Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also evince an obvious preference for Greek , as against Latin , as an object of study — a preference that can be traced back to Nietzsche 's schooldays , which produced a noteworthy essay on Sophocles ' Oedipus Rex ( 1864 ) . |
| 2 | Almost all of the basic principles of his utilitarian programme in relation to the criminal justice system can be traced back to Dei Delitti e delle Pene . |
| 3 | But it may cause cancers , but that 's so long in the future that it may never be traced back to Oxford . |
| 4 | It is now recognised by staff that much of the apprehension and anxiety can be traced back to lack of communication and Wilson-Barnett ( 1988 ) discusses the development of different approaches to rectify the situation , drawing distinctions between information-giving , patient teaching or education , and counselling . |
| 5 | There is no universal agreement , for example , that the mid-1970s represented a fundamental break in political attitudes — aspects of the ‘ new ’ capitalism coming from the Conservative party in the mid-1970s can be traced back to Churchill 's administration in the early 1950s ( Raban , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm surprised she did n't put in a gold locket or something , or a precious necklace that could be traced back to royalty , or the aristocracy , or the Sultan of Kashmir , or the Pope . ’ |
| 7 | In some cases aggression can be traced back to incidents which happened in the puppy 's past . |
| 8 | It derives , rather , from a picture of the self as fundamentally a unitary , conscious and rational thing , a picture which , in Western philosophy , can be traced back to Descartes . |
| 9 | However , nearly all funboard technique problems can be traced back to deficiencies in the strong wind stance . |
| 10 | Fine Gael is anything but left-wing : its roots can be traced back to General Duffy and the Blueshirts who sent a division of soldiers from Ireland to fight for Franco in the Spanish Civil War . |
| 11 | The Hotteterre family of woodwind makers from the region of La Couture Boussey in Normandy can be traced back to Loys de Haulteterre ( d C.1625 ) , who married Jehanne Gabriel . |
| 12 | This view of capitalist management can be traced back to Marx 's conception of the individual capitalist as the mere ‘ personification of capital ’ . |
| 13 | Other breeds have colour-pointed varieties such as the White Galloway and White Welsh , but these are colour varieties within their breeds rather than separate breeds and quite often their non-standard colour can be traced back to crossings with White Park or British White in the past . |
| 14 | However , it necessary , his argument can easily be traced back to Freud . |
| 15 | It can be traced back to Hogg and Barke and Lewis Grassic Gibbon . |
| 16 | Was the uninterrupted growth and full employment of the '50s and '60s partly due to a belief ( which can be traced back to World War II ) that demand management would prevent mass unemployment if it ever showed signs of recurring ? |
| 17 | These attitudes in Christian tradition can be traced back to ideas which linked old men with the image of sin , and old age as a curse and a punishment . |
| 18 | Many settlements withered during the late Middle Ages but did not die until the Elizabethan or Stuart era when a local lord decided that corn production was no longer economical and that the arable land must be given over to cattle and sheep pastures . |
| 19 | Government agencies , local communities and conservation groups have agreed that 24 square kilometres of the former swamp should be given over to conservation and tourism . |
| 20 | When a national newspaper first published Mrs Travers ' views , the response was so great that a whole page had to be given over to readers ' letters . |
| 21 | Mr Tennant said : ‘ In the case of Burnfoot 100 per cent of hill land will be given over to forestry . |
| 22 | The Inland Revenue will merely oversee the process under which thousands of properties will be given over to estate agents to lump into the banding system . |
| 23 | The independent authority 's direct responsibility would be given back to government . |
| 24 | In relation to appraisals , it must again be pointed out to members that the completion of numeric targets is purely on a voluntary basis . |
| 25 | After a brief stop-over at Patriot Hills they will be flown on to Punta Arenas in Chile where the expedition radio base was located . |
| 26 | To facilitate the mass launch , most of Wasp 's Wildcats had to be flown off to loiter overhead . |
| 27 | He was making a wonderful recovery and in the few hours we were there we managed to get him on to an ambulance train — off to Myitkyina to be flown out to India . |
| 28 | An abrupt end to the affair came three days later when refugees were awakened before dawn and taken to airports to be flown back to Albania . |
| 29 | The bodies of nine crewman who were killed when their Hercules crashed in the Scottish Highlands a week ago , will be flown back to RAF Lyneham tomorrow . |
| 30 | The Embassy was trying to have the bodies released so that they could be flown back to England for burial . |