Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun pl] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually the mills were mortgaged to John Hicks of Berkley when they comprised rolling , tilting and block mills , as well as the adjacent wire works . |
| 2 | Microscopically the alveoli are seen to be blocked with worms , eggs , larvae , and cellular aggregations which may progress to granuloma formation ( Fig. 45 ) . |
| 3 | By the 1660s all the islands were committed to sugar and the white planters were taking drastic steps to prevent their white employees from leaving the islands and tilting the population balance still further towards the black slaves , but this of course made white employees all the more determined to avoid going to the West Indies . |
| 4 | Over 50 people were killed in unrest across the country in the period Aug. 2-4 , although police said that it was not clear whether all the deaths were related to the strike . |
| 5 | He set to with a will and soon the doors were reduced to kindling . |
| 6 | Thus the Germans were alerted to almost every Russian tactic in the coming days . |
| 7 | Amidst such confusion as this , however , the press was more commonly inclined to shout down the leniency of magistrates , or ‘ this appalling apathy on the part of the police ’ , because if in some quarters the press were accused of bulling up the Hooligan affair , elsewhere the police were said to be playing it down . |
| 8 | Finally the figures were related to type of preventive approach . |
| 9 | Hence the police are assumed to be in the right , capable only of restrained reaction to provocation . |
| 10 | However , when presently the knights were admitted to the castle , it was to find Moray and the High Steward themselves therein . |
| 11 | In many areas , the volume of rainwater would often lead to problems as the main sewer could not cope , so here the downpipes are connected to a drainshoe : this is connected directly to a separate drainage system . |
| 12 | Even the players are resigned to the prospect of starting their Premier League campaign without him . |
| 13 | Even the towplanes are taxied to a nearby picketing point and tied down properly between each flight . |
| 14 | The seller will of course wish to restrict these conditions as far as possible and sometimes the conditions are restricted to events which fundamentally affect the business or value of the offeree and which can not be adequately compensated by an offer of financial or other compensation which the seller may be prepared to make . |
| 15 | Then the visitors were driven to Cumbernauld where they were given a tour of Lyle Carpet 's tufted operation by Managing Director , John Stewart . |
| 16 | When two closely related species have similar behavioural patterns or capacities , and this similarity is due to their having a common origin , then the behaviours are said to be homologous . |
| 17 | And then er that 's one of t the the boss made that cabinet there er it 's got the feet er but and these are what they call astricles These panes of glass are all in er individually you know , they 're all put in and to polish these wee astricles oh you you had to be very deli cos they 're very thin you know , and you had to flay them and polish and they lay them in the thing and then they they were fitted in and then the glass was The doors were sent to the glaziers Certain amount of polish on them and then the doors were sent to the glazers and then they were finished after that you know . |
| 18 | If your string is unequal in diameter along its length , then the overtones are guaranteed to be off . |
| 19 | Until recently the products were confined to America and Europe but now the drive is on to spread the word in the Far East and Middle East . |
| 20 | After being trained to guide safely the dogs are transferred to a guide dog mobility instructor , who continues the training in increasingly complex environments . |