Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the modern term for this genre the word fabliau can be traced back to scholarly writing of the seventeenth century . |
| 2 | The conditions of the fifties meant that it was natural " for praise to be heaped on to democratic politics since it seemed to be doing the job very nicely . |
| 3 | Because you know both parties were there to make sure that er there was going to be a mutual agreement or it may in some instances be referred back to domestic level for resolution , or alternately , the employers just said , no and that , that was the end of it at that stage . |
| 4 | The data and data structures that have been identified can be mapped on to conventional computer files or clerical files and not necessarily databases . |
| 5 | For example , you could create the design for a simple piece of embroidery using small sprays of pressed flowers , or make an initial design from pressed flowers that could be transferred on to squared paper and used to embroider a handkerchief Both of these ideas would make marvellous presents , and you could perhaps place the finished embroidery in a tissue-lined box that has been decorated with pressed flowers or ribbons . |
| 6 | Within T IS , too , the work which was done to bring Caterdata and the Psion together can now be sold on to other Caterdata customers , and a section explaining how Psion works has been added to the Caterdata manual . |
| 7 | Oh , a at nineteen forty eight they split up the electric supply and the three was nationalized and erm it , it just went out of the control of the local councils , it was government controlled then and there was a distinct possibility that the transport section would be sold off to private enterprise and the only private enterprise that was capable of taking over then was the Eastern Counties but erm I think the , the erm local council having had the transport under their wing for so many years , fought off that erm feeling and erm they kept with it and er , of course all the accountancy went to the Borough Treasurer and the certain members of clerks from the Borough Treasurers , which was at in those days , er seconded on to transport accounts . |
| 8 | Even more alluringly , the entire process could be handed over to private enterprise . |
| 9 | Pinochet also claimed no direct knowledge of events at Pisagua and there were widespread fears that the case would be handed over to military jurisdiction . |
| 10 | Having learnt its worst fears were about to be realised , that it would be handed over to Chinese rule in 1997 without external protections or guarantees , it immediately put the best possible face on its situation . |
| 11 | The problem needed to be handed over to scientific investigation . |
| 12 | Flats " used for conspiracy [ by the StB ] " were to be handed over to local government bodies . |
| 13 | Pacific Bell says that where applications cross its service area boundaries , transmissions will be handed off to long distance carriers of the customers ' choice . |
| 14 | Stevenson , a quick-moving , stocky northerner with a distinguished record in every possible branch of the Met , was rumoured to be going up to Assistant Commissioner just as soon as the present incumbent retired . |
| 15 | You may be going on to new material before thoroughly mastering previous material . |
| 16 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to civilian life for the time being . ’ |
| 17 | Loss-making state enterprises would be obliged to enter the market ; impediments to the development of the market would be removed , including those for stocks and bonds ; and more areas would be opened up to foreign trade and investment . |
| 18 | " You wo n't be riding up to High Tor any more , I suppose ? " |
| 19 | Yet although God is dark to man 's understanding , the reality of his being may be reached out to through love . |
| 20 | Lustre powder is included as an optional ingredient in some of the cake recipes in this book — a non-toxic shiny coloured powder , this can be brushed on to dry icing to give a lovely shimmering effect . |
| 21 | It seems impossible to me that she can not be brought back to life , that such a person can not be brought back to normal life . |
| 22 | Old bushes can be brought back to vigorous life by cutting them down to a foot from the ground at the end of winter . |
| 23 | Both areas will be far below optimum today but — and this is the important point — in the one case the land can be brought back to full production easily , whereas in the other case a long and costly process of fertility building will be necessary . |
| 24 | ‘ Places like Ayr , Largs and Helensburgh which currently have trains until late at night and weekends would be cut down to peak-hour commuter services because they are the only ones that make money . |
| 25 | In a way , it has to be put down to mutual dependence . |
| 26 | They will realise they can not change everything ; the hours spent re-inventing government or shifting paradigms will be put down to youthful inexperience . |
| 27 | No I mean I I do n't think what happened on Piper can be put down to basic safety . |
| 28 | And even those could be put down to excessive grief at the loss of his wife . |
| 29 | In the first flush of enthusiasm following these unprecedented claims there was a very strong tendency to identical dreaming exclusively with REM sleep , presuming that any lack of identification of dreaming with eye movements could be put down to experimental error . |
| 30 | However , the 1988 Local Government Act requires that a local authority 's cleaning and maintenance work be put out to competitive tender : this is likely to result in fewer of these staff being employed directly by the LEA in future . |