Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to [pron] original " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , the electronic typewriter with its daisy-wheel printer , and the personal computer with its ink jet dot-matrix printer , have probably put an end to developments in handwriting , although many people are now studying and practising the art of good penmanship , and the term a ‘ fine Italian hand ’ may yet be restored to its original meaning . |
| 2 | The opportunity has not been missed to point unfavourably at the controversial plans for the Bode Museum in Berlin which , it seems , will not now be restored to its original appearance as when built for Kaiser Friedrich in 1897–1904 . |
| 3 | The land was then to be restored to its original owners on the payment of its value in installments . |
| 4 | ( 4 ) If subsection ( 1 ) above is contravened , the sheriff may on a complaint at the instance of the licensing board , by order declare the licence which is in force for the premises in respect of which the contravention took place to be forfeited , or may direct that , within a time fixed by the order , the premises shall be restored to their original condition . |
| 5 | When it was loaned for ‘ The Treasure Houses of Britain' exhibition in Washington , it was assumed that , like all the other works of art on show , it would be returned to its original setting . |
| 6 | The cursor will be returned to its original size and moved to a point just outside where the highlight had been depending on the key tapped . |
| 7 | On each jubilee year all land would be returned to its original owner . |
| 8 | The principle which underlay the concept of Jubilee , ( that all land alienated during the preceding fifty years was to be returned to its original owner or his descendants ) was that each family should not find itself in a position in which it was permanently barred from owning land , the vital productive asset in that economy . |
| 9 | The tape should be returned to its original position in the rack . |
| 10 | The tape should be returned to its original position in the rack . |
| 11 | The first was to incorporate the Gaza Strip into Israel , including its refugee population who might possibly be returned to their original villages . |