Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not uncommon for women to have children by several different fathers and men may often be loosely attached to a number of households at the same time . |
| 2 | There are a number of men only too anxious to buy themselves a knighthood who might be most attracted to a project that catches the public sympathy . ’ |
| 3 | Whatever its precise terms an exclusion clause designed to operate on a national basis can not be justly applied to a party active in only one part of the country and putting up no candidates elsewhere . |
| 4 | Family cases should be only referred to a solicitor where detailed advice and negotiation about the arrangements to be made for financial provision and for the children were needed ; other civil cases should only be referred once it was clear that court proceedings should be initiated . |
| 5 | The improvement may well be largely related to an increase in volume leading to an increase in blood volume in the lungs — an effect shown by transthoracic impedance techniques . |
| 6 | He lost or failed to be finally appointed to a position in Trinity . |
| 7 | However , while the Architecture-Neutral Format is unlikely to appear on the market this year , Goldstein says that the Foundation plans to hold a conference on the technology at the end of the year , to find out which companies are interested in bringing the stuff to market and how it can be best introduced to an industry audience already blinded by science . |
| 8 | However , whilst ANDF is unlikely to appear in the market this year , Goldstein says OSF plans a conference on the technology for the end of the year to find out which companies are interested in running the stuff to market and how it can be best introduced to an industry audience already blinded by science . |
| 9 | As a general guidelines , if you 're an adult of five foot to five foot three you will probably be best suited to a horse 15hh–15.2hh . |
| 10 | He expects that sacked workers will occupy their factory , sooner or later , ‘ so that this farce , orchestrated from the United States , will be quickly brought to an end . ’ |
| 11 | Under no circumstances should a bounced cheque be ever returned to a customer . |
| 12 | Further on , the reality is that the UPF can not be more committed to a franc fort policy than the socialists ; and if the test comes there is a clear risk that the new government will not speak with one voice . |
| 13 | While magazines celebrate the return of hollywood glamour , with glossy pages dedicated to the super model who is immaculately coiffed and beautifully in control , you may feel your hair would be more suited to a bit part in a disaster movie ! |
| 14 | The observations which we shall make can be directly linked to an account of the overall possibilities of English grammatical structure ; by this we do not mean to speak of the paradigmatic relationships between different clauses , but of the syntagmatic relations which construct the clause itself . |
| 15 | Empirical investigation using UK Department of Industry 1 km square data overlaid on polygon boundaries of north-west England employment office areas revealed that only 60 per cent of the points in the industry database could be positively assigned to an employment office area by being within a polygon and away from the boundary by a distance greater than epsilon . |
| 16 | He used to take this affair round various conferences and demonstrate to all and sundry that the crystal could be repeatedly bent to a strain of 2 per cent which is equivalent to a stress of about 600,000 p.s.i . |
| 17 | Nuclear microscopy uses a focused MeV ion beam ( for example , 3MeV protons ) and employs a group of analytical techniques that can be simultaneously applied to a sample . |
| 18 | In fact , it is quite hard to think of a dream-image which can not in some way be ingeniously linked to an aspect of the dreamer 's sex-life , lack of it , or attitudes towards it . |
| 19 | The most common is for the rent to be periodically revised to a figure agreed between the parties , with procedure for determination by a third party if the landlord and tenant fail to agree . |
| 20 | They thus tend to be solely related to a company and its products , and remain unpublished as their content is only of interest to their direct users and competitors . |
| 21 | Customers can call Firstdirect at any time of the day or night at local call rates and be immediately connected to a banking representative who will carry out instructions on the computer . |
| 22 | It is not a programming language though it can be readily converted to a computer program , because it is a strict and logical form of English and the constructs reflect structured programming . |
| 23 | Though recent instruments like the new SZ zoom stereos are designed to be readily fitted to a range of different equipment there has been increasing demand in recent years for custom equipment and his has led to customer specific modular configurations for individual projects . |
| 24 | For each episode there is the choice of three different lesson plans which enable Mystery Tour to be readily adapted to a variety of different teaching situations . |
| 25 | In constructing a scheme of work then the selection of content must be closely related to a judgement on the depth of coverage to be attempted . |
| 26 | In Venice the corruption was said to be principally related to an understanding between local sections of the PSI and the DC , and to have involved the payment of bribes by businessmen for the award of public contracts in motorway construction and waterworks projects . |
| 27 | After this , he could be hastily driven to a music lesson , followed by a painting or a dancing lesson . |
| 28 | She did n't think she was ever going to be completely converted to a country girl . |