Example sentences of "be [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the threat of relegation looming again , the loss of the ground , and the millstone around my neck of a team of asthmatic pine martens with the collective brain power of a kiwi fruit , the pressures on me are building to a frightening pitch . |
| 2 | These , again , are pre-set to a small selection , but , noticeably , they include only those colours that normally print well with a three colour ribbon , which , given the price and target audience of the program , is a sensible move . |
| 3 | All 133 bedrooms are furnished to a high standard with en-suite bathroom . |
| 4 | The bedrooms are furnished to a very high standard , all are en suite , one has a four-poster bed , another a half-tester . |
| 5 | The palazzo now offers five lovely apartments all of which are furnished to a high standard some with antiques — and of individual character and charm . |
| 6 | But Adrie van Tiggelen , the Anderlecht defender who missed the Wales game because of suspension , has been recalled to a 16-man squad which also includes AC 's Frank Rijkaard . |
| 7 | They are assigned to a team and introduced ( if that 's the word ) to their team leader . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All enrolling students are assigned to a personal tutor , normally an academic teaching in one of their fields , who has responsibility for a total of about a dozen students in various years of the Course . |
| 10 | Controlled indexing languages or assigned-term systems are indexing languages in which a person both controls the terms that are used to represent subjects and executes the process whereby terms are assigned to a particular document . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Bribes are given to a child for stopping behaving badly , but rewards are given for behaving well . |
| 13 | In fact , stage dates have already been estimated for the Cretaceous , with the startling conclusion that of the 67 million years attributed to the twelve stages of the system , nearly 20 million are given to a single stage-the Cenomanian . |
| 14 | The Awards differ from personal honours in that they are given to a " unit " as a whole — management and employees working as a team . |
| 15 | I have been banished to a windy concrete corridor far from everywhere . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Star of the show is the Vulcan and viewers are treated to a tour around the cockpit with S/L Paul Millikin . |
| 18 | We are treated to a ‘ talk ’ from Judd Lander , large-screen videos of ‘ Sheriff Fatman ’ and ‘ GI Blues ’ from In Bed With Carter , and then the promo clip for ‘ New Cross ’ . |
| 19 | On arrival guests are treated to a cup of tea or coffee by the charming Jan Slater . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | THE remains of Adolf Hitler 's skull have been traced to a Moscow archive , the Russian newspaper Izvestia said yesterday . |
| 23 | The outbreak has been traced to a function held at Uncle Dick 's Restaurant . |
| 24 | The reality is that the scheme has so far been limited to a small number of well managed practices , which for the most part were generously funded and chosen to succeed . |
| 25 | I have been limited to a reduced number of pages , but I have tried hard to make them count . |
| 26 | Public sector pay settlements have been limited to a maximum of one point five per cent . |
| 27 | It moves the word you are typing to a new line when it enters an invisible margin running down the right-hand side of the screen . |
| 28 | Hudson points to the fact that , not only are these terms applied by pupils to the arts and sciences , but also they are recognized to a large degree by those , like himself , working within psychology . |
| 29 | ALL over Britain , office , shopping and road projects launched in the sunny days of the late 1980s are drawing to a close and building workers , their companies and shareholders are facing the economic equivalent of deep mid-winter . |
| 30 | THE school holiday are drawing to a close so take advantage of an offer from Red Funnel ferries and give the kids something to talk about when the new term starts by popping across to the Isle of Wight . |