Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AT THE end of Mass , when the children had been dismissed to their schooling with Brother Paul , and only the choir monks were left as awed witnesses , Abbot Radulfus offered a brief and practical prayer for divine guidance , and approached Saint Winifred 's altar . |
| 2 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 3 | The girls are placed to their mother 's left against the background of the enclosed garden , the boys to their father 's right . |
| 4 | Being only two miles away , their success has meant that many fair-weather ‘ Stiffs ’ supporters have been attracted to their games and in consequence our gate receipts have suffered . |
| 5 | A total of 45 soldiers and two officers of the elite Atlacatl battalion had been confined to their barracks during the investigation . |
| 6 | This has a twin aim of befriending and loving those who are confined to their home all day every day . |
| 7 | Clearly the blind , the deaf and the crippled can not be expected to make do with ordinary educational provision but require specially adapted teaching methods , and in some cases peripatetic teachers if they are confined to their beds at home . |
| 8 | We pray for those who are confined to their homes for long periods . |
| 9 | Most prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods of time . |
| 10 | There were a few startled shrieks , but for the most part the patrons seemed to be enjoying the sudden element of adventure that had been added to their evening . |
| 11 | In rural areas the poor , many of whom are agricultural workers , are harnessed to their jobs through their housing , under the system of tied cottages . |
| 12 | The plaintiffs failed to recover as no tangible injury had been done to their property — no apparatus had been damaged . |
| 13 | Yet nothing of this sophistication has been transmitted to their flock . |
| 14 | Additionally young people 's ideas about parenthood and family life are related to their decisions about education , careers , and heterosexual relations to evaluate theoretical approaches to adolescent development and especially to question whether the establishment of an identity separate from parents and family is necessarily a key issue for young people . |
| 15 | The activities of these components depend on their symmetries just as the activities of internal vibrations of the molecules are related to their symmetries ( see Section 5.7 ) . |
| 16 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 17 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 18 | This process , by which inflected forms are related to their root forms , is known as lemmatisation . |
| 19 | For the monastic reformers Odilo of Cluny and Richard of St Vanne were renowned for their consolidation of monastic demesnes , their determination to ensure that what had once been granted to their houses should remain their inalienable property . |
| 20 | The family has been offered £6 worth of vouchers by the company , but say they wo n't be happy until their son has been compensated to their satisfaction for his suffering . |
| 21 | General vineyard maintenance of wires , stakes and machinery also takes place and , at the same time , the vines are secured to their training frames . |
| 22 | Not only men , but women and children too knitted stockings , socks , shirts , gloves , cravats and other fabrics on a frame in their cottage and continued to do so long after steam power had been applied to their craft during the middle years of the nineteenth century . |
| 23 | When they are in their pyjamas , or dressing-gown if they wear nothing in bed , the electrodes are applied to their faces and heads . |
| 24 | No concessions are made to their infant 's chicken pox or wedding anniversaries . |
| 25 | I mean , some people erm , are elderly and they 're confined to their homes , they may have one downstairs , and one in their bedrooms . |
| 26 | Despite their objections , Faringdonians have been drawn to their tower ever since . |
| 27 | Again we can ask whether the special needs of girls are attributed to their biology or to a notion of femaleness which implies some form of cultural unity ? |
| 28 | His parents were found dead at their house by firemen who 'd been called to their cottage in Tetbury . |
| 29 | Silvertone are seeking a court declaration that four members of the band and their manager Gareth Evans are bound to their contract , among unconfirmed rumours that Geffen are ready to move in to snap up the band for £2.2 million . |
| 30 | Local authority social services should be responsible for identifying all people with community care needs in their area , for assessing such needs , for arranging for individuals to receive social , domestic and personal care , and for ensuring that other authorities such as housing and health services are alerted to their needs . |