Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gas prices in the Netherlands are linked to the price of heating oil and have fallen due to the generally over-supplied nature of the oil products market . |
| 2 | ‘ Will Mr Trumper be coming to the market , miss ? ’ |
| 3 | How far Marx and Engels were wedded to the idea is not clear and Engels did note that this sequence did not apply to the New World . |
| 4 | The earldoms granted by Edward III in 1337 were all granted in tail male , and in the course of the century the earldoms of Oxford , Warwick , Arundel and Surrey were surrendered to the king and regranted in tail male . |
| 5 | In the following year Malta and Constantinople were added to the number . |
| 6 | When Bonnie Prince Charlie left after a brief visit during his march on England in 1745 , the Earl of Traquair vowed that the resplendent Bear Gates ( the ‘ Steekit Yetts ’ ) should not be opened again until the Stuarts were restored to the throne . |
| 7 | LASMO is committed to the welfare of its employees , the protection of the environment in which it operates and to making an active contribution to the local communities where the Group 's operations are located . |
| 8 | Dr Barnardo 's benefited to the tune of £260 recently after Torness clerical assistant Murray Brunton , Peter Cotton from Information Systems and Ian Kilpatrick from Ops , walked through Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms . |
| 9 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 10 | The 13″ module will be available for shipment from this summer , and NEC is looking to the development of larger screen modules , between 15″ and 21″ . |
| 11 | In 1963 Earp returned to England , Lawrie was transferred to the North Lowlands Unit and Johnstone became the District Geologist for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 12 | Dr. Goldsmith did n't want to certify the man at first , but later relented , and Sabey was sent to the asylum . |
| 13 | However , things began to take a downward turn in 1923/4 ; and Young Buffalo was taking to the firewater . |
| 14 | Kathleen was called to the phone and discovered her mother crying and laughing all at once , with all the family , it seemed , lined up behind her waiting to talk . |
| 15 | Leule Selase Tamamum was appointed to the Cabinet , but it was unclear what portfolio he was to hold . |
| 16 | When the raids died down after May 1941 Scott was moved to the Ministry of Home Security , first as deputy ( 1941–2 ) and then as permanent secretary ( 1942–3 ) . |
| 17 | When the human teacher of the chimpanzee Nim Chimsky could no longer afford to continue his researches , Nim was returned to the community of zoo chimpanzees from which he had originally come . |
| 18 | Donald P. Brennan was appointed to the Board on 22 May 1991 and to the board of Waterford Wedgwood U.K. plc on 14 June 1991 . |
| 19 | Sales agent Lindsay Wright was driving to the village supermarket with his wife Sally and sons Daniel , 10 , and Thomas , 7 , when he spotted the thief roaring away from the jeweller 's shop . |
| 20 | Whilst Hennessy was talking to the soldier outside , Donaldson found a light switch for three unshaded bulbs high in the rafters . |
| 21 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |
| 22 | Toby was referring to the clause which was usually written into contracts between golfers and the manufacturer who supplies their equipment . |
| 23 | On 7 April Irwin was writing to the Secretary of State that the Mahatma 's health was poor and that his horoscope had predicted he would die that year , which would be , he said , ‘ a very happy solution ’ . |
| 24 | In June 1917 Maitland was appointed to the DSO for ‘ extremely valuable and gallant work in connection with airships and parachutes ’ . |
| 25 | The debt problem was solved by someone he hardly knew paying his debt and Seawright was elected to the Assembly where he turned out to be a thorn in the DUP 's flesh . |
| 26 | Mr George Daszczuk was pinned to the ground and mauled for 15 minutes as he was set upon by the two dogs , which had chewed their way through the wooden door of a garage they were guarding . |
| 27 | A major disaster occurred in the next month , when the Crystal Palace was burned to the ground on the night of 5 December , when over 500 firemen were required . |
| 28 | Mr Samson was taken to the Duchess of Kent military hospital in Catterick , where doctors discovered he had internal bleeding . |
| 29 | Mrs Fellows was referred to the physiotherapist for teaching and practice of leg exercises before the operation . |
| 30 | Mrs Fellows was admitted to the ward the day before her planned surgery . |