Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is rather like the American system of presidential elections except that in the American system , the people who are voted for are tied to a particular candidate , so it 's really just erm a convoluted way of having a direct system rather than a genuinely indirect system here . |
| 2 | Thus it is argued that the people should he sure that the presidents and Congressmen they vote for are committed to reducing the role of the military-industrial complex . |
| 3 | A MENTALLY handicapped patient choked to death after being tied to a toilet pipe while nurses went to lunch , an inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 4 | Sgt Forth died of his injuries after being called to a disturbance at a house in Gateshead , 12 days ago . |
| 5 | He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit . |
| 6 | Peter Barron , 19 , of Lancefield Avenue , Newcastle , was remanded in custody for five days by city magistrates yesterday charged with attempting to murder PC Keith Richardson , who was stabbed after being called to a house burglary . |
| 7 | When Stacey was found , Mrs Queripel told police she had disappeared from the family 's flat in Birch Hill , Bracknell , after being sent to bed early . |
| 8 | Her parents had taken her to the doctor because of breathing problems and after being sent to hospital it was discovered L had extensive bruising across the buttocks . |
| 9 | TOTTENHAM striker Gordon Durie will be out of action for two weeks after being rushed to hospital last night for an operation on his left knee . |
| 10 | She died in September , three days after being rushed to hospital with multiple injuries which , doctors said at her inquest , could not have been caused accidentally . |
| 11 | NIGHTCLUB boss Lincoln Pennant plunged 35ft onto spiked railings after being blasted to death by mobsters . |
| 12 | As after being blasted to bits |
| 13 | Soon after being remanded to Pentonville Prison he was attacked by his psychotic cellmate who had set fire to the cell . |
| 14 | The solution is a seat fitting kit a specially made safety belt which is fixed to the seat after being bolted to the car body . |
| 15 | He has three times had problems with his guards , putting back his release at least 45 days to May 1995 , after being sentenced to six years in 1991 for raping 19-year-old beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington . |
| 16 | The men had only been out of jail for about two years after being sentenced to 10 years for firearms offences and plotting to kidnap an Eton schoolboy and hold him to ransom , but the judge said he accepted the men had both paid the price for these crimes and sentenced them to 4 years in prison . |
| 17 | After being entertained to food the bride 's kin departed . |
| 18 | A shopkeeper is in hospital after being clubbed to the ground with a baseball bat . |
| 19 | THE explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Michael Stroud were tucking into a hearty breakfast of eggs yesterday after being airlifted to safety from the icy wastes of the Antarctic . |
| 20 | The man , whose name has not been released , was in Woolwich Military Hospital , London , after being airlifted to Britain on Thursday . |
| 21 | He made few friends ; he joined few clubs or societies , and after being elected to the college debating society was asked to resign because he never spoke ; he did not even spend much money . |
| 22 | Separate aliquots of the same mucosal homogenates were assayed for peptic activity after being exposed to pH 8.0 by alkalinisation using 1N NaOH . |
| 23 | About 40 people have been treated for eye and skin irritation , breathing problems and nausea after being exposed to the spill . |
| 24 | AFTER BEING RELEGATED TO FOURTH , SONY TRIES HARDER IN WORKSTATIONS |
| 25 | This autonomy is jealously defended by neighbourhood policemen in Easton , who see it as an essential part of their job , as one was ruefully reminded after being transferred to the Traffic Branch . |
| 26 | Another five were said to be ‘ very poorly ’ after being transferred to a hospital specialising in infectious diseases . |
| 27 | Editor , — After being transferred to human insulin a number of patients have complained that they do not recognise hypoglycaemia as clearly as they used to with animal insulin . |
| 28 | Mr Thompson , 78 , of St James Road , Romanby , Northallerton , was rushed to the Friarage Hospital but died after being transferred to Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 29 | Two of the staff at the hostel which has places for 23 residents were detained overnight after being transferred to South Cleveland Hospital . |
| 30 | Scottish scallops , worth about £7,000 and due for export to Spain , have been buried alive after being found to be contaminated with heavy metals . |