Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] be [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were , indeed , large subsidies still being paid to state-owned industries such as British Leyland , Rolls Royce , and the coal and steel industries , even by that apparently doctrinaire minister of Trade and Industry , Sir Keith Joseph . |
| 2 | In view of the uncertainties in our knowledge of stellar processes which generate gravitational waves , calculations here are limited to order-of-magnitude estimates of the power output to be expected in a favourable case . |
| 3 | The majority of children today are born to married couples . |
| 4 | Now there is nothing to prevent plural continuation here ( e.g. They had been working hard for hours ) , but the incidence of such continuations was less than 5% , and continuations mostly were confined to singular references with individuals being in relatively stereotypical roles with respect to each other . |
| 5 | Students today are used to visual effects of a high quality , such as in documentary programmes on television , and expect competence on behalf of the tutor and clinical teacher in their use . |
| 6 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the way forward is signposted to other improvements in the health service ? |
| 7 | The most important task now is to promote to potential employers the benefit of employing members of this Institute . |