Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ten per cent addition assumed by the Eighth Schedule was , as in the 1947 Act , measured by the external cube , but it has since been modified to the smaller of cube or internal floor space , and only relates now to buildings in existence on 1 July 1948 . |
| 2 | The correction for inflation has only been applied to the final sum . |
| 3 | Guinness has long been exported to the Caribbean and Latin America and is now supplied through licensed and contract brewing agreements and some direct exports . |
| 4 | The tilt problems so far have all been traced to the electric control systems . |
| 5 | The bacon and the cheese had all been transferred to the room-sized storage refrigerator behind the shop , and while her husband was out of the way Rennie Hamilton loaded all the groceries into the canvas bag and did a quick addition on the list and noted the amount on the end of the growing column in the credit book . |
| 6 | An official statement said that the functions of the departments of public works , labour and employment , local government , environment and natural resources , tourism , science and technology and social services had all been transferred to the Autonomous Regional Government . |
| 7 | The comfortable bedrooms have all been decorated to the highest standards , and all have a telephone and radio ; most also have a television and minibar , and some are air-conditioned . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been financially solvent for the last five years , and the surplus has all been allocated to the new production of The Count of Luxembourg . |
| 9 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
| 10 | It was announced on Sept. 1 that the Albanian lek would henceforth be linked to the European currency unit at an initial rate of ECU1=30 leks ( US$1.00=25 leks ) . |
| 11 | But there are things you would be ashamed to tell even your doctor , things so vile they can only be confessed to the lowest , most contemptible functionaries of all . |
| 12 | As this inflow increases — a population movement which can only be compared to the millennial westward movement of peoples to Europe which ended with the defeat of the Mongols — a final answer will be given to our absorbing little debate about European identity . |
| 13 | If the target is eventually sold for a profit , the benefit of the realised reserves can only be transferred to the original purchaser ( by dividend ) if the IHC has adequate distributable resources . |
| 14 | Action : Updates may only be made to the latest approved baseline for the specified root package — the discrepancy must be resolved manually |
| 15 | If marker chromosomes are used , scoring can be simplified since the expected to the observed grain counts need only be related to the total percentage length of the markers within the genome . |
| 16 | Quite why some of the leading golfers in the world started to behave like 18 handicap amateurs can only be attributed to the special pressures which the Ryder Cup produces . |
| 17 | If , as I think , significance should only be attached to the clear statements made by a minister or other promoter of the Bill , the difficulty of knowing what weight to attach to such statements is not overwhelming . |
| 18 | ( Civil cases in Singapore could only be taken to the Privy Council in London if both parties agreed in advance of hearings at the Court of Appeals . ) |
| 19 | This was a police matter , and such information should only be divulged to the legal teams , and possibly to the families , she said . |
| 20 | Some information may only be released to the preferred bidder after phase III . |
| 21 | For example , the probable universal existence of tag-questions ( under a functional definition ) can perhaps be related to the universal operation of rules of turn-taking that allow as one option the ending of current speaker 's turn by a selection of a next speaker . |
| 22 | On the other hand , Colonel Haldane did not succeed in winning the vote of the burgh of Inverkeithing itself , a failure which may perhaps be linked to the lasting hostility of the burgesses occasioned by his own quick temper two years earlier , for in 1752 he had given Provost John Cunningham a black eye when he had encountered the chief magistrate on the steps of the tolbooth , an error of judgement which served to undo much of the Haldane party 's work in that town , and indeed ran the colonel some risk of being mobbed . |
| 23 | ‘ And if you 're worried about the taxpayer , should n't you perhaps be attending to the urgent little matter your sergeant told you about ? ’ |
| 24 | As of February 1991 it was only being fitted to the 4,000 MW Drax station in Yorkshire , although applications to fit FGD equipment to two other stations had been presented by PowerGen . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the library services are then not only being promoted to the wider community but also genuinely reflecting and recognising that Britain is a multiracial society ’ ( * ) . |
| 26 | Unfortunately this only proves that the total costed each month to the various cost centres is correct , but does not overcome the problem of invoices or other documentation inadvertently being costed to the wrong project . |
| 27 | Sibylle herself was only eight when Hitler came to power , and so was exposed to the intrusive influences of the Nazi state during her most formative years . |
| 28 | Reference has already been made to the two former colleges of education within the Principality . |
| 29 | Reference has already been made to the alarming evidence obtained by United Nations investigators in Iraq . |
| 30 | Reference has already been made to the heavy penalties imposed for waste , assart and purpresture , and in respect of agistment , escapes and the lawing of dogs . |