Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This arrangement gives tremendous rhythmical force and point to full chords of this kind on the wind and brass , especially when chords of three notes are given to each string group ( except of course , the double basses ) . |
| 2 | The port 's operations are subsidized to some extent by the local authorities but in the main the port is financed by port dues and this had led to a demand that any port land released for development should yield significant port use in order to generate revenue . |
| 3 | Because people like to think that culture is different from other commercially produced goods ( ‘ art ’ embodies individual expression ) , standardized methods and forms are masked to some extent by a show of artisan craftsmanship and by ‘ pseudo-individualized ’ effects . |
| 4 | There are three conclusions drawn from these arguments , all to some extent encapsulated in the 1958 Education Reform Bill , though it is not altogether clear how the proposals are related to each other . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it may well be that such birds are conditioned to this colour and it has been shown that nectar quality can overcome colour prejudice . |
| 6 | Now , I think we all appreciate that the Liberal and Labour groups are working to another agenda . |
| 7 | As EMS currencies are pegged to each other and account for a big part of each other 's baskets , the stability of the trade-weighted values of the French franc and the D-mark compared with the dollar and the yen is no surprise . |
| 8 | Its parties are bonded to each other for this purpose , choosing as they will how to express the contract . |
| 9 | whether or not the child 's words are addressed to another person ; |
| 10 | Those characteristics were known to that keeper or were at any time known to a person who at that time had charge of the animal as that keeper 's servant or , where that keeper is the head of a household , were known to another keeper of the animal who is a member of that household and under the age of sixteen . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Apparently , the offices were sold to another company … |
| 12 | To prevent a rerun of problems encountered on ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , two Designers were allocated to this serial to even out its massive effects and sets workload . |
| 13 | All the major parties were committed to some extent to discredited policies and persons . |
| 14 | Dining cars were attached to each train . |
| 15 | The camera was placed at 1.0m from a masked wall , and subjects were fixed to this wall in the case of cards , immediately in front of it for plants . |
| 16 | Questionnaires were delivered to each establishment in the week before census night by members of the University of Leicester departments undertaking the survey , who explained the questionnaire to a senior staff member . |
| 17 | The full text of the letter from Mr Popham to his clients is attached to this news release , together with a covering letter from Dr Neil Caldwell , Director of CPRW . |
| 18 | Visitors are drawn to that city on the Adriatic by the mosaics depicting the Emperor Justinian and his notorious wife , Theodora . |
| 19 | Will he bear in mind the fact that many eastern European countries are looking to this country as a possible dumping ground and they produce their goods with wages of about 20p an hour ? |
| 20 | The bones are bound to each other by tough , flexible ligaments and are articulated at the joints by muscles . |
| 21 | The bones are bound to each other by tough , flexible ligaments and are articulated at the joints by muscles . |
| 22 | Telephone and fax lines are supplied to each berth , along with water and electricity , and on shore there are toilets and showers , a launderette and a 20-ton hoist . |
| 23 | There are men and women , black and white , in Rhodesia whose lives are committed to that aim . |
| 24 | The simplification of criminal procedure also may have discouraged false cases because defendants were put to less inconvenience when the charge had little or no evidence to substantiate it . |
| 25 | Bowlers & brollies were added to this outfit — and in out-of-synch areas far from London , kids wore mixtures of suedehead hair , check shirts , Sta-Prests , boots , bowlers & brollies . |
| 26 | Certificates were presented to each member of staff and a crate of wine was cracked open so they could celebrate . |
| 27 | Roads from many directions were attracted to this point . |
| 28 | Departments ' ethernets are linked to this backbone through electronic networking switches ( routers ) . |
| 29 | Because the atoms have spin they behave like tiny magnets and the two species of atoms are attracted to each other to form so-called van der Waals molecules . |
| 30 | Moreover , it is one of the founding presuppositions of sociology , one might say of social science more generally , that individuals are related to each other rather than isolated . |