Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Robin Tavistock 's table , where I was honoured to be seated , was a superb square birthday cake , iced in Robin 's racing colours , with fifty tiny candles in miniature gold candelabras . |
| 2 | Tumbling blearily on deck in my pyjamas I was confronted by the huge bulk of a klondyke trawler ramming alongside us , and I was just in time to see her huge fender catch our motor dory and sink her where she was tied to our stern . |
| 3 | ‘ I worked through the night to get them done and then drove to her house where she was confined to bed , ’ says Alan . |
| 4 | That feeling that you are not where you are meant to be . |
| 5 | A search of this size is impossible with the printed OED , where you are restricted to just those quotations including " love " which the original editors decided to put into the entry for " love " . |
| 6 | But er this is how they they wanted the work done and it was n't a question of one man had to learn the lot you just had to do work away where you were sent to work . |
| 7 | This is so refreshing in our instant culture , where we are invited to ‘ do ’ the Lake District in a week ! |
| 8 | Where we are held to be contracting carriers for the purposes of air or sea carriage please note that our liability is limited in the manner provided by relevant international conventions , ‘ special contract ’ with Governments or UK statute law . |
| 9 | The two elements are equally well reconciled in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , where we are introduced to the workings of the ‘ Spirit ’ to a large degree ; the very setting of the poem , where the poet finds that ‘ at my side my cradled infant slumbers peacefully ’ suggests the power of creation ; it is partly owing to the silent yet undeniable presence of the product of his own regeneration that allows Coleridge to ascend to the levels of ‘ meditation with its strange and extreme silentness ’ . |
| 10 | After a morning visit to the market , we repaired to the tranquility of a nearby cafe — The Lotus Cafe , where we were treated to the sight of enormous lotuses , entirely covering a large pond . |
| 11 | We have a get rich quick philosophy where everything is geared to maximum profits . |
| 12 | It may possibly be , as it surely is in ( 22 ) , that , where a single entity is present to the mind of the speaker , the same speaker can not simultaneously entertain the idea of more than one referent corresponding to that entity ( though there may be certain problems for this view in the case of collective nouns such as government or congregation or quartet , for which see Chapter 8 ) ; however , it is much less obvious that , where there is assumed to be only a single referent , there should be only a single intensional entity present to the mind ; rather , it seems to us that the separation of the referential and the intensional elements is precisely what lies behind such examples as ( 23 ) ( from Searle , 1969 ) , or ( 24 ) : ( 23 ) Everest is Chomolungma ( 24 ) the sheriff did not know that he was Arthur 's brother In the latter sentence , of course , we are interested in the interpretation which has he co-referring with Arthur 's brother , and the reason that we do not find a reflexive in the final position is precisely that these two elements are distinct intensionally even though they share the same referent . |
| 13 | However , it looks as though the volcanic sequence is thin or absent on part of the western margin of the Rockall Trough , where there is known to be a block faulted margin structure . |
| 14 | However , there is evidence to suggest that the volcanic sequence may be thin or absent south of 57° 30'N on the western margin of the Rockall Trough , where there is known to be a block-faulted margin structure . |
| 15 | It is possible to compare lung cancer death rates across countries , sexes , classes , etc. , where there are known to be smoking differences . |
| 16 | The SPD would favour an amended wording , to allow for the automatic expulsion , for instance , of asylum-seekers from countries where there was deemed to be no persecution . |
| 17 | It was more a trickle than a flood , for peaceful homesteads could be successfully built only where there was relative security , and where there were known to be agriculturally suitable regions . |
| 18 | These metaphors are important rhetoric devices in narratives of empowerment and emancipation , where they are used to ‘ naturalize ’ particular victimologies , and even , sometimes , to justify the enterprise of revenge . |
| 19 | The effect of trees on foundation design was discussed earlier but a physical inspection of the site should include the location of all major trees , particularly where they are required to be retained under a tree preservation order and may therefore affect layout and density . |
| 20 | If you do manage to overcome this one , the next problem is to simulate the migratory tendencies of moving upstream to fresher waters where they are reported to be pelagic egg-layers . |
| 21 | They consist of a cabinet or tunnel in which items are placed and where they are subjected to hot spray of detergent solution followed by rinse water . |
| 22 | Set gill-nets are much shorter , and are used mostly in shallow coastal seas , where they are anchored to the seabed . |
| 23 | Newco should thus be entitled to deduct interest payments as charges on income where they are paid to UK tax-paying corporate holders of share-convertible securities . |
| 24 | Relatives from east London travelled to the funeral via Upton Park , where they were said to ‘ overwhelmed ’ by West Ham supporters ' floral tributes to Moore , who died last week from cancer at the age of 51 . |
| 25 | Their chances of success were far less where they were relegated to the position of enactor or mere facilitator , as some were . |
| 26 | Up to last year we used to collect used postage stamps and then when our dear friend Father Burbage left for Zambia we had to abandon it because we had no idea where they were sent to . |
| 27 | They did all the hard work , and lived in dirty little rooms in another building , where they were tied to the walls . |
| 28 | He amassed great wealth with his success , sending his pack horses with wool and cloth to London and Southampton , where they were shipped to Holland and the Low Countries . |
| 29 | In an experiment carried out at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1989 , microscopic floating ocean plants ( phytoplankton ) were taken from the nearby bay and brought into the laboratory , where they were subjected to levels of ultra-violet radiation estimated to be equivalent to the amount of ultra-violet being transmitted through the ozone hole which has been developing in Antarctica each spring in recent years . |
| 30 | The increased closure of brothels as a result of this drive forced poorer women to solicit in the open , where they were subjected to police harassment . |