Example sentences of "be [verb] to [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of the cast are assigned to one of two completely different speaker systems depending on the particular qualities of their voice . |
| 2 | Participants are assigned to one of the College 's Faculty Groups . |
| 3 | When operating with 112 Squadron FX760 was regularly flown by ‘ A ’ Flight Commander F/L R A Wild DFC , an Australian , who had been posted to 112 Squadron from 3 RAAF Squadron on June 1 , 1944 . |
| 4 | " He 's been posted to one of those bloody awful oil-rigs in the North Sea , and he wo n't be back till Christmas . |
| 5 | The call had been traced to one of a bank of three public booths in Saffron Walden , a market-town in western Essex , just off the M11 motorway from London to Cambridge . |
| 6 | Favoured with the inside story of the Fawaz Younis kidnapping and other government ‘ exclusives ’ , Emerson 's special relationship with Federal law-enforcement agencies was again on display when he quoted unnamed Washington sources to the effect that allegations of DEA involvement in the Lockerbie disaster had been traced to one Lester Knox Coleman , a ‘ disgruntled former DEA confidential informant who was terminated ’ . |
| 7 | At the other end of the scale three cases allegedly had been limited to one isolated incident . |
| 8 | Clerk of the course Nicholas Beaumont said : ‘ The number of people per box would have been limited to six , the top floor of the Royal enclosure to 435 instead of over 5,000 and the stalls seats to 300 instead of 2,000 . ’ |
| 9 | Shearer has been limited to five short appearances as substitute so far this season as he recovers from knee ligament trouble . |
| 10 | Shearer has been limited to five short appearances as substitute so far this season as he recovers from knee ligament trouble . |
| 11 | It 's Thee Headcoats ( Already ) ’ , the latest release from ex-Milkshake BILLY CHILDISH , Mudhoney frontman MARK ARM 's debut solo single , a cover of Bob Dylan 's ‘ Masters of War ’ , which has been limited to 5,000 copies , SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS ’ , ‘ Wheels A-Spinning ’ single and DICKLESS ’ ‘ I 'm A Man' , which should reach the shops soon . |
| 12 | It 's Thee Headcoats ( Already ) ’ , the latest release from ex-Milkshake BILLY CHILDISH , Mudhoney frontman MARK ARM 's debut solo single , a cover of Bob Dylan 's ‘ Masters of War ’ , which has been limited to 5,000 copies , SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS ’ , ‘ Wheels A-Spinning ’ single and DICKLESS ’ ‘ I 'm A Man' , which should reach the shops soon . |
| 13 | The capacity of the stadium has been limited to 17,000 with Dublin being allocated 10,000 , 5,000 to Wexford and the remainder set aside for neutrals . |
| 14 | Many members were concerned that the Sunday club searches had become too crowded , and club membership has now been limited to 75 people . |
| 15 | The targets have been limited to three Cath , around three . |
| 16 | A placing in which selected shareholders ( usually investing institutions ) are invited to buy up to 15 million ( this had been limited to 3 million until 1986 ) of additional equity . |
| 17 | Club sailors in the one-design classes have long been proving to one another just who 's best . |
| 18 | Numbers are limited to one applicant per token . |
| 19 | So they 're not bad value , but I , again I would n't overdo it , because we do n't know what the schemes will actually produce , and if you 're going to that I 'd er most of the schemes are limited to five thousand minimum . |
| 20 | Although the results presented here are limited to 138 women , analyses conducted on the total of 313 women gave similar results ( not shown ) . |
| 21 | A ballerina 's performances are limited to two a month , and so-called critics are ‘ dictated ’ what to write , so that she does n't get ideas . |
| 22 | The explanation is that — inaccurately but mercifully ! — calculations under the senatorial rules are limited to two places of decimals . |
| 23 | You are reminded that members are limited to two minutes in asking their questions . |
| 24 | However , we can identify different pitch possibilities in the head , though these are limited to two which we will call high head and low head . |
| 25 | Comparisons with crystallographic data are limited to 5 recent high-resolution decamer structures ( 5,10,24,25 ) which due to their crystal space groups are apparently less susceptible to packing effects than earlier dodecamer results . |
| 26 | Under a 1985 accord between the United States and other steel-producing countries that lapsed on 30 September , EC firms are limited to 6.74 per cent of the US market . |
| 27 | This and Lone Wolf ( see page 47 ) are limited to 525 prints each at £75 each or the pair for £120 — matching numbers are available to pair-purchasers . |
| 28 | Tickets are limited to 600 so apply soon to avoid disappointment . |
| 29 | The LRCs have a maximum speed of 200 km/h , but are limited to 155 km/h because of the need to timetable them between slower freight trains . |
| 30 | File names are limited to 64 characters . |