Example sentences of "be [verb] to [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , for any group of items which are intended to measure the same aspect of linguistic functioning , there will be a range of scores for children of a similar age ( see Figure 8.1 ) . |
| 2 | In those who have been exposed to infection the entire penis is scrubbed with liquid soap and water for several minutes , and then washed with mercuric perchloride lotion 1:2000 . |
| 3 | A lot of importance should be attached to looking at what sources of information are needed to measure the social and economic performance of the development agencies . |
| 4 | What new sources of information are needed to measure the social and economic performance of the development agencies ? |
| 5 | NORTH Armagh Car Club and their consistent backers , Burmah Oil , are continuing to buck the current trend . |
| 6 | When such monuments are reduced to ruins the surviving remains may appear a meaningless mixture of motifs borrowed from too many sources . |
| 7 | Different indices represent the ingenuity with which the theoretical constructs can be made to produce satisfactory elaborations that result in different indices and , equally important , the extent to which different indices can , plausibly , be said to measure the same concept . |
| 8 | This type of book may be said to ante-date the classical detective story , which we have called the template or original of most crime fiction . |
| 9 | Any system that measures direct current or potential difference can be adapted to measure the corresponding alternating quantity by inserting a rectifying circuit in front of it . |
| 10 | ‘ Had the centre not been there to keep an eye on me , I would have probably been admitted to hospital the previous week and kept in . ’ |
| 11 | We were to drive to Paris the long way , via cups of steaming chocolat on the quayside in Honfleur and a saucisson and baguette picnic on the back seat outside the Palace of Versailles : some motorway , some back roads , some Routes Nationales and then the Peripherique and Paris . |
| 12 | Aircraft Specialties had procured both B–17Gs for $55,000 from Lloyd Aero Bolivianos in December 1968 and they were flown to Hawaii the following month . |
| 13 | Analysis of variance and the Newman-Keuls procedure were applied to measure the statistical significance of means from different diagnostic categories . |
| 14 | Attempts were made to measure the relative contribution to the overall metabolism of mucosa , lamina propria , and muscularis layers . |
| 15 | Under Alexander III up to the 1905 revolution , particular efforts were made to Russify the European peoples of the empire , to stretch , in Seton-Watson 's evocative phrase , ‘ the short , tight skin of the nation over the gigantic body of the empire ’ . |
| 16 | Today they were going to replaster the whole house : floors , ceilings , walls — inside and out . |
| 17 | we were talking to Ted the other day |
| 18 | Garrisons were established to police the conquered area and to act as islands of English authority , attempts being made to keep the soldiery under some discipline . |
| 19 | Do they do this purposely cos that man 's just been sent to prison the same thing is n't it ? |
| 20 | ( Householder 's formula relates to the more general case where a matrix of rank unc is added to A. The additional , modifying , matrix may be written CRT with C of order ( n × p ) and RT of order ( p × n ) . |
| 21 | Fundamentalism , then , is a simple expression of a faith which is said to enshrine the sacred tenets of a belief-structure . |
| 22 | Milton is paying to Eden the highest compliment in his power . |
| 23 | At a time the stress is reduced to times the original value and this characteristic time is known as the relaxation time τ . |
| 24 | Since Alice had long since been betrothed to Richard the studied vagueness of the phrase " to whichever of his sons married her " suggests that Henry may have been toying with the idea of marrying her not to Richard but to John . |
| 25 | The final one required to complete his tour was given to Dan the next day , on June 25 , 1944 . |
| 26 | As he was picked to second the Loyal Address today , I think that he can confidently look forward after the next general election to a leading position on the Opposition Front Bench . |
| 27 | But er I was saying to Mrs the other day , asked about Scott what the heck ! |
| 28 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 29 | . Oh no , as I was saying to Reed the other day , er Reed has joined our class by the way . |
| 30 | I was saying to Pauline the other day , there 's some people you grow old with , willy-nilly , without noticing it — not that we are n't all wearing pretty well . ’ |