Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The port 's operations are subsidized to some extent by the local authorities but in the main the port is financed by port dues and this had led to a demand that any port land released for development should yield significant port use in order to generate revenue . |
| 2 | WOMEN 'S talents were going to waste , said Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd . |
| 3 | If Wheare 's definitions are applied to the United Kingdom , it may be said that there is an unwritten constitution in the sense that it is uncodified . |
| 4 | During 1986 , when several of The Wedding Present 's contemporaries were signed to major deals , they told the press they were quite content to stay on their own label but , in reality , they wanted to sign with a major label too . |
| 5 | John Irvine , Ben Martin and Geoff Oldham at SPRU have found that most decisions about research grants are still based on the time-honoured ‘ peer review ’ system : a researcher 's proposals are sent to a handful of experts engaged in similar research . |
| 6 | If its Secretariat 's proposals are agreed to , " farming will become more rather than less intensive , global brands will erode local foods and developing countries ' food self-reliance will be undermined " . |
| 7 | One of Mr Smith 's fingers was cut to the bone in the attack , which was prompted by a row over a noisy motorcycle , it was heard . |
| 8 | The majority of Tom Troubadour 's opponents are coming to the end of much busier campaigns , and the novice Merry Master may prove the main threat . |
| 9 | Ensuring that the organization 's products are brought to the attention of existing and potential customers by means of suitable advertising and promotional methods ; |
| 10 | Some of LIFFE 's products were designed to be complementary with existing and successfully established instruments in the United States : in particular currency futures and options , and interest rate derivatives based on US T-bonds and eurodollars . |
| 11 | Alas , Shiona 's plans were destined to be thwarted . |
| 12 | Just then , the day 's takings were brought to Garvey by Davey of Carlisle . |
| 13 | Ashida 's views were conveyed to Washington but a decision was taken against separate peace treaties with Germany and Japan . |
| 14 | The principles established for the protection of married women providing security for their husband 's debts were extended to parents providing security for an adult child 's debts . |
| 15 | When Adobe 's fonts are added to those already available in 3.1 , they make an impressive list . |
| 16 | 3.21 The Working Party 's Guidelines are expressed to be based upon an analysis of cases reported up to September 1991 . |
| 17 | De Klerk said that the ANC 's concessions were linked to further releases of political prisoners and the right of exiled dissidents to return . |
| 18 | whether or not the child 's words are addressed to another person ; |
| 19 | Can Paul 's words be applied to you and I ? |
| 20 | Like Shakespeare 's Iago Satan 's virtues become vices when he means only to cause destruction and the reader 's eyes are opened to the real nature of the devil . |
| 21 | His shirt hung open as he sat again , and Theda 's eyes were riveted to the long column of his neck , the golden glow of his chest below it . |
| 22 | Ashi 's eyes were averted to the pavement where little Sousan stood , open-mouthed . |
| 23 | Mum 's eyes were signalling to me — something far-away and desperate . |
| 24 | Jimmy 's eyes were drawn to the garish reflection of neon on the pavement outside a working-men 's club . |
| 25 | Ashley 's eyes were drawn to his torn face and the blood . |
| 26 | In another language where mother 's brothers and father 's brothers are referred to by different words we would see them as different kinds of relatives . |
| 27 | A ballerina 's performances are limited to two a month , and so-called critics are ‘ dictated ’ what to write , so that she does n't get ideas . |
| 28 | And Charles 's tactics were damaging to his own subjects : the peasant who declared that he dare not get out of bed in the morning for fear of the English spoke for many of his compatriots , and the unchallenged presence of English armies on French soil not only caused substantial physical hardship to the population but also lowered Charles 's prestige . |
| 29 | The whole tangled web of each other 's relationships was getting to breaking-point . |
| 30 | Miss Boothroyd 's supporters are understood to be ready to put the issue to a vote , while there is an equal determination on the Tory side to put forward their preferred nominee . |