Example sentences of "and [be] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who had called on Angy , found her groomed and perfumed and ready to receive a rival , and been moved to uncontrollable violence by the belief that she had been unfaithful ? |
| 2 | There was an air-raid shelter in the front garden which at home would have provoked embarrassment and been subjected to vigorous camouflage with hardy perennials ; here it evoked no more than amused pride . |
| 3 | Makita power tools are the very best quality and are built to industrial standards , not only to take hard work , but also to incorporate many safety features . |
| 4 | A lightweight splash garment for chemical processing personnel who work in hot , humid environments and are exposed to corrosive chemicals is now available . |
| 5 | THOSE WHO WORK INDOORS AND ARE EXPOSED TO INTENSE SUN ONLY OCCASIONALLY ( IE : TWO WEEKS ANNUAL HOLIDAY ) . |
| 6 | Most of the causes outlined above refer to the incidence of severe mental handicap , and are related to medical problems . |
| 7 | They are both interesting books because they tell interesting stories , and are arranged to dramatic effect in interesting ways . |
| 8 | As a room divider , the shallower curves of a Tudor or Spanish-style arch need less height , and are suited to modern homes where storey heights tend to be 2.2m . |
| 9 | This contrasts with humic acids which are rich in carboxyls and are known to complex radio-nuclides to form colloidal suspensions , which can be moved long distances by groundwater . |
| 10 | It frequently happens that feminist women have relationships with men who are sensitive , communicative , share emotional and domestic chores and are committed to feminist ideals . |
| 11 | I suggest that voices should not be entirely dissociated from the social context in which they function and that therefore all texts in modern spoken languages should be regarded as having ‘ the implication of utterance ’ , and be referred to typical participants in some generalised context of situation . |
| 12 | A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units . |
| 13 | Rape victims , for example , may fear the consequences of reporting the act , and may not wish to be cross-examined by the police or in court and be exposed to possible innuendoes and suggestions that they ‘ encouraged ’ their assailant . |
| 14 | The series might well have different target markets and be published to different standards . |
| 15 | At the same time there has been a growing recognition of the fact that development may take different courses , and be directed to different ends , in diverse cultural and political contexts . |
| 16 | This would mean dropping the roads and footpaths on to the bed of the quarries which would be covered with topsoil and be returned to agricultural use . |
| 17 | The failure to identify bed sharing as a risk factor in non-Maori children was probably due to the very small proportion of infants in this group who both shared a bed and were exposed to maternal smoking . |
| 18 | Bede tells the story that , so backward were the heathen South Saxons that although a maritime race , they did not know how to fish and were given to mass suicides from convenient cliffs when the corn harvest failed after a terrible drought . |
| 19 | A sizeable proportion of these cases were suspected arson and were related to increased business failure because of high interest rates . |
| 20 | ‘ So far , all the students who violated the criminal law during the anti-government disturbances in 1989 and were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment have been released , ’ the agency said . |
| 21 | In the spring of 1940 government work started on a large scale , but until then many skilled men became redundant and were transferred to private firms . |
| 22 | It has now been abolished , mainly because a number of middle-class children failed it and were sent to nonacademic schools . |
| 23 | Freames and Pitts Mills were in close proximity to one another and this , coupled with the fact that at various times they shared the same tenants and were put to similar uses , has caused a certain amount of confusion . |
| 24 | The final version keyword access , with pupils selecting keywords from questions they Fig. 5.3 have posed as a group and being referred to specific questions in the main body of each record . |
| 25 | The effect of meeting Shankar and being exposed to Indian music was immediate . |
| 26 | This procedure is not limited to totally new projects and is applied to significant modifications to existing plants . |
| 27 | A copy of a module which is uniquely identified by its module issue number and is related to other versions with the same module name . |
| 28 | This research constructs a small-scale multi-country model of the eight main OECD economies , which takes account of the above criticism and is related to ongoing research in the Centre for Labour Economics on the supply side and on the estimation of a small-scale model of the UK economy . |
| 29 | The married couple 's allowance , which is currently £1,720 , was introduced in 1990/91 with the advent of independent taxation and is given to married men living with their wives . |
| 30 | In non-orthodox circles also the blood taboo , in culturally received if not strictly religious terms , is strong and is observed to varying degrees in context of inter-personal relations . |