Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to [det] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an example of what is meant by ‘ assignment ’ , we might say that a botanist who discovers an unusual plant will try to assign it to a known species ; if this is found impossible , it will be decided that a new species has been discovered , and that future examples of this plant will be assigned to this new species . |
| 2 | A purchase tax of £2,000 shall be applied to all new sales of caravans . |
| 3 | They have often received inadequate parenting themselves , had negative experiences of the legal process and have been judged by standards which would not be applied to most ordinary people ( and which many ‘ ordinary parents ’ would fail to meet ) . |
| 4 | The normal rule of stocking , 1″ of fish to 12sq.in. of water surface , should not be applied to these large fish . |
| 5 | It is desirable therefore to devise an indexing system , by which words can be related to some other data structure that is more easily processed and stored . |