Example sentences of "and be [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , however , it has suffered a fate common to most of Darlington 's fountains , and been relegated to a forgotten corner . |
| 2 | Radiation readings are taken every hour at each station and are transmitted to a central computer which analyses the data . |
| 3 | All rotation rates have been corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion , and are referred to a best fit for rotation rate and its first derivative made over 400 days immediately preceding the glitch . |
| 4 | While sleeping at night we fast and are exposed to a quiet , dark environment . |
| 5 | 4.20 Where clients are thought to be or are known to be a risk or danger to themselves , other clients or other people and are admitted to a residential or day care facility , their progress must be explicitly monitored by the officer in charge who should keep the line manager informed . |
| 6 | Cover and simmer until the berries have ‘ popped ’ and are reduced to a juicy pulp — you may need to add a couple of tablespoons of water . |
| 7 | Sometimes when my mother told me how fortunate I was , how lucky to live in a nice house and be engaged to a good man , I felt like a fish in a gilded cage . |
| 8 | Dr Alastair McLeish , the branch secretary of the ULA , said the one-day strike at the school would go ahead tomorrow and be escalated to a three-day strike next week . |
| 9 | Passengers must also be selected at random and be subjected to a complete baggage check . |
| 10 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |
| 11 | We were ushered into the boardroom at the back of the building and were treated to a few welcoming remarks from Derek Jefferson , in his familiar , cheerful and very effective style . |
| 12 | Around 50 retired employees attended the party and were treated to a three course dinner served up by committee volunteers . |
| 13 | The liquid emptying plots were all straight lines and were fitted to a single exponential function by an iterative least squares method . |
| 14 | They had sold their farm to the Mali Government and were travelling to a new life in France . |
| 15 | The soldiers , carrying pistols and M-16 rifles , got into a pickup truck outside the hotel and were taken to a Salvadorean military installation . |
| 16 | Then it 's a night on the town watching Cats ( the musical , that is ! ) and being treated to a slap-up dinner at the Players Theatre . |
| 17 | Imagine using your mouse to press a button labelled Mozart and being treated to a near CD quality reproduction of ‘ Eine kleine Nachtmusik ’ whilst looking at , for example , the score or maybe watching a digital tour of Strasbourg . |
| 18 | They have failed to score in their last three matches , all at home , losing two in the League and being held to a 0-0 draw in the Cup . |
| 19 | Now she was on her way to see a second cousin , who had the double misfortune of being a cripple and being married to a horrible man . |
| 20 | Today it remains rare and is confined to a limited area . |
| 21 | The most important words there are " per se " : for a person can legitimately prevent competition indirectly if the restraint is reasonable and is attached to a proper interest which merits protection . |
| 22 | Erm next I propose as a , er , resolution four which is a special resolution and s set out in the notice of the meeting and is to modify to a limited extent , the obligations relating to the allotment of shares for cash contained in section eighty nine of the Companies Act . |
| 23 | Where the complaint is of shoddy work , the solicitor 's file is called for and is passed to an experienced report writer for detailed comment . |
| 24 | ( West Greek cities oscillate between prosperity and obliteration , justifying all Pindar 's insistence on the mobility of fortune : Olympian xii is his frankest hymn to Fortune , Tyche , and is addressed to a Sicilian victor , Ergoteles of Himera . ) |
| 25 | He commanded a hired merchantman in the summer of 1650 , serving under his brother , and was appointed to a fourth-rate warship for the following winter guard . |
| 26 | Meanwhile he continued also to operate as a moneylender , advancing large sums on bond during these same decades , and was appointed to a royal commission on the cloth trade in the late 1630s . |
| 27 | I travelled to the plant to collect the guitar and was treated to a comprehensive tour of what I can confirm as an impressive facility of skilled and committed people in every department . |
| 28 | But he appeared at the Old Bailey for an earlier trespass at Buckingham Palace , during which he had drunk some wine in the office of the Prince of Wales ' private secretary , and was sent to a secure hospital in Liverpool . |
| 29 | He was a foundation scholar at King Edward 's School , Birmingham , and was elected to a classical exhibition at New College , Oxford , in 1896 . |
| 30 | He clashed with his superior and was moved to a different section , and after a series of complaints about his behaviour he was sent back to England at the request of the ambassador at the beginning of May 1951 . |