Example sentences of "be [verb] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can set up menus which are assigned to specific users and passwords . |
| 2 | Favours are given to female guests only , crackers could be supplied for your whole wedding party , your females guests Oh gosh it 's gusts . |
| 3 | All profits are given to good causes . |
| 4 | Also , personal discounts are given to certain classes of adults , e.g. handicapped people , those in full time education . |
| 5 | Discounts are given to all parties of 15 or more paying visitors . |
| 6 | The extra money earned from attending court on a day off can be attractive , but it is more often the case that reminders about the approaching end of the shift are given to those constables who suggest work which involves ‘ going over ’ . |
| 7 | Even within national systems , the structure of the television schedules , and the different interpretations which are given to different injunctions — with different degrees of force — to inform , entertain and educate , make it difficult to think of television as a single formal system . |
| 8 | Pre-tests and post-tests are given to both groups , and the analysis is concerned with establishing significant differences in the performance of the two groups . |
| 9 | Seminars , tutorials , and demonstrations are given to smaller groups of students than the average lecture . |
| 10 | Various orders of priority are given to these factors . |
| 11 | A two-day visit to Port-au-Prince by the special mission of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) on Dec. 6-7 had been intended to further negotiations deadlocked the previous month in the Colombian city of Cartagena [ see p. 38569 ] . |
| 12 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 13 | By using the resources of the local retailers to identify their potential customers over 85,000 colour pamphlets have been posted to individual homes . |
| 14 | Those that wanted little more than routine audits have been redirected to other firms , allowing Robson Rhodes to concentrate on those with which it felt it could build a long-term relationship as ‘ a business counsellor ’ . |
| 15 | Such information is of greater intelligence importance than the photographs of IRA suspects , usually given the lowest levels of security classification , which have been leaked to various newspapers in recent weeks , triggering a political row and a big police investigation . |
| 16 | The story of a plot had been leaked to various newspapers , and on Sept. 19 the authorities put on public display various small firearms , improvised grenades , loudhailers , photocopying equipment and other items which they claimed were being used to make weapons . |
| 17 | All Kate 's previous sexual experience had been limited to clumsy caresses which she 'd had no difficulty in resisting . |
| 18 | It 's Thee Headcoats ( Already ) ’ , the latest release from ex-Milkshake BILLY CHILDISH , Mudhoney frontman MARK ARM 's debut solo single , a cover of Bob Dylan 's ‘ Masters of War ’ , which has been limited to 5,000 copies , SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS ’ , ‘ Wheels A-Spinning ’ single and DICKLESS ’ ‘ I 'm A Man' , which should reach the shops soon . |
| 19 | It 's Thee Headcoats ( Already ) ’ , the latest release from ex-Milkshake BILLY CHILDISH , Mudhoney frontman MARK ARM 's debut solo single , a cover of Bob Dylan 's ‘ Masters of War ’ , which has been limited to 5,000 copies , SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS ’ , ‘ Wheels A-Spinning ’ single and DICKLESS ’ ‘ I 'm A Man' , which should reach the shops soon . |
| 20 | Until then , because of the Ecclesiastical Exemption , which exempts churches in use from listed building controls , grants had been limited to secular buildings on the principle ‘ no control : no money ’ . |
| 21 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |
| 22 | Of course , these pathological tendencies are still with us today and are widely recognized in individual mental illness ; but what is not generally appreciated is their extent in cultural forms , not all of which are limited to ancient societies . |
| 23 | Although the results presented here are limited to 138 women , analyses conducted on the total of 313 women gave similar results ( not shown ) . |
| 24 | Like the dietary laws , which mean that although we should enjoy our food we are limited to certain foods , we are encouraged to enjoy sex , but only in the context of a legal marriage and with certain constraints . |
| 25 | Under fairly weak conditions , with only one decision variable , such a ‘ local ’ equilibrium can be shown to exist ( Kramer and Klevorick , 1974 ) , but whether it provides a persuasive resolution to the ‘ majority voting paradox ’ depends on the extent to which choices are limited to small perturbations of the existing situation . |
| 26 | You are reminded that members are limited to two minutes in asking their questions . |
| 27 | The explanation is that — inaccurately but mercifully ! — calculations under the senatorial rules are limited to two places of decimals . |
| 28 | If the numbers in the sea are limited to good friends and well-known faces from the ( packed ) Driftwood pub in St Agnes , and outside visitors are few , then the Badlands surfers are not complaining . |
| 29 | This and Lone Wolf ( see page 47 ) are limited to 525 prints each at £75 each or the pair for £120 — matching numbers are available to pair-purchasers . |
| 30 | File names are limited to 64 characters . |