Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the 1830s and 1840s he enlarged the range of Suttons ' seeds to include vegetables and ornamental plants , with many new varieties of both groups constantly being added to those offered for sale . |
| 2 | Cows and calves inside were led to safety , and it was some hours later that firemen discovered a body in the debris . |
| 3 | Many parts of it are extremely rural with farming the predominant industry ; watercourses here are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness and relied upon heavily as potable supply for the many industrial cities elsewhere in the authority 's jurisdiction . |
| 4 | ‘ Experiences , relationships etc are considered to be supportive when the individual involved sees the experience tin terms of his values , goals , expectations , and aspirations ) as contributing to or maintaining his sense of personal worth and importance . ’ |
| 5 | Adrienne Ring announced that she has taken over as Chairman of the Publicity Sub-Committee and she asked that all dates of rallies etc be sent to the office as soon as possible . |
| 6 | The functions now being attributed to it are appropriate to a non-specific defence protein generated during inflammation and truma . |
| 7 | The movement of air masses and pressure zones globally are beamed to the science department of Thomas Lord Audley School , Colchester . |
| 8 | The Government 's official scientific advisers , the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , has recommended that many of the blocks currently being offered to oil companies should be withdrawn from the licensing round . |
| 9 | There were , indeed , large subsidies still being paid to state-owned industries such as British Leyland , Rolls Royce , and the coal and steel industries , even by that apparently doctrinaire minister of Trade and Industry , Sir Keith Joseph . |
| 10 | Although it is too early to assess the full effects , some of the rich shellfish and oyster beds offshore are thought to be in some danger . |
| 11 | Therefore reference must needs always be made to this history and to this person . |
| 12 | Here Blake left them , identified himself to the surprised border guards and a few days later was flown to Mosow for a triumphant reunion with the KGB . |
| 13 | Cottle was interested and a few weeks later was invited to London where he was offered a job in the Foreign office , doing something , somewhere . |
| 14 | In 1958 Thomas was promoted group captain and two years later was posted to the Royal Australian Air Force , where he commanded the Tottenham station at Melbourne and became affectionately known as ‘ Father ’ . |
| 15 | In 1914 he enlisted in the Pembroke Yeomanry but two years later was seconded to Signals , then a branch of the Royal Engineers . |
| 16 | The result is the distinctive ‘ raised bands ’ of early books , the spaces between the bands often being referred to as compartments . |
| 17 | In view of the uncertainties in our knowledge of stellar processes which generate gravitational waves , calculations here are limited to order-of-magnitude estimates of the power output to be expected in a favourable case . |
| 18 | A MAN who was attacked and left unconscious outside a pub at Buckley two weeks ago is said to be in a stable condition in hospital . |
| 19 | The teeth also were found to be similar to the condition described after 29 months weathering : for a sample of 31 teeth , 25.8 per cent were split ( Fig. 1.6A , B ) and 9.7 per cent were chipped ( Fig. 1.6E ) ; 34.8 per cent of the incisors were broken . |
| 20 | The ability to give or lend money to relatives obviously is related to one 's own economic resources in some way — although we are unlikely to find that people who have more straightforwardly give more . |
| 21 | At one point the driver slammed on the brakes causing the police car behind to run into the back of the vehicle … the car was badly damaged … the two officers inside were taken to hospital for treatment to whiplash injuries . |
| 22 | This in effect constitutes a plea bargain because the court is tacitly prepared to impose a modest sentence in return for its time , energy , and resources not being devoted to the expensive business of proving corporate guilt . |
| 23 | Last October , Swiss bondholders agreed that interest on the bonds should be deferred with the bonds not being declared to be in default until 1 March . |
| 24 | A Prague-based magazine , Respekt , reported in January that Yugoslavia was the intended recipient of some US$1,500 million-worth of guns , rifles and anti-tank missiles ostensibly being sold to Nigeria . |
| 25 | It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback . |
| 26 | While she noted the advantages of this : ‘ Indeed , the post combining staff and training responsibilities is a fairly successful combination since both jobs require an overall view of the entire system and neither job is particularly attached to any of the service functions ’ , ( as opposed to designated training officers also being attached to any particular aspect of the service ) , lack of sufficient time to devote to training was often commented on by the named training officers in our sample . |
| 27 | Tass on Oct. 4 announced that military intelligence operations were being cut by more than 10 per cent with surplus resources reportedly being transferred to the KGB 's new Directorate for the Defence of the Soviet Constitutional System . |
| 28 | Had the two junctions not been converted to single track it would be impossible for two trains to collide on them , BR 's then director of operations , Ivor Warburton , agreed . |
| 29 | The landing area , 140 yards across is claimed to be ‘ the widest fairway in Christendom ’ . |
| 30 | Pigs too were taken to sanctuaries to recover , as the RSPCA worked at the farms for days on end , work which eventually cost the RSPCA £15,000 . |