Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [am/are] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policies are starting to work , as we 've already heard from Councillor . |
| 2 | The returns are related to performance , but that is not surprising these days . |
| 3 | The entities are subjected to selection of sorting over many " generations " in succession . |
| 4 | He recorded again a short time later : The overseers are harassed to death and summoned everyday before a justice , this will never do … |
| 5 | Surveyors , accountants and actuaries making valuations are often resolving disputes , but the disputes are limited to valuation issues . |
| 6 | If a linear programming problem is modified so that the variables are restricted to integer values , the result is called an integer linear programming problem ( ILP ) . |
| 7 | Will the hon. Gentleman give a categorical assurance that if , unfortunately , the Conservatives are returned to power in a general election , value added tax will not be extended to any of the goods or services upon which it is not already levied ? |
| 8 | In the pub cellar the kegs are connected to gas cylinders and the gas pushes the chilled beer to the bar . |
| 9 | Right , at the last Committee , it was suggested that the figures be presented to Committee on a town by town basis , I E not the wider travel to work areas , the reason being that the travel to work areas are , are quite large and sometimes mask differences in rates of unemployment between different settlements . |
| 10 | Or : ‘ The Porringers are coming to lunch on Sunday . ’ |
| 11 | This is the same principle employed by ripeners in large warehouses where the bananas are subjected to ethylene , pressure and warmth to compress the normally five week process to around five days . |
| 12 | The basic system — the arms are cut to length to match the ( narrowest ) width of the pool , and have holes on opposite sides which release the water causing the whole unit to rotate . |
| 13 | Do you know where the girls are going to sleep yet ? |
| 14 | The issues are limited to interpretation of the words of the expert clause or other relevant parts of the original contract , or the interpretation of terms of reference or other agreed procedure . |
| 15 | I get very impatient when I hear arguments about whether the whales are going to extinction , with the implication that , if you say ‘ no , they are n't ’ , then to hell with them . |
| 16 | It is only at the end of a session when creativity is exhausted that the results are subjected to criticism and appraisal and an attempt is made to analyse what has been suggested . |
| 17 | Their detentions had been widely criticized , and lawyers had threatened a boycott of the courts in support of demands by the Lagos High Court that the men be brought to court and that their trial be held in the city rather than in a remote location . |
| 18 | With DITRA matting , laying floor tiles is quick and simple , because once the sheets are cut to size and laid , the floor tile adhesive can be applied immediately , allowing the tiles to be fixed at the same time . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose it 's a little bizarre but the children are tickled to death with the cards , ’ she added . |
| 20 | The problem has been how to get get it out of the labs and into the industry , and ‘ I ca n't tell what 's going to happen when the horses are led to water , ’ admits Goldstein . |
| 21 | The problem has been how to get get it out of the labs and into the industry , and ‘ I ca n't tell what 's going to happen when the horses are lead to water , ’ admits Goldstein . |
| 22 | Many of these seemingly contradictory properties of the agents are related to dose . |
| 23 | Even if the replays are restricted to goal incidents . |
| 24 | We have to do some pre-planning with those people , so that they know what their jobs are , how the systems are going to work , what the priorities are . |
| 25 | Indeed , Welsh councils are also unhappy about the fact that the Government have invented a new tax but that the councils are expected to foot part of the bill for its implementation from their existing resources . |