Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a potential finesse on Mal , Mike also called Bob at Binary with a view to repossessing the option on ‘ Sonnet ’ plus development money at rolling compound — and redeveloping it somewhere else entirely , say at Red Giant , where Rodge was known to be very interested . |
| 2 | Dermod Harland ( tenor sax ) was former lead tenor with the Irish Youth Jazz Orchestra ( of which Anthony Kerr was also a member ) and his Quartet have supported Scott Hamilton in the Guinness Spot , where Dermod was invited to guest with Humphrey Lyttelton in 1987 . |
| 3 | Eventually the day consecrated by the Romans to the sun was identified with the Jewish first day , and given a Christian interpretation where Christ was referred to as the ‘ Sun of Righteousness ’ . |
| 4 | where Lou is riding to the top again … |
| 5 | Where TVEI is designed to be only a part of a pupil 's curriculum in the 14–18 age range , the CPVE has , in contrast , been designed explicitly for that section of the pupil population for whom A-levels are inappropriate , but who wish to achieve some further , more vocationally relevant qualification at school . |
| 6 | Two of my colleagues from the BBC did , it is true , succeed in smuggling an entire satellite telephone system ( complete with dish ) through Iraqi customs shortly before the war began , and there are plenty of guns in private hands which can be bought ; but the Mukhabarat are everywhere , and it would be impossible to find out where Saddam was going to be at any given time . |
| 7 | Compare the level of formality in the above dialogue with that in the following extract from another dialogue where Charles is talking to his father , who happens to be the Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard : |
| 8 | Although Howell was cited to the Court , none of the three judgments refers to that decision , and Templeman and Denning L.JJ. made remarks that were at variance with it . |
| 9 | There was no one to look after the baby in the workhouse , so Oliver was sent to a special ‘ baby farm ’ nearby . |
| 10 | Because , although Jesus was speaking to the people there , his words were not just for them , but they 're for us as well and these are conversations that we can well eavesdrop on and learn something , I 'm sure , for our benefit . |
| 11 | I do not believe , whatever I may mean by God , that it could be said of God that God was differently related to one age or people than God is related to all ages or people . |
| 12 | Although Aurangzeb was held to be bold and valiant , he was capable of great dissimulation and hypocrisy . |
| 13 | It was feared that once Japan was restored to independence , right-wing conservative nationalism would assert itself with at least some of the characteristics of prewar Japan emerging again . |
| 14 | No sooner had he set up these new procedures than Coleman was summoned to the American Embassy in Nicosia by the Department of Defense attaché , Col. John Sasser , to whom he had reported on leaving Beirut as a CBN ‘ refugee ’ a few months earlier . |
| 15 | Although London was bound to be the main target for attack , its preparations were seriously inadequate . |
| 16 | Although EGF was expressed to a greater degree in intestinal and fundic/junctional Barrett 's mucosa than in gastric mucosa ( p<0.01 ) , there was no difference between the metaplastic types of Barrett 's mucosa or the degree of dysplasia ( p=0.5 ) ( Fig 6 ) . |
| 17 | The presence of incomers was presented as the most immediate and tangible aspect of the general threat to the Shetland ‘ Way of Life ’ Although Shetland is reputed to be something of a melting pot , given the many different influxes of people over the centuries ( one native council official saw the typical Shetlanders as a bit of a ‘ mongrel ’ ) , these incomers were presumed to be somewhat different : most of them are here because their jobs brought them here ( those who are not here because of their jobs are eccentric ! ) , their stay will be temporary , there are more of them , they represent mainstream and hence dominant ways of life , they regard Shetlanders as peasants or country hicks . |
| 18 | Celebratory events were taking place all over the Soviet Union ; but none was more extraordinary , in its modest way , than Charsky 's promised to be . |
| 19 | If Lindberg was to come to Tromsø he would be hung from a lamp-post , probably by his balls . |
| 20 | If Balbinder was bussed to Cedars every day she would be effectively cut off from any real involvement in her children 's schooling , and from an important part of her own role within the community as the mother of a young child at the local school . |
| 21 | Well , if I ca n't have Heathcliff as my friend , if Edgar is going to be mean and jealous , I 'll try to break both their hearts by breaking my own . |
| 22 | Oh , cos Joelle was trying to , trying to work out if she can afford to have her hair done and go to the cinema . |
| 23 | Late last year ( UX No 362 ) , Phil Hestor , vice president of systems and technology at IBM 's Advanced Workstation Division in Austin , Texas , described how multi-processing for the RS/6000 range would start with a four-way offering rising to a maximum of 16 CPUs , with clustering required thereafter : it looks like IBM is sticking to that tack . |
| 24 | If Nietzsche was to come to terms with a specialized academic career , his need of a compensatory allegiance was extreme . |
| 25 | The doctor was so pleased with his progress he said the patient could go home if Eva was going to be there to look after him . |
| 26 | If Deane been told to be target man and also lay the ball off for the likes of rodders and Speed then he 's OK this season , but £3 mil for a STRIKER ! ! |
| 27 | Clough had written in a newspaper column : ‘ If England are switching to kick-and-rush football , you can count me out . |
| 28 | If England were looking to the future then some of the players should have been selected years ago . |
| 29 | The opportunity to do so did not arise until Racedown was offered to them six years later , by which time Wordsworth could contemplate a life whose course , since his Norfolk visit , had done much to shape his political and poetic character , and had left him with more than a little to repent . |
| 30 | If God is likened to a king , as in Islam especially , it indicates that God is in control , that we can trust God , and so forth . |