Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [verb] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Spencer is coming to England for a tour in May to promote two earlier books , November of the Heart ( hardback ) and the paperback of Bygones . |
| 2 | When this episode is mentioned to PD and Paul , they merely shrug their shoulders and close ranks . |
| 3 | As early as 1746 he had pondered such a work , writing in his preface to the Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia 's Day of the ‘ fine subject … that is David 's playing to King Saul when he was troubled with the evil Spirit ’ . |
| 4 | The rest of the first half of the programme is given to Franz Lehar , with his great ‘ Gold and Silver Waltz ’ , followed by a selection from his evergreen success , ‘ The Merry Widow ’ ( 1905 ) . |
| 5 | JMD 's mail is given to JMB after being date stamped . |
| 6 | As the Secretary of State is aware , Westminster hospital is due to close and the accident and emergency department is to move to St. Thomas 's hospital . |
| 7 | This study is related to Professor Rosenbrock 's SERC Senior Fellowship award ‘ Social Effects of Automation ’ and is to develop software which will enable the operator to program an FMS system by making the first batch of parts . |
| 8 | The car is to return to Blackpool for the Centenary in 1985 . |
| 9 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 10 | Gross profit doubled to C$19.6M. 91% of the company 's turnover is attributed to Corel Draw with the remainder coming from SCSI ( small computer system interface ) software-related business . |
| 11 | Monday 9pm : Finished tape is taken to BBC events unit at Kensington House , Shepherd 's Bush , west London , where it is kept ‘ under lock and key ’ , according to a BBC spokesman . |
| 12 | Killer is extradited to Britain |
| 13 | DEL Boy Trotter 's favourite barman is moving to Brookside . |
| 14 | Offiah is returning to England for a shoulder reconstruction operation . |
| 15 | Offiah is returning to England for a reconstruction operation . |
| 16 | In MS Harley 372 the work is ascribed to Sir Richard Ros , and this has been generally accepted . |
| 17 | There the Church 's work is to point to Jesus the Messiah and his death , and to sin , and to judgement . |
| 18 | In the September RIBA Journal great prominence is given to Bob Giles ' contribution to the Council debate on the library/architecture centre . |
| 19 | ‘ Alexei is betrothed to Jehana . |
| 20 | good luck Syd get well soon … finally tonight top international volleyball is coming to Oxford this week |
| 21 | The plan is to go to Llandovery and spend a couple of hours meeting members of HOWLTA , to be informed of campaigns to improve services on the line . |
| 22 | ( No such lists can hope to be comprehensive but it is a pity that no reference is made to Geoffrey Beard 's indispensable and pioneering studies on decorative plasterwork in the Adam period . ) |
| 23 | If the outcome of this case depends upon whether or not reference is made to Hansard , how should the matter proceed in the face of the warnings of the Attorney-General that such references might constitute a breach of parliamentary privilege ? |
| 24 | ‘ There were confrontations but the column is continuing to Huambo , ’ one official said . |
| 25 | Most inexplicably of all , the Master of Lovat 's Regiment at Dunbar is assigned to Sir James Fraser of Brea , who is then alleged to have died of his wounds shortly after . |
| 26 | FORMER Middlesbrough rider Daz Sumner is to return to Cleveland Park on a year 's loan from Belle Vue . |
| 27 | The lid , in red and white marble is attributed to Antonio Busti , known as Il Bambaia , who was born in 1483 and died in 1548 . |
| 28 | Shaney 's moving to Jersey at the end of August . |
| 29 | RUSSIA is coming to Britain to sell space technology — including materials for hip joints , rocket sub-assemblies , superglues and remote sensing data on Earth — and cash in on what they believe to be a treasure trove of research . |
| 30 | Orkney Islands Council is compared to Himmler . |