Example sentences of "[n mass] are [adv] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheep are usually taken to higher land in summer ; cattle are overwintered indoors . |
| 2 | Reindeer are ideally suited to working with children . |
| 3 | If the White Welsh is crossed to black or red animals and the offspring are also crossed to black or red , the dark extreme of the colour-pointed cline becomes evident and the coats are colour-sided or linebacked . |
| 4 | By virtue of the transfer of cattle the woman 's biological offspring are ordinarily deemed to be members of the descent group of the husband rather than that of the woman 's father ; payment of the cattle makes the children legitimate ; cohabitation alone does not . |
| 5 | Also known as clurican , these merry folk are closely related to the Irish LEPRECHAUN . |
| 6 | If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices . |
| 7 | The broadcasting media are statutorily required to be impartial . |
| 8 | In fact , many people are effectively tied to rural areas because of their own or their spouse 's occupation , and residential choice is not free as envisaged in the theoretical residential decision-making models . |
| 9 | Victor and Evandrou ( 1986 ) studied social-class differences using a nationally representative sample from the General Household Survey ( GHS ) and concluded that the income and health of old people are strongly related to their past employment experience . |
| 10 | People are normally considered to be risk-averse over amounts of the order of magnitude of their incomes . |
| 11 | Does training in economics make you mean — or is it just that mean people are somehow attracted to economics ? |
| 12 | Although love between human beings has in the first place a physical basis , in that two people are physically attracted to each other , ultimately it is not physical but mental . |
| 13 | Forest cover has been substantially reduced over the past two decades , although the local people are also reported to be becoming more aware of the need for conservation measures . |
| 14 | The system has proved a remarkably cost effective way of ensuring that people are not appointed to consultant posts unless they have reached appropriate levels of training and experience . |
| 15 | The need for proper assessment and cooperation at the time of hospital discharge is an essential preventive measure to ensure that elderly people are not discharged to inappropriate care settings . |
| 16 | Deaf people are therefore reduced to providing accounts of personal experience of deafness , which fall upon deaf minds supported by the old adage that experience is subjective and can therefore be dismissed . |
| 17 | Notches on tallies were an early way of scoring in cricket matches , and people are still said to ‘ notch up ’ a good score , just as one can still hear a commentator say that a free-scoring batsman is ‘ in good nick ’ . |
| 18 | Today local people are still exposed to increasingly lethal quantities of pollution . |
| 19 | Many young people are now attracted to the idea of producing a large part of their own food . |
| 20 | The country priest is a lover of old customs , if they be good and harmless , and the rather because the country people are much addicted to them . |
| 21 | Consequently , the ‘ xuechao ’ came to end , but not before the ‘ hope of China ’ as young people are often referred to had declared that , ‘ we have no hope ’ They insisted that they were supportive of reform , ‘ but these are not the reforms we want ’ . |
| 22 | Evidence shows that people are often brought to Christ by membership of such a group . |
| 23 | While regarded as able and industrious , senior staff are also thought to be remote , invisible , and above personal contact . |
| 24 | The providers of domestic , portering and ward ancillary staff are also subjected to pressure from staff for the peak-holiday periods . |
| 25 | Mr Williams said the condition of the plant at Torness does credit to SNL and shows the management and staff are clearly committed to the high standards demanded of the nuclear industry . |
| 26 | Staff are regularly seconded to the Northern Ireland Office from other Departments and agencies . |
| 27 | ‘ Unfortunately training budgets are very tight at the moment and therefore staff are not sent to external courses as frequently as would be desirable ’ … |
| 28 | All interested staff are thus exposed to the result of each major study , and get a chance to query or challenge on points which they do not immediately accept . |
| 29 | ‘ The staff are fully committed to providing the best possible public service to the capital and will look to the new management in LAS and the inquiry to provide the basis for the most effective emergency service . |
| 30 | It can only realize its full potential when , at a school level , head and senior staff are actively committed to its use and prepared to involve themselves in discussion sessions , demonstrating , by example , allegiance to the notion that talking about areas of personal anxiety , confusion and failure is an essential part of professional development for all . |