Example sentences of "be [verb] to [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his iron mug , on the privacy of his bunk , Holly had manufactured the pulp of papier-mâché as he had been taught to by his mother when he was a small boy . |
| 2 | His colleague Dr Freer-Smith said , ‘ in many areas of West Germany there is evidence to link specific pollutants as a major causal factor ; but I also think the Germans would accept that there are both natural and pollutant stresses interacting — the idea that has been referred to as the multiple stress hypothesis . ’ |
| 3 | The Chilean church , however , has often been referred to as ‘ the most progressive Catholic system in Latin America ’ . |
| 4 | The top personnel in these enterprises have been referred to as a state bourgeoisie. we can , therefore , identify three fractions : domestic capitalists ; managers of multinationals and top administrators of public enterprises . |
| 5 | The better off within the working class have often been referred to as a labour aristocracy , though the term has been used differently by various social scientists . |
| 6 | Since Chaucer 's day this has been referred to as CATERWAULING , but it is often recorded not as an aggressive sound but as a sexual one . |
| 7 | It has been referred to as the weapon of the strong and not of the weak . |
| 8 | And the process of secularization , which has as one of its fruits the growth of technology , has similarly been referred to as the product of Western Christian civilization and the spirit of Christianity ‘ incognito ’ . |
| 9 | They have often been referred to as ’ Rehabilitated ’ cars or ‘ Ashfield rebuilds ’ , but neither term appears to have been recognized officially . |
| 10 | Moyer 's Buttress is no exception and is probably the finest climb on the crag , tackling a feature which in days of yore would no doubt have been referred to as a bastion . |
| 11 | Strictly speaking , collocations represent syntagmatic and paradigmatic knowledge rather than semantic , but it is argued that they represent the implicit application of syntactic , semantic and pragmatic knowledge [ Sharman , 1990 ] , and for reasons of simplicity have been referred to as a source of semantic information . |
| 12 | Revenue budgets have traditionally been referred to as line-item budgets ; that is , budgets which focus on expense elements such as salaries , materials and other consumables , rather than on the reason for the expenditure . |
| 13 | This broader definition of community empowerment has been referred to as communities having equity and capacity to solve problems ( Naparstek et al , 1982 ) ; having abilities to identify their own problems and solutions ( Braithwaite and Lythcott , 1989 ) ; having increased participation in community activities ( Chavis and Wandersman , 1990 ) ; and enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health ( Health Promotion , 1986 ) . |
| 14 | In the light of that report the local authority carried out what has been referred to as a radical re-examination of the position . |
| 15 | This conserved domain ( aa 30-97 ) has been referred to as the TEA domain ( 9 ) . |
| 16 | In the nick south of the river where Nelson had done his early constable training , such a case would have been referred to as an AFD . |
| 17 | Once organized into facets , the single concepts that have previously been referred to as isolates become known as ‘ foci ’ ( singular focus ) . |
| 18 | Kate could n't help resenting the fact that his eyes were firmly fixed on what had once been referred to as her greatest assets ‘ … particularly after a provocative remark like that ! ’ he drawled . |
| 19 | Apparently — he told Robert — anyone at his school who was not 100 per cent white had been referred to as ‘ Abdul . ’ |
| 20 | Erm the then the seems to us the final er difference between ourselves and the er county council , is the issue of migration and what 's already been referred to as environmental discounts . |
| 21 | Erm you you 've asked er chairman for for a general comment on on what 's been referred to as environmental discount , environmental considerations and so forth . |
| 22 | This phenomenon has been referred to as the ‘ flypaper effect ’ , so named because money will stick in the sector that it hits — grants to the local public economy will be spent in the local public economy . |
| 23 | This has been referred to as ‘ one of the most memorable examples of classic ballad-singing of all time . ’ |
| 24 | — Although the flight of insects has been referred to on p. 64 , the coordinated activities of the skeletomuscular system of flying insects need further brief discussion ( Tiegs , 1955 ; Pringle , 1957 , 1965 , 1968 ) . |
| 25 | In such cases , Hansard has frequently been referred to with a view to ascertaining whether a statutory power has been improperly exercised for an alien purpose or in a wholly unreasonable manner . |
| 26 | Could I just say colleagues that the the General Secretary is proposing that we 're having , we , we , we 're gon na , we gon na have the bucket collection as has been referred to during the course of the debate and it 's recommended that whatever is in the buckets that the union actually doubles the collection . |
| 27 | Popular superstitions concerning lucky and unlucky days , the existence of which has already been referred to in connection with the Romans , were reinforced in the Middle Ages by the recognition of black-letter days in the ecclesiastical calendar . |
| 28 | Some examples of biological control have been referred to in section 4.4.3 in relation to Australia and in many instances it is clear that the introduction of alien species has proved ecologically disastrous . |
| 29 | By contrast an example of how counselling can be interwoven with social care planning is demonstrated in further discussion of Joan Fitch , whose problems have already been referred to in case study 2.2 . |
| 30 | The close relationship between criterion-referenced assessment and the curriculum has been referred to in the previous section . |