Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] to an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The common areas of the building are maintained to an immaculate standard by the resident caretaker and a small team of cleaners — there is no evidence of abuse of staircases , lifts or corridors as is apparent in many local authority or other housing association schemes . |
| 2 | THE Football Association are to bring to an end a lucrative film contract after being embarrassed by the notorious Vinnie Jones video , writes Rob Shepherd . |
| 3 | Programmes of study are tailored to an individual candidate 's requirements and may comprise either research training and a thesis or portfolio of projects ; or a programme of research training , assignments and a dissertation . |
| 4 | He told the Scottish Grand Committee : ‘ The days of the Victorian mental institution are coming to an end . |
| 5 | Through their work , the fruits of biblical scholarship were disseminated to an ever-widening audience . |
| 6 | The rhythm is responding to an external influence that has not been controlled in the experimental protocol . |
| 7 | The first author shows quite clearly that the idea of inference or mental perception is connected to an impression of " afterness " or subsequence , as are all the other uses with to which we have seen up to this point . |
| 8 | This sort of key is taken to an ultimate conclusion in the keys associated with the San Francisco Bay project . |
| 9 | Thirdly the equipment and systems reliability of ‘ high-bay ’ warehouses can now achieve very high levels provided that maintenance is kept to an adequate standard ; availability of equipment for use is often in excess of 97% of the time work is available . |
| 10 | It was a great regret to me that our partnership was to come to an end . |
| 11 | A Carrel patch of donor aorta was anastomomosed to an anterior incision in the infrarenal recipient aorta , and the portal vein draining the superior mesenteric vein of the graft was anastomosed end-to-side to the anterior wall of the recipient inferior vena cava . |
| 12 | She was more relaxed now , her shoulders less hunched , as if she realised the interview was coming to an end . |
| 13 | By the mid '60s the heyday of the hairy-chested open sports car was coming to an end , surviving only on an uneasy and temporary truce with the law-makers and the environmentalist lobby . |
| 14 | The second is that the British colonial rulers did not genuinely believe in independent , publicly owned public service broadcasting because when in government they made sure that they had full control and tolerated the idea of a corporation only when their rule was coming to an end . |
| 15 | The patriarchate was reduced to an archbishopric , Greek replaced Slavonic in the liturgy and a process of Hellenisation began . |
| 16 | Each bogie had a set of magnetic track brakes and the conduit plough carrier was fixed to an extension of one of the bogies with sufficient clearance to take the L.C.C . |
| 17 | It may be sufficient to remark that when the instrument was demonstrated to an assembly of interested parties in Oxford it met with great approval . |
| 18 | After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement . |
| 19 | Whilst the window is reduced to an icon , none of the program icons within the window can be activated . |
| 20 | Such parliamentary procedure in Committee is coming to an end , as it is being seen as a useless use of time . |
| 21 | To illustrate the paradigm , reference is made to an alcohol education course developed for offenders in trouble through drink . |
| 22 | I enclose herewith an extract from Spare Rib Magazine , in which reference is made to an agreement between Spare Rib Magazine and W H Smith in regard to placing the magazine in the Women 's Section . |
| 23 | Thus if at this moment someone said something to me about " that ugly little statue on your fireplace " and accompanied this with an appropriate gesture , I should have little difficulty in identifying the object to which he is referring , but identification may not be so easy if a reference is made to an object that is not accessible to immediate perception , or of which I have no knowledge whatever . |
| 24 | In a traditional adventure story the pursuit of personal honour is drawn to an absolute conclusion . |
| 25 | All the alternatives have not been properly considered , and must be before the Institute is committed to an enterprise of this magnitude . |
| 26 | The SRA has put several thousands of pounds into this year 's event and believes that the failure to acquire a sponsor is related to an adverse market . |
| 27 | The SRA has put several thousands of pounds into this year 's event and believes that the failure to acquire a sponsor is related to an adverse market . |
| 28 | My first marriage was coming to an end , but my husband would not leave until I had a permanent job ( so that I could support his children ) . |
| 29 | As the championship progressed it was fairly obvious that England 's magnificent Grand Slamming run was coming to an end , not because of the passion and pride displayed by Wales and Ireland , but the fact that some of the England veterans are undoubtedly past their shelf life . |
| 30 | A dissatisfied party may want to establish that the reference was made to an expert so that he can then sue the individual , or that the reference was made to an arbitrator so that he can appeal against the award : or again there may be differences in rights of enforcement prompting the claim that an arbitration was a reference to an expert , or vice versa . |