Example sentences of "of [pron] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The option is already proving popular , not least with our increasing numbers of Access students many of whom are attracted to subsequent careers as teachers . |
| 2 | Part of the reason behind the payments is to placate high earners , some of whom are asking to be moved to overseas branches of their companies to avoid higher taxes . |
| 3 | Development has been swift and Worknet now has a staff of twenty eight people , all of whom are dedicated to assisting the community in their search for employment or training . |
| 4 | The bands are Steed , Brick Supply , Watersnakes , and Mojo , all of whom are signed to Graeme Robinson 's new label , Circulation . |
| 5 | We are going to have to choose our bird from a very short list of names , none of whom are known to us , or have any political or ideological weaknesses to play upon . ’ |
| 6 | This Astra was stolen by 5 teenagers , some of whom are thought to be as young as 13 . |
| 7 | Two novels of the 1720s point the contrast in public attitudes to the American colonies of the two countries in an odd way : the Abbé Prévost 's Manon Lescaut and Daniel Defoe 's Moll Flanders are about prostitutes , both of whom are transported to the new world , but Manon dies from exposure in the arms of her faithful des Grieux after walking six miles from New Orleans , while Moll Flanders settles down with her fifth husband to reckon her net worth in cash and tobacco before returning from Virginia to London . |
| 8 | The three remaining elders — Chen Yun , Wang Zhen and Song Renqiong , each of whom is believed to be in poor health — have conspicuously failed to put their name to a cause that , according to their past views , could lead to a ‘ capitalist restoration ’ . |
| 9 | from this point on , Spencer Stuart became a genuinely international firm owned by its own consultants ( none of whom may hold more than 2% of the stock ) and managed by a Chairman and a Chief Executive , each of whom is elected to the position for a defined period . |
| 10 | Next come judges of the High Court each of whom is referred to as Mr Justice So-and-so . |
| 11 | Next in seniority come the Circuit judges ( often referred to as County Court judges when they are sitting in that court ) each of whom is referred to as Judge So-and-so . |
| 12 | It was clear from the sentences imposed on the other defendants , one of whom was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , that the sentencer considered that a longer sentence would have been appropriate if the appellant had been over 21 . |
| 13 | Four robbers , two of whom were believed to be armed , threatened two security guards at the side entrance of the post office in Constitution Street close to the headquarters of Tayside police in Bell Street . |
| 14 | The Wokingham Blacks grew in number and audacity , local sheriffs were met with silence from the locals , many of whom were related to the gang , while others were fed and clothed by them . |
| 15 | The singer was hypnotic ; his voice resonated in the breasts of his audience , many of whom were moved to tears . |
| 16 | I gazed with contempt upon my peers , all of whom were listening to the Eagles and drinking Bucks Fizz . |
| 17 | Results announced on Oct. 6 showed that 35 seats had been taken by outspoken critics of the government , described by the Washington Post as " drawn from a diverse group of Islamists , secular liberals and traditional politicians " , 15 of whom were said to be from districts which traditionally had supported the ruling family . |
| 18 | He was disappearing regularly into the bowels of the City to meet various moneypersons , all of whom were assumed to be faintly threatening male chauvinists . |
| 19 | Large-scale industrialization and urbanization were bad enough as far as most Basque Nationalists were concerned ; even worse was the descent upon their homeland of tens of thousands of ‘ Spanish ’ immigrant workers , many of whom were affiliated to the Socialist UGT . |
| 20 | He replaced seven ministers , most of whom were thought to be planning to stand as candidates in the legislative elections due in the first half of 1992 . |
| 21 | However , the fact that 90 seats were to be reserved for workers , peasants , scientists , intellectuals , artists , students and ethnic minorities " active in the revolution " ( all of whom were expected to be NSF supporters drawn from its 145-member Council ) led to opposition accusations that the NSF meant to retain power . |
| 22 | However , parliamentary debate on the bill was postponed until the autumn session since there was much public criticism of PS politicians many of whom were expected to be among the several thousand likely to benefit from the amnesty . |
| 23 | In 1570 she married William Smyth , embroiderer , and they had five children , two of whom were admitted to Christ 's Hospital . |
| 24 | In an ensuing fight around Christmas time 1896 the police had swooped and arrested twenty-eight youths some of whom were found to be in possession of pistols , which was taken to link them to a young girl 's death — although this was some months later . |
| 25 | And so he said ‘ well , we have three sons , all of whom were going to war , and er so we would have room for three children . |
| 26 | However , on Jan. 17 Iran released 53 sick and wounded Iraqi PoWs , 50 of whom were returned to Iraq ( the remaining three seeking political asylum in Iran ) , and on Jan. 18 , 20 sick and wounded Iranian PoWs were returned by Iraq to Iran . |
| 27 | Descendants of the nomadic ‘ hordes ’ of Central Asia , many of them are related to the minority peoples of the Soviet Union , whom they closely resemble . |
| 28 | The hypotheses , formed after his observations , are many ; but most of them are related to the empirical findings of a long tradition and the world is spared a too individualistic interpretation of some of Nature 's more self-willed manifestations . |
| 29 | And finally , the criminal injuries compensation scheme , to cut the amounts paid to people who are victims of gang rape , to cut the amount paid to people who are victims of child abuse , that shows just how much the Home Secretary cares about the victims of crime , and his other measures show that he 's far more concerned with his own career , with pleasing the Conservative party conference , and with trying to do anything , anything I mean he 's brought in whatever it is , twenty-seven proposals , one or two of them are bound to work , if you throw enough stuff at the fan , some of it usually hits the target . |
| 30 | When the remainder of the known fortified sites are plotted on a map ( fig. 7.1 ) most of them are seen to be distributed along three routes : |