Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some find great benefit in identifying a small group of staff who for a limited period are assigned to a relief pool , for the sole purpose of filling unexpected gaps in staffing or adding strength to a ward team at times of peak workload . |
| 2 | Trainees of the scheme are assigned to a Mentor [ a senior member of staff with chartered status ] who acts as a professional guide and confidante . |
| 3 | They are assigned to a team and introduced ( if that 's the word ) to their team leader . |
| 4 | Bribes are given to a child for stopping behaving badly , but rewards are given for behaving well . |
| 5 | The two ladies in attendance on the Queen had been banished to a corner of the solar , where they sat talking quietly , half hidden by a carved wooden screen , but only the slightest effort would have been needed for either of them to overhear the interrogation going on by the fireplace . |
| 6 | Star of the show is the Vulcan and viewers are treated to a tour around the cockpit with S/L Paul Millikin . |
| 7 | Although we are treated to a number of informative step-by-step demonstrations of work in progress , the real value of the book lies in the breathtaking range of styles , subject matter and techniques , which demonstrate the extraordinary versatility of pastels . |
| 8 | On arrival guests are treated to a cup of tea or coffee by the charming Jan Slater . |
| 9 | His father , Philip Henry Thomas , had distinguished himself in a Civil Service Examination ( Executive Branch ) and had been posted to a staff clerkship for light railways and tramways at the Board of Trade . |
| 10 | The outbreak has been traced to a function held at Uncle Dick 's Restaurant . |
| 11 | THE remains of Adolf Hitler 's skull have been traced to a Moscow archive , the Russian newspaper Izvestia said yesterday . |
| 12 | Public sector pay settlements have been limited to a maximum of one point five per cent . |
| 13 | This situation has been ameliorated to a degree , in the face of overseas pressure to change the system , not least because of the Japanese need to maintain its market position in other countries , and concern about retaliatory measures against Japanese imports . |
| 14 | Widely known for the large painted steel sculptures which brighten plazas and lobbies throughout the United States , and for his regular appearances in the New York salerooms , he is surprisingly unfamiliar in a London context and has not been treated to a museum exhibition in this country since the Tate Gallery 's survey of 1962 . |
| 15 | Then he had been treated to a display of her marksmanship , involving both moving and stationary targets . |
| 16 | You 'd have been crushed to a point . |
| 17 | B.P. has been likened to a honeycomb where groups worked as if in sealed-off cells . |
| 18 | While the American federal system has been likened to a marble cake , the British political system can be likened to a patchwork quilt . |
| 19 | They have a very strong smell that has been likened to a variety of disagreeable substances , from stale sweat to rotten onions . |
| 20 | An amorphous polymer in this state has been likened to a plate of frozen spaghetti . |
| 21 | The Type I system has been likened to a Health Maintenance Organisation ( HMO ) , with the difference that the health authority is compulsorily responsible for all residents of a particular location , and thus has no choice over membership . |
| 22 | ] The Type I system has been likened to a Health Maintenance Organization ( HMO ) , with the difference that the ‘ organization ’ is compulsorily responsible for all residents of a particular location , and thus has no choice over membership . |
| 23 | Attempted suicide appears to have become an acceptable way of expressing distress among some people , and has therefore been likened to a fashion . |
| 24 | The problem for companies like ICI is that while the transitional arrangements last , the power suppliers frequently can not bid for their custom because the suppliers are limited to a 15% slice of the REC 's business , rising to 25% in 1994 . |
| 25 | Places are allocated on a strictly first come first served basis , and are limited to a maximum of 16 places , some of which are already allocated . |
| 26 | Those design registrations are limited to a maximum of 10 years . |
| 27 | The small number of pupils at the boarding school , just 125 , means class sizes are limited to a maximum of 10 . |
| 28 | By the time I 'd recovered I was skinnier than ever , having been rationed to an orange a day . |
| 29 | Why the Scots in general , and the sea-fishermen in particular , should have put up with this monstrous injustice is hard to understand , but the insult has now been compounded to a degree which surely demands some national response . |
| 30 | These will include the relative gravity of the offences alleged in the two sets of proceedings ; the degree of connection , on facts or law , between them ; the degree of prejudice which the defendant may suffer , in the shape of adverse publicity or in other respects , if the lesser matters are brought to trial first ; the likely time-spans of the two sets of proceedings ; the possibility of hardship to the defendant in being required to divert attention and resources to the defence of the lesser charges whilst the graver are in preparation ; the risk that if the lesser charges are postponed the lapse of time may render a fair trial of them more difficult ; the desirability in the public interest of ensuring that charges properly brought are pressed to a conclusion . |