Example sentences of "[verb] to be a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We saw evidence of what would later promise to be a riot of butterflies with entire bushes covered by baby caterpillars and chrysalises . |
| 2 | But over the following 24 hours it gradually emerged that late on Thursday night she had undergone an hour-long operation under general anaesthetic for a throat obstruction , which was later disclosed to be a piece of fish . |
| 3 | This project carries out a study of the electorate , designed to be a continuation of the uninterrupted series of academic studies started by Butler and Stokes in the 1960s , taken up by Sarlvik and Crewe throughout the 1970s , and by the present investigators in 1983 . |
| 4 | The site was designed to be a mirror-image of Ford 's main US plant . |
| 5 | It was designed to be a communication between experts , discussing technical issues within their own subject field and hence was not intended for ’ public consumption ’ . |
| 6 | To help another major city — chosen by competition — to hold an international trade fair designed to be a showcase of British innovation for the twenty-first century . |
| 7 | It is designed to be a place for SATELLITES , SHUTTLES , PLANETS and THE SHIP . |
| 8 | Designed to be a showpiece for the new series , the very ambitious script , even in its final form , called for every stage in Polo 's journey to Peking from the Himalayas to be represented with sumptuous interior sets , exterior sets done in the studio , animated map graphics , and a vast array of costumes , props and backdrops . |
| 9 | The Centre is designed to be a focus for social work research in Scotland . |
| 10 | Bullingdon Prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire is designed to be an answer to overcrowded cells and primitive conditions for Category B inmates , those serving sentences of up to 20 years . |
| 11 | Bullingdon Prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire is designed to be an answer to overcrowded cells and primitive conditions for Category B inmates , those serving sentences of up to 20 years . |
| 12 | You do n't need to be a member of the Royal Family to know how hard it is to maintain dignity during your marriage break-up . |
| 13 | There would need to be a reorganisation of share capital , so that management 's shares entitle them exclusively to receive an in specie distribution of the shares in Target , following which their shares in the holding company would become worthless deferred shares ( which could then be bought in by the holding company for a nominal price ) . |
| 14 | Right yo I w no I was just gon na say th th there 's there would need to be a tiebreaker of some sort presumably . |
| 15 | First , of course , there really does need to be a range of choices available at local level . |
| 16 | I 've got a knackered left arm where the car went over it ; they took a piece of bone out of the shoulder , so there 'll need to be a lot of physio on it . |
| 17 | Whatever you choose it will need to be a matter of trial and error , but avoid anything that is slow or spends a lot of time near the bottom — it wo n't stand a chance . |
| 18 | They held that the architect 's giving of an interim certificate was not the decision of a dispute between the plaintiff and his builders and that there would need to be a dispute for the architect to qualify as an arbitrator : see Lord Reid at [ 1974 ] AC 737 H. ( For a discussion of the difference between experts and certifiers in construction contracts , see 7.4.2 . ) |
| 19 | And there will need to be a note on return address , return by date etc . |
| 20 | I do n't intend to discuss the housing , whether seven hundred acres , sorry seven l land for seven hundred houses is owned by the City of York , that 's not part of our case one way or the other , but we have offered you a distribution of the Greater York provision figure between the districts , because from Barton Willmore 's very extensive experience of participation in local plan work up and down the country , I think we share the view that er City of York have , that Ryedale have , my colleagues to the left and right on this side of the table have , that there does need to be a distribution , otherwise there will be at best confusion as to whether local plans comply with the structure plan , and at worst a game of of pass the parcel and everybody will be conforming , but nobody will actually be possibly meeting the figures , and that is the situation that I do n't think anybody would wish to see as a result of er the outcome of of alteration number three , I mean I do n't know how the County Council would would really be able to say whether they thought a local plan conformed to the structure plan , without knowing what that distribution was , perhaps in some bottom draw manner which is not now the approved way of going about these things , so that I think there does need to be a distribution for the proper planning of York , and before coming on to our to explain our figures a little bit , I should also say , perhaps in in response to remarks Mr Thomas made earlier on about the general character of the York area and the need to protect that , that that course is precisely what the greenbelt is for , and what it does , it is n't necessary to extend that concept across the whole of the vale of York , and therefore to seek to er discount migration outside the greenbelt . |
| 21 | You do n't need to be a fan of British immigration control , or to fear a pestilence of rabid French dogs , to feel trepidation at the prospect . |
| 22 | For those pupils who possess some vision , there will need to be an emphasis on helping them to use this effectively for learning , with special training as well as some adapted materials . |
| 23 | If you would like to help with a donation , by giving up a couple of hours occasionally to help to run the museum ( you do n't need to be an expert on railways , knowledge of the area is also important ) — or in some other way , please contact either the Hon. |
| 24 | There will need to be an assessment of which overseas markets offer the most opportunities at the same time as looking for early signs of local companies being eyed by competitors as ripe for merger or acquisition , forecasting what the effects of this might be on the locality . |
| 25 | Caught in what promised to be a whirlpool of conflicting dogmatic beliefs , Eric , who did n't care either way so long as I was happy , went off to see Mgr O'Flaherty , a well-known priest who had given help and shelter to large numbers of escaping prisoners-of-war and was now an important figure in the Holy Office . |
| 26 | It promised to be a microcosm of Lancashire life in the depressed ‘ thirties . |
| 27 | The law provides that if a member of a local authority fails throughout a period of six consecutive months to attend any meeting of the local authority he shall , unless the failure was due to some reason approved by the local authority before the expiry of that period , cease to be a member of the authority . |
| 28 | It may not be too long before farm workers cease to be a majority of those engaged in farming . |
| 29 | ( d ) Termination of party status Any person may ask the court to order that he or another person cease to be a party to proceedings ( FPCR , r7(2) ; FPR , r4.7(2) ) . |
| 30 | Dowsing and other devices , including the various ‘ ley detectors ’ invented by Jimmy Goddard , appear to be a way of bringing this general psychic awareness into focus , demonstrating it in a form which our conscious mind can handle . |