Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of lack of time has been eased to some degree by the setting up of communal kitchens like those in Lima , Peru . |
| 2 | Citizens of Birmingham are treated to some of the finest displays of the North American golden rod to be seen in the country . |
| 3 | I start up the hill towards Dýrafjöđ3ur but before I reach the top I am treated to some Icelandic weather . |
| 4 | Even in its best days the circulation of the magazine had been limited to some eight hundred subscribers ( most of whom were " Eliot watchers " , according to Stephen Spender ) and by the time it had ceased publication that number had dropped to a couple of hundred . |
| 5 | ‘ With the Tottenham Three being acquitted , people feel the problem has been ameliorated to some extent , ’ said a campaigner . |
| 6 | ‘ I am disappointed for the crowd because generally they have been treated to some good football here and all our performance lacked was some goals . |
| 7 | In recent years several British ensembles have begun to draw upon an ‘ exotic ’ instrumentarium of this kind once again , but they have been marginalized to some degree . |
| 8 | In areas of high population responsibility for education has been given to some ‘ first tier ’ authorities ie district councils within metropolitan regions , such as Salford . |
| 9 | The nature and interrelationship between these entities is a difficult and debated subject , and readers are referred to some of the best-known texts on the subject . |
| 10 | 3 Where possible , procedures should be established to ensure that all documents coming from new trading partners are referred to some responsible person within the business for consideration . |
| 11 | The woman had rubbed herself vigorously with the leaves , and presumably the man had been exposed to some of the plant 's irritant oil remaining on her body after washing . |
| 12 | Examination of records available on smoking related activity in the control schools indicated that pupils in half of the schools had been exposed to some incidental and unplanned smoking education through events such as No Smoking Day or through associated teaching in home economics or biology . |
| 13 | If you can accept this concept , you will then be able to understand in principle why some people are predisposed to some illnesses or tend to be sensitive to certain types of dietary changes , groups of food , or nutritional deficiencies . |
| 14 | References have been confined to some of the more significant primary sources and to secondary sources that readers may find particularly interesting or readable . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He accepts that their actions are constrained to some extent by trade unions , workers , managers , and the government of the day ( in the last case particularly if the Conservative Party is not in government ) . |
| 17 | Under the new regime for companies this problem has been addressed to some extent . |
| 18 | This question has been answered to some extent by a recent paper which showed a significantly higher mortality and morbidity among diabetics discharged solely to primary care in the community compared to those cared for by the hospital diabetic clinic ( Hayes & Harries , 1984 ) . |
| 19 | Reference has already been made to some of these changes . |
| 20 | This quantitative approach has been adopted to some extent by at least one local authority as the policy statement below illustrates : |
| 21 | As er competition becomes even more fierce and er competitive and yeah well the threat of threat to the the weaknesses which are connected to some of the threats actually . |
| 22 | You 're given to some very strange mood swings . ’ |
| 23 | There are smaller differences between countries for this variable than for the other dependents , and the overall significant correlations are reflected to some extent in all countries except Japan . |
| 24 | In recent years the breed has been exported to some extent to Jamaica , Uganda , Saudi Arabia and Iran but more widely to Canada , the USA and New Zealand . |
| 25 | Swirling snowclouds and rain strengthened the illusion that there was no outside world anymore , and that they had all been transported to some frozen Hell . |
| 26 | These are buffered to some extent by coral sand and gravel . |
| 27 | Sharpe remembered that Lucille , who had loyally left France to stay at his side , had been invited to some fashionable and expensive ball that was supposed to take place in Brussels this night . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding these developments , however , even in some European countries the tendency towards decentralisation in collective negotiations has been offset to some extent by cross-currents . |
| 29 | A RUSTY old gasometer which fed-up local residents want demolished because ‘ it 's a blot on the landscape ’ has been compared to some of Italy 's most beautiful buildings . |
| 30 | The development of sub-degree courses has also been inhibited to some extent because better staffing ratios , more generous accommodation and higher salaries have accrued from teaching full-time degree level students . |