Example sentences of "[verb] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the above conditions were not acceptable , then those officers who had recently joined should be allowed to return to their original units as the terms on which they had volunteered no longer applied . |
| 2 | Which test will be followed remains to be seen . |
| 3 | The words used will be interpreted according to the so-called " golden rule " : they will be given their ordinary grammatical and literal meaning unless that produces absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy , when the literal meaning can be modified so as to avoid that absurdity , inconsistency or repugnancy . |
| 4 | All the fonts you create can be sized according to what you want . |
| 5 | The amount paid would be determined according to a centrally agreed formula , and the budget would be controlled by a manager who would purchase services from whichever public or private agency gave the best value for money . |