Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [vb pp] 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 | Unlike Design Changes , SPRs and SSRs are related to specific versions of a module and not to a module name . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( As in Michael , The Ruined Cottage , and other poems , Wordsworth is moved to visionary experience by the landscape surrounding a ruin . ) |
| 8 | The CRE is committed to good race relations . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The manganese and iron ores of the Urals were linked to great coalfields 1,250 miles further east . |
| 12 | MPO is related to potential profit from predicted gas sales . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Perrin subsequently took charge of the high-pressure research and Gibson was transferred to other work . |
| 16 | Mrs Palichuk was reduced to stunned silence for a moment . |
| 17 | Violence in Kompong Cham was limited to occasional incidents of shelling near polling stations . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This does not mean that we thought , and still less required , that in no circumstances should J. be subjected to mechanical ventilation . |
| 20 | In January 1990 Fiji was restored to nominal civilian rule [ see p. 37189 ] . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Vincent was sent to near-by Wasmes and given a salary of fifty Belgian francs a month . |
| 24 | Ernesto Leal was promoted to Foreign Minister , replacing Enrique Dreyfus Morales who had resigned for health reasons . |
| 25 | A number of generals directly involved in the May violence in Bangkok were shifted to inactive posts . |
| 26 | Johnson was used to red cards , but this particular coupon was to signal a different kind of brush with authority , a sign that the player had been selected for a random dope test . |
| 27 | Mrs Guest was born to polite society , but broke with convention as a wayward débutante , taking to the stage and sitting for Diego Rivera in something less than a presentation gown . |
| 28 | Robbie retired in 1975 and Eden was promoted to Assistant Director . |
| 29 | Jay was given to grandiloquent rambling , and had to check herself . |
| 30 | In terms of provenance , there is no evidence to suggest that feldspar CL is related to specific igneous or metamorphic origins . |