Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun pl] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To teachers , it is of particular interest not only because it provides a model which might be applied with modifications to discourse in general , but also because the discourse type it chose to analyse was school lessons . |
| 2 | Arab traders exploited the winds of the Indian Ocean to knit together the Persian Gulf , the coast of east Africa and the Malabar coast of south India , where goods could be transferred from dhows to junks bound for Canton . |
| 3 | This will not always be used as visits to departments or ward rounds may form part of the programme . |
| 4 | Formal risk assessment and evaluation methods should be used as aids to judgement , not as substitutes for it . |
| 5 | The order to use Saddam 's cash was made by the UN Security Council which insisted it should also be used for reparations to Kuwait . |
| 6 | The cash will be used for trips to Hungary in the future and for further medical treatment . |
| 7 | Integrated packages tend to be bought by newcomers to computing who want to carry out some basic tasks . |
| 8 | He also revealed that , as a gesture of goodwill , the annual " Team Spirit " military exercises between South Korea and the USA would be reduced in size and duration and would be accompanied by invitations to North Korea , China and the Soviet Union to send military observers . |
| 9 | Put simply , rules of interpretation are to be found in answers to questions such as ‘ What is going on ? ’ or ‘ What does this mean ? ’ , whilst prescriptive rules are to be found through asking ‘ What should one do ? ’ |
| 10 | It would be paid for services to outsiders at negotiated prices . |
| 11 | As these books are supposed to be read by adults to children , I do n't think it matters that some of the jokes are probably lost on four year olds . |
| 12 | Their third LP Mush has spent ‘ 80 per cent of the time since its release in the indie Top 20 ’ , and the Arts Centre date is their last appearance in the UK before a 46-date tour of Europe which will be following by excursions to Japan and the U.S. |
| 13 | On April 26 , 1990 , the government confirmed that the Condor II long-range missile project would be suspended following objections to production in September 1988 from the USA and other countries [ see p. 36614 ] . |
| 14 | But if so , we are entitled to ask what sense , if any , can be attached to claims to knowledge about one 's own " private " mental states ? |