Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to " 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 | A safety valve releases any excess pressure once the air chamber has been filled to capacity . |
| 3 | When one half of the train had been filled to bursting point it would ‘ draw up ’ … |
| 4 | AT THE end of Mass , when the children had been dismissed to their schooling with Brother Paul , and only the choir monks were left as awed witnesses , Abbot Radulfus offered a brief and practical prayer for divine guidance , and approached Saint Winifred 's altar . |
| 5 | With the threat of relegation looming again , the loss of the ground , and the millstone around my neck of a team of asthmatic pine martens with the collective brain power of a kiwi fruit , the pressures on me are building to a frightening pitch . |
| 6 | I mean , the sensible thing would have been to go to her room , would n't it ? |
| 7 | Such a clause does not relieve the parties from the obligation to register a registrable sale agreement , it merely suspends the operation of the relevant restrictions until particulars of the agreement have been furnished to the OFT . |
| 8 | These , again , are pre-set to a small selection , but , noticeably , they include only those colours that normally print well with a three colour ribbon , which , given the price and target audience of the program , is a sensible move . |
| 9 | The data are normalized to that at 5MPa ; absolute values for each of the samples at this pressure were as follows : A1 , 5.01x10 -4 Sm -1 ; A2 , 2.51x10 -4 Sm -1 ; B1 , 1.995x10 -4 Sm -1 ; B2 , 2.24x10 -4 Sm -1 . |
| 10 | The data are normalized to that at 18MPa ; absolute values for each of the samples at this pressure were as follows : A3 , 2.24x10 -5 Sm -1 ; A4 , 3.55x10 -6 Sm -1 ; B3 , 2.51x10 -6 Sm -1 ; B4 , 2.3x10 -6 Sm -1 . |
| 11 | The results are normalized to that at 25°C ; absolute values for each of the samples at this temperature were as follows : A1 , 1.26x10 -4 Sm -1 ; A2 , 0.631x10 -4 Sm -1 ; B1 , 1.26x10 -5 Sm -1 . |
| 12 | All 133 bedrooms are furnished to a high standard with en-suite bathroom . |
| 13 | The bedrooms are furnished to a very high standard , all are en suite , one has a four-poster bed , another a half-tester . |
| 14 | The palazzo now offers five lovely apartments all of which are furnished to a high standard some with antiques — and of individual character and charm . |
| 15 | Whilst all of the guest rooms are furnished to the highest levels — model rooms were built for every member of staff to comment on and the opening was delayed by several months until things were felt to be completely right — the Amstel 's jewel in the crown is its Royal Suite . |
| 16 | Had he succeeded , Ireland might have been annexed to France , though , mind you , we 'd have been no better off than under England . |
| 17 | This territory had been annexed to Poland after its occupation by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War , a situation accepted de facto by the Western powers at the Potsdam conference of July-August 1945 ( the northern part of East Prussia being at the same time incorporated into the Soviet Union ) . |
| 18 | Work started on integrating the collection into the NLS catalogue in 1987 and approximately 950 titles from the collection have been catalogued to date . |
| 19 | However , even if 10 years ' worth of rights from an old company pension scheme are commuted to no more than two years ' worth in your new one , it could still be worth accepting , particularly if your new job is likely to produce rapid pay rises . |
| 20 | Mohinder Amarnath , the all-rounder who angered the Indian selectors last year by labelling them a ‘ bunch of jokers ’ , has been recalled to the Indian team for the three-nation Sharjah Cup cricket tournament from 12 to 20 October . |
| 21 | Fulham defender Jeff Hopkins has been recalled to the Welsh squad for the World Cup qualifier against The Netherlands as a replacement for Kevin Ratcliffe . |
| 22 | WAYNE LARKINS , shunted into the sidings after the last of his six Test caps in 1981 , has been recalled to the England team for their one-day match against a Railway XI in Delhi today . |
| 23 | But Adrie van Tiggelen , the Anderlecht defender who missed the Wales game because of suspension , has been recalled to a 16-man squad which also includes AC 's Frank Rijkaard . |
| 24 | The Treaty of Rome had been signed without her in March 1957 ; the EEC had come into being in January 1958 ; and de Gaulle had been recalled to power in France to solve the Algerian crisis in June that year . |
| 25 | After a few months however , Mr Wilson had been recalled to London as the head of his company had been tragically killed in an automobile accident . |
| 26 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 27 | WOLVES winger Robbie Dennison has been recalled to Northern Ireland 's squad for the first time in a year . |
| 28 | Two hundred thousand veterans had been recalled to the Eagles , the half-pay officers had been restored to their battalions , and the arsenals of France had been filled . |
| 29 | Robin Horner of Belmont has been recalled to the team as second to Willie Watson ( Knock . ) |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Ripa di Meana has been recalled to Italy as Environment Minister [ see separate item ] . |