Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The collection spans the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries with sheets by 199 artists , more than half of whom are new to the gallery ( including Peruzzi , Ribalta , Coypel , Schinkel , Landseer , Doré and Alma-Tadema ) . |
| 2 | Netwise Inc has picked up $8.5m in third-round venture capital from eight firms including Hancock Venture Partners and the Japan Associated Finance Co , both of whom are new to the company : the money will be used for further development . |
| 3 | The President appoints a Prime Minister and , on the latter 's advice , a Council of Ministers , all of whom are responsible to Parliament . |
| 4 | The President appoints a Vice-President and a Cabinet , all of whom are responsible to the Assembly . |
| 5 | The President appoints a Prime Minister and , on the latter 's advice , a Council of Ministers , all of whom are responsible to Parliament . |
| 6 | That still leaves a healthy blend of seasoned hands and determined younger players , many of whom are happy to be regarded as all-rounders rather than specialists . |
| 7 | On pages 24 , 48 and 54 you will find details of our painting holidays to Austria , Sicily , Cornwall and the South of France tutored by Peter Partlington , Peter Welton and Karen Simmons — all of whom are well-known to The Artist readers for their teaching skills and reputations as artists . |
| 8 | In societies where there is a strong emphasis on certain goals , but where the means for obtaining them are unavailable to most citizens , the result is a situation of anomie ; a situation , in other words , where the rules and standards governing behaviour have lost their influence and force and are liable to be ignored , and where shared norms or rules no longer determine and direct behaviour . |
| 9 | ‘ All of them are vulnerable to coastal erosion and are being nibbled away by the sea . |
| 10 | Although , to the casual observer , the terraces may seem unremarkable slabs of tiered concrete , certain areas within them are sacrosanct to the fans who habitually occupy them . |
| 11 | Remarkable that out of thirty people elected last May , fifteen of them are new to this Council , a staggering seventeen percent of the Council if you do it statistically . |
| 12 | It is possible to adjust the data for the high proportion of part-time workers , by assuming that two of them are equivalent to one full-time worker . |
| 13 | Despite the entitlements spelled out in the supplementary benefit regulations , many of them are subject to discretion . |
| 14 | Thirty per cent of them are unfit to be used for education . |
| 15 | At the same time many among them are sympathetic to the Greens , whom their second vote gives them the opportunity to support . |
| 16 | Attempts to rescue and re-evaluate them are apt to be less rewarding than making a fresh start . |
| 17 | Some of them are near to tears . |
| 18 | This , coupled with the fact that they are also relatively low paid , means that many of them are unattractive to many of the unemployed . |
| 19 | Much of them are unreclaimed to this day , as in Dorset , Hampshire and Surrey . |
| 20 | If we return to the example of our widget-making factory after the introduction of the new production process , with half its workforce put on to the labour market ( or , putting it more bluntly , sacked ) , then many of them are likely to be eligible for unemployment benefit . |
| 21 | Not to imitate it , of course , but to gauge whether any of them are likely to be interested in the kind of work you write . |
| 22 | With most major life events , it is likely to be very difficult both to identify people who have recently experienced an event and find out which of them are likely to be susceptible to psychiatric disorder as a consequence . |
| 23 | It is not known exactly where the birds end up , although some of them are likely to be eaten as game by African farmers . |
| 24 | If there are , for example , 11,000 accident repairers in the UK , most of them are likely to be small ; one-man operations or not much bigger . |
| 25 | She added sagely , ‘ Arnie and I are used to separations , and we know nothing 's going to happen just because we 're apart for a while . ’ |
| 26 | Well , we were the oldest pair in the competition — both my partner and I are closer to the Queen 's telegram than the christening gown ; both nearer the bathchair than the pushchair ! |
| 27 | I am vulnerable to the inference here that my inquiry has vested interests ; that because I am an African-American and a writer I stand to benefit in ways not limited to intellectual fulfilment from this line of questioning . |
| 28 | I am delighted to be associated with such a far-reaching project that will act as a clearing house for many people 's activities across the world through a service dedicated to the needs of an unrestricted membership . |
| 29 | As minister responsible for the economy in Northern Ireland , I am delighted to be associated with the publication of ‘ Guide to Exporting . ’ |
| 30 | As one of our valued customers I am delighted to be able to make you this exceptional ‘ Saint and Greavsie ’ offer : |