Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1950s the interesting old Døle was graded to the Norwegian Red-and-White and combined into the Norwegian Red in 1963 . |
| 2 | At seventeen he underwent an evangelical conversion and determined to bring the Christian gospel to the Chinese , although inland China was closed to foreigners . |
| 3 | The lanky Ormondroyd was proving to be a nuisance and when he chested the ball down to Thompson he was unlucky to see his shot flash wide . |
| 4 | During 1942 any remaining Londons were returned to Saro at Cowes for breaking-up . |
| 5 | Thus great areas of central Spain were condemned to the extensive farming of cereals for low yields at great expense of labour . |
| 6 | These are tendentious claims : it is clear that men prominent in the political , ecclesiastical , legal , and learned life of later Victorian England were admitted to Christ Church in Smith 's day . |
| 7 | Some billeting arrangements were equally resented by both sides — as when Roman Catholic children from inner-city Liverpool were sent to staunchly Protestant North Wales , and some were the fault of nobody — as when in Cambridge a Greek head waiter 's wife was given a bed inferior to that provided for the wife of an under-waiter . |
| 8 | Although Central Asia was to fall to Russian arms — and soon after to the railway station — in the 1870s , it was not until the turn of the century that Siberia and the Far East bowed to the onward march of the station , here rigidly classified into a whole range of categories of importance . |
| 9 | SMR 's role was to be taken over by the Shackleton-equipped Maritime Operational Training Unit at Kinloss and the unit was scheduled to disband in September 1956 with the remaining Lancs being ferried to Wroughton to await their fate . |
| 10 | At the time of writing ( Oct 77 ) the Japanese MSDF are said to be interested in fifteen aircraft to replace its mixed fleet of thirty-four prop driven aircraft . |
| 11 | Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent was expected to be ready to show two pre-production prototypes of its high-end WinServer 5000 series , one being the much-anticipated 30-way box carrying a mix-and-match assortment of Intel Corp Pentiums and 80486 chips , in itself a design feat , and the other an 18-way WinServer 5000 fitted out with only 60MHz Pentiums , a modern-day exercise in conspicuous consumption considering the rarity of the chips . |
| 12 | how tight Mike was going to be with you know having to look after Paul and all the rest of it I promised I 'd take him to Snetterton market and he could have , he was going to buy some records . |
| 13 | A fine comedy resulted , as the high culture of pre-war Vienna was reduced to eight discs , one book ( Goethe 's poems ) , one luxury ( a bath-tub ) , and responses to such questions as ‘ What should a person going into an art gallery for the first time look for ? ’ |
| 14 | With the restoration of the monarchy and established church in 1660 , this doctrinal and liturgical Babel was brought to an abrupt end . |
| 15 | Waterville Valley and the World Cup finals in late March was going to be a long haul . |
| 16 | The house in Long Island was referred to as Xanadu in the specialized trade that supplied her . |
| 17 | ‘ I wonder how long Rose is going to be . |
| 18 | Unconscious Pip was taken to the Queen 's Medical Centre in Nottingham where she 's still being treated for head injuries . |
| 19 | Eastern Europe is predicted to be the only place where the number of poor people as a percentage of the total population will actually grow , although figures ignore poverty in the ‘ developed ’ world altogether . |
| 20 | The resignations of four government ministers in late September were believed to be related to forthcoming elections , with Education Minister Ricardo Lagos Escobar in particular stepping down in order to stand for the presidency in 1993 , and Carlos Ominami Pascual ( Economy ) to organize his campaign . |
| 21 | A second Tiphys shall then arise , and a second Argo to carry chosen heroes ; a second warfare , too , there shall be , and again shall a great Achilles be sent to Troy . ’ |
| 22 | In those days there was considerable emphasis on its carcass quality and 60,000 fat Jutlands were sent to England with another 30,000 lean cattle going for fattening on the German marshes . |
| 23 | Italian giants Inter Milan are understood to be watching the situation closely , with Pearce hoping Clough changes his mind and puts him more in line with the kind of wages being picked up by some of his England team-mates . |
| 24 | Third-placed Inter Milan were held to a goalless draw at home to Sampdoria , squandering their chance of victory when Sosa missed a penalty . |
| 25 | ANIMAL-LOVER Jackson is talking to London Zoo chiefs about a possible financial rescue . |
| 26 | Research during the 1970s showed that the concentration of service employment in southern Britain was related to the increasing dominance in the economy of large multi-site companies with their head office , administration and associated satellite suppliers near London . |
| 27 | NORTH and Mid Wales is set to be a European-free zone as the South dominate the new Konica League . |
| 28 | The red Sierra is believed to be either A , C or D-registered . |
| 29 | Radioactive and toxic pollution in the oceans off northern Russia is leading to the deaths of thousands of seals from cancer , according to Russian scientists . |
| 30 | Having enjoyed ‘ a string of celebrity lovers ’ , he apparently ‘ saw the light after multimillionaire basketball star Magic Johnson was found to be HIV positive . ’ |