Example sentences of "to [noun prp] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The annual contest from London Bridge to Chelsea was founded in 1716 by the actor Thomas Doggett to commemorate the accession of the Hanovers to the throne . |
| 2 | Perm to Ekaterinburg was completed in 1878 and Ekaterinburg to Tyumen in 1885 . |
| 3 | A branch to Fisherrow was opened in 1834 and those to Dalkeith and Leith in 1838 . |
| 4 | As of Aug. 1 , the debt owed by Russian firms to Lithuania was calculated as 11,000 million roubles , while Lithuanian businesses owed Russia 4,700 million . |
| 5 | Cook 's pioneering excursionists to Scotland were greeted with crowd-lined streets , brass bands and cannon fire because the tourist was still unusual enough to be an entertaining curiosity . |
| 6 | Norfolk 's and Rent 's adherence to Lancaster was motivated by little more than expediency , and when it looked as though he was not going to win after all they defected to Mortimer . |
| 7 | This led to Gibson being seconded in 1928 to work with Michels on the properties of gases at high pressures , and to ICI becoming interested in the chemical effects of high pressures , the theme of Gibson 's work on his return to Winnington in 1931 . |
| 8 | Water supplies to Bristol were threatened in 1990 when the Gloucester Sharpness canal sprang a leak and temporary pipelines had to installed . |
| 9 | The round trip from his home in central London to Hendon and back was about 16 miles ; that to Ruislip was estimated at 26 to 34 miles . |
| 10 | The main incentive to write to Punch is lost on these people . |
| 11 | A return visit to Teesside was planned for 1979 . |
| 12 | Gaynor , 22 , and husband Anthony were heartbroken when their flight to Cyprus was delayed by 24 hours . |
| 13 | For planning purposes , SCOTVEC provision in relation to Europe is divided into two areas : ‘ Information about Europe ’ and ‘ Practical Projects Relating to Europe ’ . |
| 14 | The Musselburgh Bypass and East Approach to Leith were selected for specific debate at The Examination in Public into the Region 's Structure Plan . |
| 15 | Etroplus suratensis is indigenous to Asia being restricted to southern India and the island of Sri Lanka . |
| 16 | The Whitehall documents leaked by Mr Cook show arms embargo-breaking to Saddam was known at ministerial level . |
| 17 | The Central Siberian from Ob to Irkutsk was built between 1893 and 1898 . |
| 18 | On Jan. 12 demonstrations against the sending of German forces to Turkey were attended by hundreds of thousands of protesters in 75 cities and towns . |
| 19 | It can be seen from Table 3.4 that the students returning initial destinations questionnaires to IMS were dominated by those studying computing : six in ten were completing computing Advanced Courses . |
| 20 | The through service to London was interrupted on 10 and 11 September 1940 , by bomb damage outside Croydon , and a shuttle service was provided by Thornton Heath depôt running as far as Norbury Station . |
| 21 | The service from Mitcham to London was shown with this symbol , but so was a service from Tooting Junction to Willesden , over which the Company 's cars had to run ‘ dead ’ to reach Hendon Works , but could not have run in service . |
| 22 | The pickets travelling to Kent were met by unbridled hostility from local people , orchestrated by local newspapers . |
| 23 | Bacterial defence mechanisms to TMP are triggered from two subcellular sources : the chromosomal DNA and the plasmids ( free rings of DNA fragments ) found in the cells . |
| 24 | Perhaps the most interesting character in the play is Emilia , whose marriage to Eustathius is characterized by severe arguments and frequent reconciliations . |
| 25 | And a 7-mile stretch of the eastbound carriageway of the M50 from Ross to Newent was closed for 5 hours until the wreckage was towed away . |