Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] be [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 However , the key quarterly average has dropped and is down to 33,700 over the three months to March .
2 Some other explanation of the solution must obviously be sought and is probably to be found in diurnal variations of the carbon dioxide content of the inshore waters .
3 The purpose of his investigation has been widely interpreted as being partly to ‘ get to the truth ’ and partly to assuage public opinion .
4 ‘ Whether the child has arrived or is yet to be born is unclear .
5 The actual source of life is not known and is not to be attributed to the God that mankind can worship , that is , a definable God developed with life , and therefore not responsible for its origin .
6 Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold !
7 The barrow was subsequently restored and is still to be found deep in the moors half a mile North East of the Hurlers .
8 And all the corridors , stairways , and walls in other areas , have either been re-painted or are about to be .
9 The tenant should consider its deletion , particularly where the premises form part of a shopping centre and the other units have already been constructed or are about to be so .
10 If ever there was any documentation relating to this episode , none appears to have survived or is yet to be unearthed .
11 In fact , John Hill cleaned up as predicted and is off to New Zealand to plough proudly for Britain in the world championships .
12 His ethnographic boundaries can not be described as being geographically to the north of anywhere , for they are around him and within .
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