Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marks and Spencer started being nice to its employees , customers , suppliers and neighbours decades before it was fashionable to do so . |
| 2 | Furthermore , it ‘ will not join in and will seek to prevent efforts by others to bring about consideration of proposals which it and Israel agree are detrimental to the interests of Israel ’ . |
| 3 | Both Paul and Keith have been careful to be polite to each other all week . |
| 4 | Everything that Clegg and Gatsby do is devoted to their loved ones , this is the whole focus of their lives , which is what makes them so dangerous . |
| 5 | In discussing the extent to which sentencing discretion in England and Wales has been subject to control in the past , or is likely to be in the future , we will adopt the threefold classification elaborated by K.C. Davis ( 1969 ) : viz. confining discretion ( or restricting the scope of discretionary power that is available ) ; structuring discretion ( or regulating its exercise in advance ) ; and checking discretion ( or reviewing the way it has been exercised in the past ) . |