Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun prp] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want Eileen to lie in the Catholic cemetery in Naas , since the place reserved for the Arbuthnots was forbidden to her . |
| 2 | However , since Brezhnev 's proposals for the Gulf were linked to the broader issue of the Indian Ocean ‘ zone of peace ’ Soviet officials still made an effort to gain support for them from the Indian Ocean Third World states and the non-aligned nations in general . |
| 3 | The separate inquiry into the disappearance of state funds through the CPSU was scheduled to be completed by July . |
| 4 | Several years after the Tennant 's moved to Glenconner Farm , Ochiltree , old John Tennant learned that the village crier required a horn to sound before he made his proclamations around the district , so he had a silver mounting and mouthpiece fitted to the bullock 's horn and presented it to the village . |
| 5 | The result of this option is that the state of the DC is changed to ACTIVE , thus fulfilling LIFESPANs requirement for a DC to be active through only one package . |
| 6 | In 1974 the value of the SDR was linked to a basket of sixteen national currencies , so the link with gold was severed . |
| 7 | As of late November the Nasir group still claimed to control Malakal , whereas the government account stated that the town had been attacked abortively by a group led by a local religious leader , and Garang 's wing of the SPLA was said to be claiming that the town had been captured by " southern nationalists " within the army , aided by the southern rebel faction calling itself Anyanya II . |
| 8 | The powers of the GLC were passed to the London Boroughs , except in the cases of services that crossed boundaries , such as the fire services , which are managed under joint boards . |
| 9 | Both of the Lees were returned to parliament in the election unopposed . |
| 10 | In the Act the objective of EMU was stated ; the Regional Fund was defined ; the legal scope of the EC was extended to such areas as environment , technological co-operation and social policy ; the system of foreign ministers ' meetings , held since 1970 , was formally drawn under the EC umbrella ; the use of majority votes was extended ( although the vexed issue of the Luxembourg Compromise was not tackled ) ; and most importantly , under pressure from the Commission , it was decided to achieve a genuine ‘ common market ’ in 1992 with the free movement of people , goods and capital throughout the EC . |
| 11 | Lincoln 's role in determining the future of the Barnes is bound to be contested bitterly . |
| 12 | Friends of the Servites are invited to a reception afterwards . |
| 13 | But France pointedly refused to participate in meetings where substantive decisions affecting the nature of the EEC were scheduled to be taken . |
| 14 | John Anderson , principal hydrologist with the Tay River Purification Board , is emphatic that any attempt to hold back the irresistible force of the Tay is doomed to failure . |
| 15 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 16 | Their reform of the NHS is leading to a two-tier system far removed from the local community . |
| 17 | But working near the top of the BBC is said to be a nightmare , with Checkland a lame-duck , Birt not speaking out and Hussey acting like an executive . |
| 18 | The manganese and iron ores of the Urals were linked to great coalfields 1,250 miles further east . |
| 19 | The objective of the EMS was defined to be the creation of " a zone of monetary stability in Europe " through the " monetary cooperation " among the EC member countries . |
| 20 | A strengthening of sterling and the lira in particular would reduce the risk of the EMS being subjected to another round of competitive devaluation . |
| 21 | Even the duly authorised activities of the Simonova were going to be undertaken at a respectable distance . |
| 22 | Two crew members of the Glenmore were winched to safety by helicopter shortly before their vessel went down . |
| 23 | Three Senior Professional Officers ( SPOs ) were rapidly appointed to County Hall posts to act as a channel of communication for the CMHTs ( for the sake of simplicity , the key contribution of the SPOs is subsumed to a large extent within our discussion of the CMHTs ) . |
| 24 | In Scotland Woodley et al ( 1992 ) have shown that students entering with lower Highers scores are more likely to fail examinations and drop-out for that reason , while Johnes and Taylor ( 1989 ) have shown that non-completion rates in universities throughout the UK are related to the mean A-level score of students on entry . |
| 25 | ‘ The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 26 | The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 27 | The receipt of bulk payments from the legal aid board may include amounts in respect of unpaid professional disbursements ( which under the SAR are deemed to be client money ) , which it may be impracticable to split into office and client accounts immediately . |
| 28 | A point for potential investors to note is that funds raised by a company during any 12 month period under the BES are limited to £750,000 . |
| 29 | UNITA denied that its withdrawal from the CCPM was linked to recent successful diplomatic contacts between the government and Portugal and Brazil , or the forthcoming visit of President José Eduardo dos Santos to the United States . |
| 30 | In addition , its future is uncertain , as the original funding from the GLC is known to be running short . |