Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] be [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 14 October 1991 Mr. Butler had been found guilty of contempt of court by breaching the injunction granted on 12 September 1991 and was sentenced to four weeks in prison , the sentence being suspended for six months . |
| 2 | In non-orthodox circles also the blood taboo , in culturally received if not strictly religious terms , is strong and is observed to varying degrees in context of inter-personal relations . |
| 3 | In the spring of 1940 government work started on a large scale , but until then many skilled men became redundant and were transferred to private firms . |
| 4 | It is known from occupational medicine , that exposure to two chemicals at once can be far more damaging than being exposed to each chemical individually . |
| 5 | Today augmentations are rarely given , but in times gone they were less rare and were granted to such as Thomas Howard , the victor of Flodden , Sir Winston Churchill of the reign of Charles II , his son John , first duke of Marlborough , Sir Frederick Treves , surgeon to King Edward VII , the Boleyn family for providing Anne to King Henry VIII , Admiral Nelson , the first Duke of Wellington and the Right Honourable Vincent Massey , a Governor-General of Canada . |
| 6 | ‘ So far , all the students who violated the criminal law during the anti-government disturbances in 1989 and were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment have been released , ’ the agency said . |