Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buildings on all the estates are of modern construction , designed and built to a standard acceptable to institutional purchasers . |
| 2 | He also protested at the general level of unemployment in the country and issued specific demands for the reinstatement of the standing of the Panamanian security forces which had been largely disarmed and reduced to a police force by the US-backed civilian government . |
| 3 | Sometimes , she fixed Ariel with her eyes , where albumen seemed to have congealed and dimmed to a blind blue , and wished her and any offspring she might bear all the evils she could call down upon them . |
| 4 | It must have been hard for her — uprooted and transported to a strange country — not to know what was happening to her and her mother , apart from the fact that somehow or other they 'd been able to join up again with the father . |
| 5 | The plan of action will be written and taken to a full meeting of the governing body for its agreement or amendment ; it will then be taken back to the staff . |
| 6 | CW 's paper to be expanded and attached to a Staff Bulletin for information . |
| 7 | The combined salaries of two or more such offices might keep a government supporter happy , while the sheriffship itself was a stepping stone to an appointment as a baron of exchequer or a lord of session , should the lawyer be well connected and joined to a strong political interest . |
| 8 | During the visits of the programme monitors , the mothers would be asked to prepare some LGS , a sample of which was collected and taken to a laboratory where the concentration of sodium ions was measured . |
| 9 | Mr Hurd 's response to the debate on law and order , always a difficult test for Conservative Home Secretaries , was markedly well received and ended to a standing ovation . |
| 10 | The mastery of these skills can not be neatly prescribed and tied to a particular method . |
| 11 | The time spent on each activity over three weeks was calculated and converted to a percentage of the total time , as listed in Table 2 . |
| 12 | The finishing-off jobs were taking longer than even I thought , but gradually both houses were furnished and fitted to a standard I wished I had met myself in holiday homes . |
| 13 | But we ca n't sacrifice these girls on the altar of a sacrosanct secularity which , in my view , needs to be urgently redefined and adapted to a multiracial society . ’ |
| 14 | The pictures have to be developed and printed to a suitable quality for the media and you will need enlargements , possibly in some quantity . |
| 15 | The onset of drought in the 1970s simply compounded and brought to a head a situation that was almost inevitable from its inception , the root of which was fuelled by European interests to counteract competition from soya bean imports from the USA . |
| 16 | Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department editor . |
| 17 | ‘ The opponent block ’ applies to elite performers who , in the past , have repeatedly drawn and lost to a particular opponent . |
| 18 | A questionnaire was then drafted and sent to a random sample of headteachers for their and their staff 's comments . |
| 19 | The alternative infra-red system uses a beam which is emitted from the camcorder and reflected back off the subject , the time taken for the reflection to return being measured and converted to a distance setting . |
| 20 | Peak heights were measured and corrected to a constant internal standard value . |
| 21 | Where necessaries are sold and delivered to a minor or to a person who by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness is incompetent to contract , he must pay a reasonable price for them . |
| 22 | An inquest into the death of rock climber Peter Bowron , of Byerley Road , Shildon , was opened and adjourned to a date to be fixed in Cornwall . |
| 23 | The typical climber develops a thick strong stem which , although pliable enough when young to be bent and trained to a support , becomes woody and rigid by its second year . |
| 24 | It is of vital importance that open spaces and parklands are protected and maintained to a high standard , and that schemes such as the floral baskets , spring bulb displays , extensive tree planting are continued and expanded if Belfast is to become an increasingly attractive city for future generations . |
| 25 | Fortunately there was a scientist about who had invented and brought to a high pitch of development , a time machine . |
| 26 | He was handcuffed and taken to a locker room where he was chained to a metal grille by the arms and legs . |
| 27 | Support workers could rarely be found and introduced to a client very rapidly . |
| 28 | IN 1989 , love letters written to her by Commander Tim Laurence were stolen and offered to a national newspaper . |
| 29 | His mother was called a counter-revolutionary and his father was made to divorce her ; his schooldays were postponed as cities all over China exploded into violence ; his father was publicly denounced and sent to a reform camp ; and Liang Heng and his sisters were sent to labour in the countryside . |
| 30 | Manoeuvres have to be carefully planned , subtly executed and brought to a successful conclusion . |