Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blues singer Greg Allman is put to good use as the big bad dealer at the centre of events , a weighty presence always just out of reach . |
| 2 | Busby was sacked by Sunderland when Malcolm Crosby was promoted to first-team coach last December . |
| 3 | On 28 January 1919 , Mr. Spencer was promoted to General Manager , Tramways . |
| 4 | Bruges was closed to English vessels , and Calais was isolated . |
| 5 | Francis Hawkins was to rise to effective second-in-command of the BUF after 1936 and the impact of the ex-British Fascist members was to be significant in the organization and administration of the movement . |
| 6 | Clough had written in a newspaper column : ‘ If England are switching to kick-and-rush football , you can count me out . |
| 7 | Unlike Design Changes , SPRs and SSRs are related to specific versions of a module and not to a module name . |
| 8 | Thus , from 1930–31 , the District 's providing powers in Bedfordshire were limited to urban areas and the Cambridge Board assumed Chapter III powers in those rural areas which had been included in Shearman 's territory between 1927–30 . |
| 9 | ( As in Michael , The Ruined Cottage , and other poems , Wordsworth is moved to visionary experience by the landscape surrounding a ruin . ) |
| 10 | The CRE is committed to good race relations . |
| 11 | A US company that set up a film importing subsidiary in South Korea was subjected to intensive intimidation , including the release of snakes into cinemas to deter cinema customers . |
| 12 | The link with the scary world of Spielberg was revealed to potential future students who visited the first of the university 's two open days . |
| 13 | Some vendors are promising that they will provide it on their own , others such as Quark are linking to specific vendors ( Scitex in this case ) while still others such as Aldus are merely providing an open interface to anyone who cares to take their files on board . |
| 14 | The manganese and iron ores of the Urals were linked to great coalfields 1,250 miles further east . |
| 15 | The Washington Post of Feb. 12 reported that diplomats from the major powers saw these changes as " necessary if the UN is to adjust to current world realities by moving away from its former , almost exclusive preoccupation with North-South issues and put more stress on conflict-prevention and peacekeeping " . |
| 16 | MPO is related to potential profit from predicted gas sales . |
| 17 | Of the 75,000 BTOE of solar energy which reaches the earth , only 2.3 BTOE is converted to useful energy by man — 71% is used for food production , 24% goes on the burning of wood and agricultural waste and 4% on hydro electricity . |
| 18 | It 's an ambitious plan , but Bristol is responding to national as well as local needs . |
| 19 | The discovery of the water together with the idyllic setting in pine and birch woods scattered with rhododendrons meant that Woodhall Spa was destined to successful growth as an inland resort . |
| 20 | Artai was bowing to left and right now , the last time in his life he would ever be required to offer courtesy to others . |
| 21 | Perrin subsequently took charge of the high-pressure research and Gibson was transferred to other work . |
| 22 | Mrs Palichuk was reduced to stunned silence for a moment . |
| 23 | So while Mala was attending to Posi as they plotted our course to Fraxilly through the primary and secondary Netlines — a bit complex , since we 'd be shifting through eight sectors even if we took the direct route — I took charge of the cylinder . |
| 24 | Violence in Kompong Cham was limited to occasional incidents of shelling near polling stations . |
| 25 | The care provided by the Beacon was to transfer to special units in the remaining children 's day centres . |
| 26 | At Finubar 's request the city of Lothern was opened to human merchants and Elf pilots were provided to guide the trading fleets through the approaches to Ulthuan . |
| 27 | This does not mean that we thought , and still less required , that in no circumstances should J. be subjected to mechanical ventilation . |
| 28 | In January 1990 Fiji was restored to nominal civilian rule [ see p. 37189 ] . |
| 29 | But all their training that October was put to limited use , for after they had flown to Gibraltar , the Admiralty forbade any landings , the Flag Officer Gibraltar considering these would compromise security and warn the French of the invasion . |
| 30 | Through his friendship Soutine was introduced to other young artists and saw them work in their studios and Modigliani guided him round the Louvre , pointing out the Italian painters he admired , the primitives and Giotto , Botticelli and Tintoretto . |