Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to england " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem might even be confined to England itself , for it is not unusual , particularly in the twelfth century , to find two systems of reckoning in use at the same time for different classes of computation . |
| 2 | Prison security has become an issue , especially since the troubles in Northern Ireland , and it is worth noting that the 1983 report of the Chief Inspector of Prisons suggested that the lessons of the 38-prisoner-escape from the Maze could be applied to England and Wales . |
| 3 | It was not until the Spirits Act of 1860 that bottled Scotch whisky could be exported to England . |
| 4 | But when Dr Dee ( a scientist too aware of his Welsh descent to want to use the word ‘ English ’ ) wrote about the British Empire in the 1570s he was discussing the prospect of possessions beyond the seas , which were likely to be linked to England by the bond of allegiance to the sovereign more than by anything else . |
| 5 | One , undated , but clearly made while the negotiations were taking place , bound the earls of Angus , Argyll , Crawford , Marischal , Cassillis and Glencairn and ten others to fulfil the council decision that pledges should be sent to England as surety for the accomplishing of the marriage — that is , human pledges . |
| 6 | Tyndale 's main problem for the rest of his life was to find a base on the Continent where there was a printing press , where its use by him would be tolerated by the authorities , and from which his translations and publications could be sent to England , either through sales at the great annual book fair at Frankfurt or by river and sea , hidden among the goods of friendly merchants . |