Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb mod] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bulb inside would be attached to a battery and when the bulb flashed the heat sensitive powder would explode — either splitting the copper pipe or causing it to splinter into shrapnel . |
| 2 | Those who rank relationships highly will be attracted to jobs where relating with people is a major part of the work . |
| 3 | Inspectors now will be assigned to testing for only six months at a time to prevent further loss . |
| 4 | If the electric power could be cut , industry everywhere would be brought to a standstill . |
| 5 | Within the proviso therefore , that short-term visitors only may be offered to individual area secretaries , I would like to make the following proposals for which I am indebted to area staff colleagues for their help : |
| 6 | Bills relating to Scotland alone may be referred to the Scottish Grand Committee unless ten members object . |
| 7 | Cuttings that should come to everybody 's attention quickly can be pinned to the library noticeboard or contained in a monthly newsletter . |
| 8 | Attention also should be given to facilitating the interaction . |
| 9 | Indeed , the midwifery , if not the conception , of the notion of ‘ entitlement ’ when applied to the curriculum probably should be credited to those two . |
| 10 | More brilliance still would be given to the tune if the trumpets doubled the trombone at the octave above . |
| 11 | The Information will be used by you solely for the purpose of evaluating the possible purchase by you of the Company and , unless and until you have completed such a transaction , the Information will be kept confidential by you and will not be disclosed , in whole or in part to any other person , except that the Information or portions thereof may be disclosed to those of your directors , officers , employees , agents , auditors , lawyers , bankers and professional advisers ( collectively ‘ Representatives ’ ) who need to know such information for the purpose of evaluating the prospective acquisition ( it being understood that those Representatives will be informed of the confidential nature of the Information and shall agree to be bound by this Agreement and , if requested by ourselves , will enter into a direct agreement with us on the same terms as this Agreement ) . |
| 12 | This is physical stuff yet must be judged to a nicety . |
| 13 | Candidates who wish to gain certification for the HCIMA Qualifications or some part thereof will be required to : |
| 14 | This is a means whereby analogue signals like guitar , vocals etc. can be converted to digital and inputted to computer storage , to be sequenced and looped or whatever digital hocus pocus takes your fancy . |
| 15 | This method of lengthening a perimeter indefinitely can be applied to any polygon or shape and can be extended to the complete occupation of an area or volume . |
| 16 | These arrangements also may be related to gender , as in the case for example of Tunisia , discussed by Cuisenier ( 1976 ) , where Islamic law allows both women and men to inherit , but custom presumes that women will not claim their share . |
| 17 | Where any person suffers damage as the result partly of his own fault and partly of the fault of any other person or persons , a claim in respect of damage shall not be defeated by reason of the fault of the person suffering the damage , but the damages recoverable in respect thereof shall be reduced to such an extent as the court thinks just and equitable having regard to the claimant 's share in the responsibility for the damage … |
| 18 | Section 1(1) provides : Where any person suffers damage as the result partly of his own fault and partly of the fault of any other person or persons , a claim in respect of that damage shall not be defeated by reason of the fault of the person suffering the damage , but the damages recoverable in respect thereof shall be reduced to such an extent as the court thinks just and equitable having regard to the claimant 's share in the responsibility for the damage . |
| 19 | It is intended that priority then will be given to obtaining planning consent for this Section . |
| 20 | It 's thought most will be transferred to Wolverhampton , or to other Government departments . |
| 21 | The yard outside must be flooded to a depth of about three feet . |
| 22 | For what sense exactly can be attached to a statement that a given particular is " to the north of itself " or that it " precedes itself " ? |
| 23 | The scientists too must be seen to be helpful . |
| 24 | The resolution below will be put to a vote at the final plenary . |
| 25 | The program above may be transformed to unc by a combination of substitution of expressions , |
| 26 | And since each book here can be traced to those whose decision it was to discard , it is important to emphasise that no personal blame is implied , and that the responsibility for what occurred is not his necessarily , but of those who employed him . |
| 27 | Discussion here will be limited to the last-named agency since it has had more extensive impact . |
| 28 | For this reason and for reasons of space , the discussion here will be confined to the way in which the coins themselves can be used to reveal information about their date or mint . |
| 29 | The discussion here will be confined to self-interested goals ; consideration of ‘ socially responsible ’ motives will be deferred until Chapter 9 , which will conclude that sacrificing profits for socially responsible ends does not occur on a scale sufficient to raise serious doubts about the commitment of managers to profitability ( or whatever other , self-interested goals may predominate ) . |
| 30 | Thus , J's first contribution here can be judged to be relevant in terms of the existing topic framework and also to add some information to the topic framework . |