Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This does not mean though that the analogy is unimportant in mobilising habits of deference or in raising individual awareness of the importance that is attached to company loyalty . |
| 32 | Paired activation of the parallel and climbing fibre inputs results in long-term depression of the parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapse , which is thought to be mediated through the mGlu receptor that is coupled to InsP 3 formation ( Box 1 ) . |
| 33 | It is precisely this rewriting of ‘ history ’ as ‘ hystery ’ that is forbidden to woman . |
| 34 | Martin Smith , of Brighton Kemptown , protested : ‘ We want a Labour government , but that does not mean to say that we are going to meekly accept inadequate policies and an economic policy that is doomed to failure . ’ |
| 35 | Find a heart that 's turned to stone — |
| 36 | And shyness is something that 's linked to self-assurance , already mentioned in Chapter Four . |
| 37 | However , any subjective concept of time that was related to consciousness or the ability to perform measurements would come to an end . |
| 38 | He played a part that was made to measure , a scarf-wearing , nose-blowing hypochondriac who Dr Jacques was to put firmly in his place . |
| 39 | United Kingdom confectionery trade is worth two point six billion pounds , billion , and two years ago a figure that really astonished me when I saw it was that the total of all money that was given to development charities in the United Kingdom , including CAFOD , Christian Aid and Oxfam was equal to what Britain spent on one product made in York and that 's KitKat . |
| 40 | All my hon. Friends will remember the reception that was given to Labour 's alternative to the poll tax . |
| 41 | But the caveat that was applied to affection applies even more strongly to status : it only acts as a constraint in settings where criminal activity is generally unfavourably evaluated . |
| 42 | A pet pig that was taken to school could have spread disease through Britain 's pig population , according to health officials . |
| 43 | A pet pig that was taken to school could have spread disease through Britain 's pig population , according to health officials . |
| 44 | The report that was put to committee by the the officers have arguments which I feel are fatuous , fallacious , erroneous and at best equivocal . |
| 45 | She had returned to Benedict 's and been appointed to Casualty after working for six months with the retiring Sister Casualty , five years ago . |
| 46 | The targets of these attacks , beatings , kidnappings and murders have been trade unionists , peasants ( especially those involved in campaigns for land redistribution and resistance to recruitment into civil defence patrols ) and Indians who have given themselves up to the army and been taken to resettlement areas after years of living in hiding in the mountains . |
| 47 | Maureen had returned to the wool shop and told Anne that her customer who knew the O'Neills had said that Kathleen had been injured on her head and shoulder by shrapnel and been taken to hospital in Winwick several miles outside Liverpool . |
| 48 | The Prime Minister and Cabinet are responsible to the Assembly and are appointed to office by the Governor General upon its recommendation . |
| 49 | The Prime Minister and Cabinet are responsible to Parliament and are appointed to office by the Governor-General acting upon its advice . |
| 50 | The Prime Minister ( currently John Compton ) and Cabinet are responsible to Parliament and are appointed to office by the Governor General acting upon its advice . |
| 51 | The Prime Minister ( currently James F. Mitchell ) and Cabinet are responsible to the Assembly and are appointed to office by the Governor General acting upon its advice . |
| 52 | Executive power is exercised by a Prime Minister ( currently Rabbie Namaliu ) and a National Executive Council ( Cabinet ) who are responsible to Parliament and are appointed to office by the Governor General acting upon its advice . |
| 53 | The Prime Minister and Cabinet are responsible to Parliament and are appointed to office by the Governor-General acting upon its advice . |
| 54 | The Prime Minister and Cabinet are responsible to the Assembly and are appointed to office by the Governor-General acting upon its advice . |
| 55 | On arrival in Paris , it 's bienvenue , bourguignon and Beaujolais as Al and Bet explore the streets of naughty Pigalle , les grand cosmopolitan boulevards and are forced to practice their ‘ French ’ on cheeky garçons ! |
| 56 | The rest of mankind and womankind also admire the physical attractions of those maidens and are roused to enthusiasm by their perfect dancing . |
| 57 | Presumably , this is what moths are doing when they fly into a candle and are burnt to death . |
| 58 | For this they become ‘ vade mecums ’ , and are carried to table , ride , picnic , walk , everywhere . |
| 59 | ‘ Well — we can stay here till the panic 's over , or we can go out and be trampled to death , ’ I said , pretending to misunderstand him . |
| 60 | Equally , you can not read about its history and be moved to sympathy by those revelations . |