Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] and to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 2 | The lands to the north and east of a line joining these two houses had in the ninth century been conquered and to some degree settled by pagan Scandinavians , who had destroyed the existing monasteries and several of the bishoprics , and such evidence as there is suggests that the Christianity practised within them retained aspects upon which the stricter kind of churchman would have frowned . |
| 3 | It is , of course , desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten and to this end it is usual to ask an operator to go through the designed procedure while observing what he does and also observing that the system performs as expected . |
| 4 | To handle these , a separate telephone line with a twenty four hour answering machine service has been installed and to each individual is sent a list of stockists for their local area , together with a covering letter . |
| 5 | My contention is , that as animals ourselves , we inherit genetically a whole network of such reactions within which our language-games are integrated and to some extent grounded . |
| 6 | As in the case of personal representatives , the company 's articles will probably provide that any restrictions on transferability apply on any application to be registered and to any transfer by him and these restrictions may handicap the trustee in obtaining the best price on a sale of the shares , particularly if the articles confer pre-emption rights . |
| 7 | But if a person climbs a nearby hill and looks down on the site , the whole city can be seen and to some extent understood : viewing a site at an angle in this way is equivalent to an oblique aerial photograph . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most interesting feature of the experience so far for Britain is to recognise the care with which the health problems of minority populations have been investigated and to some extent acted on . |
| 9 | Her wrists were reset and to this day , two years later , she is still seeking compensation . |