Lancelot , the hero of Kingsley 's Yeast ( 1848 ) : ‘ It may suit the Mr Lyles of this age … to make the people constantly and visibly comprehend that property is their protector and their friend , but I question whether it will suit the people themselves , unless they can make property understand that it owes them something more definite than protection . ’ |
| 7 | Income and expenditure in foreign currencies are converted to sterling at rates approximating to those ruling at the date of each transaction ; assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates ruling at the balance sheet date . |
| 8 | Plasma fibrinogen concentrations are related to weight at 1 year but not independently to birth weight . |
| 9 | The most important feature is the reservoir of larvae in the tissues of the cow , with subsequent milk-borne transmission ensuring that calves are exposed to infection from the first day of life . |
| 10 | Dialogue is deftly used in Sercambi 's novella , as sometimes in the French fabliaux , but , as has been noted , none of the French fabliaux are suited to performance in the way that Dame Sirith is , and as an inferrable source for the Shipman 's Tale may have been . |
| 11 | This followed a demand tabled at the Supreme Soviet in November that prime ministerial nominees be presented to Congress for approval [ see p. 39202 ] . |
| 12 | In April 1989 , hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed to death on the terraces of Sheffield 's Hillsborough Stadium before the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest . |
| 13 | Political activity was banned and Koreans were subordinated to Japanese at all levels of administrative activity . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The four ringleaders were sentenced to death on the gibbet and their bodies were hung in chains at various crossroads on the moor . |
| 16 | The other morning , two tv channels were reduced to discussion of whether there had been too much war coverage . |
| 17 | After this , subjects were allocated to treatment with each insulin species ( pyr human insulin ( human Actrapid and Protaphane , Novo Nordisk , Copenhagen , Denmark ) or porcine insulin ( Actrapid and Insulatard , Novo Nordisk ) , for two months in random order . |
| 18 | The Scots were put to flight with heavy casualties , and Berwick surrendered . |
| 19 | THREE milkmen were taken to hospital with serious injuries after their delivery van overturned in Llanelli , Dyfed . |
| 20 | Boxer Brian Johnson , for example , suggested that : ‘ Blacks are conditioned to sport by their slave ancestry … toughness is part of our make-up , it 's been drummed into us . ’ |
| 21 | Continental companies are trying to muscle into the UK market where Hoffman La Roche , the leading Swiss pharmaceuticals group and the world 's biggest vitamin manufacturer , is already well established with its Redoxin range of vitamins . |
| 22 | Will the hon. Gentleman give a categorical assurance that if , unfortunately , the Conservatives are returned to power in a general election , value added tax will not be extended to any of the goods or services upon which it is not already levied ? |
| 23 | But Roxanne loves another and Cyrano nobly agrees to act as the surrogate author of love letters from his comrade in arms , the dumbly handsome Christian de Neuvillette ( Vincent Perez ) until both suitors are called to duty in the war against Spain . |
| 24 | Reaction mixtures were subjected to electrophoresis through polyacrylamide gel under non-denaturing conditions . |
| 25 | However , these latest elections confirmed the existing schism between republics : the ruling communists were rejected in favour of nationalist parties in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia ( as in Slovenia and Croatia in April ) , but in Serbia ( with over 40 per cent of the country 's population ) and Montenegro the communists were returned to power with huge majorities . |
| 26 | The Conservatives were returned to power for the fourth election in a row with 42 per cent or more of the popular vote . |
| 27 | Despite presiding over large-scale unemployment the Conservatives were returned to office by huge majorities . |
| 28 | Some other meetings in 1788 in corporate towns extended beyond local officials but were not open and general ; yet other gatherings were restricted to membership of particular denominations . |
| 29 | Fifty-four Spitfires were delivered to Renfrew with a total of 47 being loaded on board the vessel . |
| 30 | FOUR US marines were laid to rest in Virginia nearly 26 years after they were killed in Vietnam . |