Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A characteristic two pages of the text are given to Corot 's landscapes , five pictures being cited , though the reader is less fortunate than the lecture audience , as only two are illustrated . |
| 2 | WIMBLEDON 'S Crazy Gang are returning to Plough Lane , the happy hunting ground they had to leave for safety reasons two years ago . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the first year , students who have made satisfactory progress are transferred to M.Phil or Ph.D . |
| 4 | They will be based on MUMPS database and programming language , using DataTree 's client/server software and Greystone 's host-based system software which wlil be adapted to Sequoia 's systems ( UX No 386 ) . |
| 5 | Although the two companies hinted that further products might in future be ported to Solaris , nothing appears to have been agreed so far . |
| 6 | Why should the same weight be given to Harry 's second preference or Dick 's fifth as to Tom 's first " ? |
| 7 | Rudder speaks of the manor being given to Flaxley Abbey by the Earl of Hereford , and that the ‘ Abbat had a grant of an iron forge and of two oaks every week out of the Forest of Dean , for the maintenance of the forge , of King Henry the Second ’ . |
| 8 | I entirely agree with er my honourable friend , er not only er is the lower non-wage cost a reason for inward investment being attracted to Britain but it 's also why together with our general economic policy , why workers in Britain enjoy in real terms , some of the best take home pay packets in Europe . |
| 9 | Certificates of Recommendation were awarded to Thomas Mundy , aged 60 , for the rescue of a boy aged 3 from a mill lode at Hull on 4th April 1906 ; Charles Pain in 1920 for saving a woman attempting suicide , and to Howard Swinbourne , aged 34 , for saving a suicidal woman from the River Trent at Nottingham on 20th May 1985 . |
| 10 | Mr Fallon , a junior education minister , puts the figure being lost to Darlington schools at around £700,000 each year . |
| 11 | 22 non-sick inmates of the institution were sent to Ampthill , and 88 to Biggleswade , while six children were transferred to the Kempston Children 's Home . |
| 12 | Meanwhile UN officials believe most of the food aid being sent to Sarajevo is being ‘ diverted ’ . |
| 13 | If so , they never found it ; William died intestate on 4 March and Letters of Administration were granted to Ernie , the eldest son ; the gross value of the estate was just over £564 , with the net value of the personal estate standing at £43 12s. 4d . |
| 14 | More mundane events followed that moving funeral : the deceased had died intestate , and Letters of Administration were granted to Edith , the widow , on 25 September , there being £130 in effects . |
| 15 | Hungary has been effusive in its help to the Romanians — in the first four days after the revolution no fewer than 550 trucks of aid were sent to Romania . |
| 16 | Farewells and heartfelt appreciation were offered to Andy Heffernan , out-going President and Brendan Stevenson , out-going Honorary Secretary . |
| 17 | When this episode is mentioned to PD and Paul , they merely shrug their shoulders and close ranks . |
| 18 | The rest of the first half of the programme is given to Franz Lehar , with his great ‘ Gold and Silver Waltz ’ , followed by a selection from his evergreen success , ‘ The Merry Widow ’ ( 1905 ) . |
| 19 | JMD 's mail is given to JMB after being date stamped . |
| 20 | As the Secretary of State is aware , Westminster hospital is due to close and the accident and emergency department is to move to St. Thomas 's hospital . |
| 21 | This study is related to Professor Rosenbrock 's SERC Senior Fellowship award ‘ Social Effects of Automation ’ and is to develop software which will enable the operator to program an FMS system by making the first batch of parts . |
| 22 | The car is to return to Blackpool for the Centenary in 1985 . |
| 23 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 24 | Gross profit doubled to C$19.6M. 91% of the company 's turnover is attributed to Corel Draw with the remainder coming from SCSI ( small computer system interface ) software-related business . |
| 25 | Monday 9pm : Finished tape is taken to BBC events unit at Kensington House , Shepherd 's Bush , west London , where it is kept ‘ under lock and key ’ , according to a BBC spokesman . |
| 26 | Killer is extradited to Britain |
| 27 | DEL Boy Trotter 's favourite barman is moving to Brookside . |
| 28 | Offiah is returning to England for a shoulder reconstruction operation . |
| 29 | Offiah is returning to England for a reconstruction operation . |
| 30 | Other food aid was allocated to Nicaragua , Rwanda and the Philippines [ see also FAO below ] . |