Example sentences of "[noun] they [be] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they neared the small shop they were nearly knocked to the ground by a young man fleeing from the same direction . |
| 2 | So when the Indians used the phrase ‘ passive resistance ’ in South Africa they were immediately considered to be a threat to person and property in the same way as the suffragettes were a threat . |
| 3 | In addition , CAB advisers are proud to be a ‘ one-stop ’ service and there is a fear that a receptionist may make unnecessary referrals in order to relieve queues and so reduce bureaux to the signposting agencies they were once considered to be . |
| 4 | As undergraduates they are often exposed to uninspired lecturing from academics , and subsequently many struggle to assimilate the minutiae of medicine in the ( false ) belief that this will ensure an easy passage through the membership examination . |
| 5 | It is not important to be concerned with the historical veracity of these statements ( for in any case they were often added to , touched up and re-interpreted ) but with the impact that they had . |
| 6 | Well , we have seen electrical cars in the form of milk floats for many years , and of course they 're particularly suited to intermittent use , stopping and starting every few yards . |
| 7 | When Diana joined the Stewart-Richardsons they were just coming to terms with a family tragedy . |
| 8 | It would seem that in Capadocea they were even converted to Christianity for , in that region , St Christopher is often depicted with a dog 's head . |
| 9 | In desperation , in many cases , young females deliberately become pregnant because they know that once they are in that state they are immediately restored to the benefit system . |
| 10 | I have a quiet feeling that this no reading and no a add up and all that stuff co co stems from the music they 're always listening to . |
| 11 | For this reason they are often seen to be weak ; yet it is this very willingness of the subordinates to shift their own goals in order to preserve the harmony of the team that makes it possible for the group at the top of the hierarchy to perform at all . |
| 12 | Within seconds they were both drenched to the skin . |
| 13 | Whether , however , their precise significance in the late fifteenth century is as described in the Kanunname — that is , whether at this early stage of the development of the medrese system they were already confined to two classes of 50-akce medreses — is perhaps more open to question , though the very real possibility that the geographical sense and the designation of rank were once conterminous should not be overlooked in this connection . |
| 14 | In addition to being good teachers able to motivate their students they are also expected to be able to plan and present a scheme of work , write a syllabus with clear aims and objectives . |
| 15 | They have generally been found by the chance of fieldwork and aerial reconnaissance and many are awaiting discovery ; when they are studied in detail they are often found to be much larger than thought at first , covering areas , in some cases , of over 100 acres . |
| 16 | Now after five albums and two TV series they are well known to thousands of children throughout Britain , and their songbooks have become standard music-lesson texts in schools in Scotland . |
| 17 | Today pensioners from Nuffield Press in Cowley and Hazel , in Aylesbury were amoung hundreds lobbying Parliament , with the shortfall affecting up to two hundred people in the region they 're now turning to the government for help . |