Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gas prices in the Netherlands are linked to the price of heating oil and have fallen due to the generally over-supplied nature of the oil products market . |
| 2 | Most of their churches in Germany are affiliated to the RSCM , and some use its Choristers ' Training Scheme . |
| 3 | How far Marx and Engels were wedded to the idea is not clear and Engels did note that this sequence did not apply to the New World . |
| 4 | United Sabah National Organization ( USNO , Sakaran Bin Dandai pres. ) ; the Sabah-based AKAR and LDP were admitted to the BN in July 1991 [ see p. 38344 ] . |
| 5 | The earldoms granted by Edward III in 1337 were all granted in tail male , and in the course of the century the earldoms of Oxford , Warwick , Arundel and Surrey were surrendered to the king and regranted in tail male . |
| 6 | The lands of the lord of the manor at Hinton were reallocated to the peasants in the sixteenth century , and the manor house , now remaining as a moated site , was abandoned . |
| 7 | It was here that the kings of Hungary were presented to the people . |
| 8 | In the following year Malta and Constantinople were added to the number . |
| 9 | When Bonnie Prince Charlie left after a brief visit during his march on England in 1745 , the Earl of Traquair vowed that the resplendent Bear Gates ( the ‘ Steekit Yetts ’ ) should not be opened again until the Stuarts were restored to the throne . |
| 10 | LASMO is committed to the welfare of its employees , the protection of the environment in which it operates and to making an active contribution to the local communities where the Group 's operations are located . |
| 11 | Dr Barnardo 's benefited to the tune of £260 recently after Torness clerical assistant Murray Brunton , Peter Cotton from Information Systems and Ian Kilpatrick from Ops , walked through Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms . |
| 12 | Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess . |
| 13 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 14 | In golf 's World Matchplay Championship quarter-finals at Wentworth , Seve Ballesteros beats the American , Chip Beck , 9 and 8 , but Nick Faldo is taken to the 38th hole by South Africa 's David Frost before winning a sudden-death play-off . |
| 15 | Levi is drawn to the truths of science as an antidote to Fascist lies ; Sandro gets to the core of things by climbing mountains . |
| 16 | The crisis at Speywood is linked to the growing uncertainty about the future of the British Technology Group . |
| 17 | A marquis , Ridolfi was related to the Medici family through the marriage of one of his ancestors to a daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent ; another member of the family , Cosimo Rodolfi , was a leading figure of the 19th century Risorgimento and the founder of Florence 's first savings bank . |
| 18 | In 1963 Earp returned to England , Lawrie was transferred to the North Lowlands Unit and Johnstone became the District Geologist for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 19 | In a reshuffle on June 14 ( i ) Aguinaldo Jaime replaced Augusto Teixeira de Matos as Minister of Finance ; ( ii ) Boavista da Silva Cardoso was appointed to the new portfolio of Information ; and ( iii ) José de Franca Dias Van Dúnem was appointed Minister of Planning in place of António Henriques da Silva . |
| 20 | Dr. Goldsmith did n't want to certify the man at first , but later relented , and Sabey was sent to the asylum . |
| 21 | Kathleen was called to the phone and discovered her mother crying and laughing all at once , with all the family , it seemed , lined up behind her waiting to talk . |
| 22 | After a period supporting Coastal Command based at Predannock , Cornwall , in 1943 Braham was switched to the experimental task of escorting bomber streams over Europe . |
| 23 | Leule Selase Tamamum was appointed to the Cabinet , but it was unclear what portfolio he was to hold . |
| 24 | Leader of the State Council Eduard Shevardnadze was elected to the latter position — effectively a presidential role — with over 95 per cent of the vote . |
| 25 | A past chairman and managing director of the well-known Merseyside bakery firm , Mr Scott was elected to the Everton board in 1968 , and became chairman eight years later , in succession to Mr Alan Waterworth . |
| 26 | When the raids died down after May 1941 Scott was moved to the Ministry of Home Security , first as deputy ( 1941–2 ) and then as permanent secretary ( 1942–3 ) . |
| 27 | When the human teacher of the chimpanzee Nim Chimsky could no longer afford to continue his researches , Nim was returned to the community of zoo chimpanzees from which he had originally come . |
| 28 | Donald P. Brennan was appointed to the Board on 22 May 1991 and to the board of Waterford Wedgwood U.K. plc on 14 June 1991 . |
| 29 | Businessman Ian Brennan was added to the Hibs board today taking their directorial strength up to six . |
| 30 | In 1758 , four years after he had added the clerkship of Richmond New Park Lodge to that he held at Hampton Court , when the comptroller of the works , Thomas Ripley [ q.v. ] , was dying , he wrote to Newcastle to apply for his post ; and although in the event the preferment went to Henry Flitcroft [ q.v. ] , it was by Newcastle 's ‘ immediate appointment ’ that Wright was promoted to the posts of master mason and deputy surveyor vacated by the latter . |