Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst all of the guest rooms are furnished to the highest levels — model rooms were built for every member of staff to comment on and the opening was delayed by several months until things were felt to be completely right — the Amstel 's jewel in the crown is its Royal Suite . |
| 2 | Mohinder Amarnath , the all-rounder who angered the Indian selectors last year by labelling them a ‘ bunch of jokers ’ , has been recalled to the Indian team for the three-nation Sharjah Cup cricket tournament from 12 to 20 October . |
| 3 | Fulham defender Jeff Hopkins has been recalled to the Welsh squad for the World Cup qualifier against The Netherlands as a replacement for Kevin Ratcliffe . |
| 4 | Gill Hill , who has been seeing to the social side of things , organised an outing to the Crystal Palace Reunion for members from Hatfield , Hemel Hempstead , St. Albans and Harpenden , and another to Sadlers Wells Theatre for the ballet enthusiasts . |
| 5 | In our example , x 29 , x 59 and x 97 are basic and so nodes 2 , 5 and 7 are assigned to the second generation and P(2) = P(5) = P(7) = 9 . |
| 6 | x 29 , x 41 , x 59 , x 87 and x 97 , then nodes 4 and 9 are assigned to the first generation and P(4) = P(9) = 1 . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , the results are not always convincing : lyric poetry , for example is labelled as non-fictional even when it includes references to non-existing objects ( such as blue deer in Georg Trakl 's poems ) , while narrative and nonsense poetry are assigned to the fictional domain . |
| 8 | If a clone has also been used as a probe then the program also checks if the probe and clone are assigned to the same contig . |
| 9 | In general , for a node i of the rth generation , we assign any node j ( ) not assigned to generations 1 , … , r , for which or is basic , to generation r + 1 and set P(j) = i This means that all the remaining nodes in our example are assigned to the third generation and P(3) = P(6) = 2 , P(8) = 7 . |
| 10 | Since the Library 's collections are dispersed throughout three buildings , it is necessary to have a more or less continuous programme of transferring stock from one floor to another , and from one building to another , in order to create space for expansion and to ensure that the printed collections are placed to the maximum advantage as far as distribution , access and preservation are concerned . |
| 11 | In acts chapter two and verse thirty two , this Jesus , God raised up again to which we are all witnesses , therefore , having been exulted to the right hand of God , and having receiving from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit , he has poured forth this which you both see and hear . |
| 12 | During negotiations , Newco should try to avoid any general qualification that the warranties are given to the best of the vendors ' knowledge , as this could be interpreted to the effect that a vendor giving a warranty subject to this qualification has relied on the information given to him by management , and again distances the vendor from the risk . |
| 13 | To a background of loud , pumping music prizes are given to the best demonstrators and to the units — groups of demonstrators — who have made the most sales . |
| 14 | Will the Minister make sure that such assurances are given to the hard-working community in Hong Kong ? |
| 15 | Crimes of Tazir are given to the appropriate authority to determine punishment . |
| 16 | At each stage of the Award , a certificate , identity card and badge , are given to the successful junior to testify to his or her achievement . |
| 17 | In the summary table the success rates are given to the nearest five per cent . |
| 18 | Against this background , Conservatives should say : too many prison sentences are given to the wrong people ( eg alcoholics ) ; prison regimes are too often wrong , with prisoners staying inside in relatively soft conditions for relatively long sentences ; too often violent criminals do not get sent to prison as they should ; for young thugs short spells are advocated in glasshouse-type detention centres with a very tough physical regime ( but good food ) ; otherwise there should be a greater emphasis on fines , representing a more humane and economical approach . |
| 19 | The backbone of his campaign was a plea to reject the economic policies of the past 12 years of Republican administrations , which he derisively labelled ‘ trickle-down economics ’ in which tax breaks are given to the wealthy in the hope that the benefits will ‘ trickle down ’ to lower-income groups . |
| 20 | It is to be recommended that full reasons are given to the third party solicitor . |
| 21 | Instead , we are treated to the Gaelic language stuck on the culture of others like Thomas the Tank Engine or pastiche gardening programmes about how to grow runner beans against a breeze block wall ! |
| 22 | He 'd been posted to the Far East in the 1930 's and as a police office , he was captured at the fall of Singapore and imprisoned in the Japanese death camps . |
| 23 | He had been posted to the 11th Field Regiment , Royal Artillery , which was newly arrived in Egypt from Iraq , and was immediately sent to the front . |
| 24 | The fact was that his own heart had grown irresistibly fond of the love of his life , Senora Isabel-Maria Estanguet de Moss , whose husband had just been posted to the Argentinian Embassy in Brussels . |
| 25 | The tilt problems so far have all been traced to the electric control systems . |
| 26 | As a result , the general equilibrium analysis of tax incidence has , for the most part , been limited to the competitive equilibrium framework described in Lecture 7 . |
| 27 | Finally , a monitoring system needs to be put in place to see that the work specified in the contract has been undertaken to the required standard within the agreed financial amount . |
| 28 | And as a result we have been treated to the delightful sight of Princess Diana in a variety of stunning swimming costumes . |
| 29 | It was rebuilt in about 1700 BC , although to a significantly different plan and at a higher level , so that the lower wall-courses of the earlier temple and its west façade are still visible on the west side , now that the site has been excavated to the earlier courtyard level . |
| 30 | The original estimates are joined to the new ones by lines . |