Example sentences of "and be [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The series might well have different target markets and be published to different standards . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |