Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has three times had problems with his guards , putting back his release at least 45 days to May 1995 , after being sentenced to six years in 1991 for raping 19-year-old beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington . |
| 2 | The men had only been out of jail for about two years after being sentenced to 10 years for firearms offences and plotting to kidnap an Eton schoolboy and hold him to ransom , but the judge said he accepted the men had both paid the price for these crimes and sentenced them to 4 years in prison . |
| 3 | AFTER BEING RELEGATED TO FOURTH , SONY TRIES HARDER IN WORKSTATIONS |
| 4 | Editor , — After being transferred to human insulin a number of patients have complained that they do not recognise hypoglycaemia as clearly as they used to with animal insulin . |
| 5 | After being promoted to Sergeant-Major , Cottle was summoned before a board to see if he were officer material . |
| 6 | It will take a peak performance in the field at Ormeau tonight to preserve their unbeaten record after being restricted to 109 for nine by North . |
| 7 | After being restricted to 66 for six by Woodham Comprehensive from Newton Aycliffe St Francis Xavier School Richmond , were indebted to James Broadwith ( 47 ) and Mark Baxter ( 3–13 ) as they won by eight runs . |
| 8 | After being reduced to 10 men and then going behind , Liverpool seemed to be staring defeat squarely in the face . |
| 9 | The Rheidol line offers some of the most spectacular scenery available on Welsh railways and , as far as railway enthusiasts are concerned , the line still has much to offer even though it is still recovering after being reduced to virtual siding status in the last year 's of British Rail management . |
| 10 | Again the Cobblers held them to a goalless draw after being reduced to ten men , but this time it was not through injury : half-back Manning was sent off after twenty-five minutes for tripping Forest 's West from behind . |
| 11 | As for Newry , they are a much better side than last season , and they get credit for refusing to buckle after being reduced to ten men at 2–1 down in the 54th minute . |
| 12 | In Filliter v. Phippard the word ‘ accidentally ’ was interpreted restrictively so as to cover only ‘ a fire produced by mere chance or incapable of being traced to any cause . ’ |
| 13 | They also worked shorter hours , had more chance of being promoted to supervisory and managerial positions , and they were more likely to be given fringe benefits such as membership of a pension scheme . |
| 14 | He was reluctant to take the post for two reasons : he felt that the salary was not high enough , and he did not like the idea of being confined to one place even for six months of the year . |
| 15 | We have been left so much to our own devices — after a while one welcomes the uncertainty of being left to other people 's . |
| 16 | Seventeen year old Ritu Vasudeva spoke of how her family sheltered in their house for a month for fear of being taken to one of Saddam 's guest hotels , then they had to forge exit papers to enable them to escape . |
| 17 | The erm what we 've not erm what has not been er challenged is the argument that it is a good thing for North Yorkshire and for the region and for the United Kingdom and possibly for the European Union , that footloose inward investment , sorry footloose investment , of erm strategic importance should erm be capable of being attracted to this county . |
| 18 | Further , Hayek argues that constructivist rationalists are guilty of ‘ the synoptic delusion ’ ; that is , the belief that all relevant social facts are capable of being known to some one mind , and that it is possible to construct from this knowledge of the particulars a desirable social order . |
| 19 | The Behringer studio noise gate can be likened to a surgeon 's scalpel ; it 's a shining , finely-honed blade of a rack unit , innocent enough in the hands of the unwary , but capable of being used to lethal effect . |
| 20 | Polyethylene terephthalate is , it could be argued , the ideal bottle-making material — immensely strong , very light in weight , with glass-like clarity and excellent gas barrier properties , pure and inert , capable of being produced to any desired shape and in any colour . |
| 21 | ‘ Sadly , after eight years of being married to each other , they just grew apart . |
| 22 | Each year , a number of employees suffer the galling experience of being subjected to disciplinary proceedings for misconduct which they deny having committed . |
| 23 | We asked if she was getting tired of being subjected to all these questions , and she said that she had a few more minutes before she had to go and meet Jack and Rod for lunch . |
| 24 | 8.7 It is anticipated on the basis of past experience that employees will in some respect ‘ self-select ’ for external counselling as a reaction to extreme personal stress sustained as a result of being subjected to severe violence or aggressive behaviour . |
| 25 | He was fair , snub-nosed and freckled ; she was dark , her hair lank and straight and despite being exposed to all weathers her skin was pale . |
| 26 | Thus a type II supernova occurring at the centre of our Galaxy is expected to produce a strain under the assumption that a mass of is converted to gravitational radiation . |
| 27 | So far so good , but is like being compared to like ? |
| 28 | The task of seeing that the Act is complied with is given to local weights and measures authorities , i. e. local trading standards or consumer protection departments . |
| 29 | So all the thirty two 's have got ta be changed to thirty fives . |
| 30 | The official statistics reveal only a relatively small amount of such violence , yet most women are sufficiently convinced of its prevalence to organize their lives quite carefully in order to protect themselves from being exposed to such violence . |