Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These will be called Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) , will encompass the competences identified by Industry Lead Bodies and will be designed to be compatible with NVQs awarded in the rest of the UK . |
| 2 | No extended lines of credit , no invoicing thirty days later and all designed to be quick in-and-out operations before the tax man or the VAT man has twigged there 's anything going on at all . |
| 3 | This search for increased value would probably need to be subject to constraints reflecting ‘ soft rationing ’ and the need for balanced growth , which are already implicit within strategic portfolio analysis . |
| 4 | People in departments dominated by the professions will need to be aware of developments within the professional field and keep up-to-date with the latest techniques or equipment . |
| 5 | Again , in some areas where conditions throughout appear to be favourable to corals , coral reefs and banks will be found on some submerged banks and not on others , for example in the Laccadive Islands in the Indian Ocean . |
| 6 | On the contrary , the maintenance of meaningful links with the birth family appear to be beneficial to children , to their sense of identity and self esteem and for gaining a better understanding of their genealogical background and adoption circumstances . |
| 7 | Teenagers frequently appear to be resentful of parents or teachers but in reality this is often a sign that they are testing authority and seeing just how far they can go . |
| 8 | Compliance systems appear to be concerned with victims in some aggregate rather than in a discrete or specific sense while penalty systems must deal with victims in the concrete since they constitute an element in their system of proof . |
| 9 | The electorate was expected to be weary of elections and possibly apathetic as well . |
| 10 | Preparations to provide mains electricity on Rathlin island are progressing satisfactorily , and supply is expected to be available to consumers in September . |
| 11 | Whereas women are frequently family breadwinners ( in contrast with women in white South African society ) , they are otherwise expected to be subordinate to men . |
| 12 | It was expected to be ready for operations by 1 May with a strength of two troops . |
| 13 | Ace have also joined those able to manufacture in 3 ply polyethylene , the chemicals used being claimed to be safer for workers than those used by other companies although long term properties such as UV stability have still to be checked . |
| 14 | Many collars , sprays and powders are only claimed to be effective against fleas . |
| 15 | It is claimed to be simple for users and hard for learners , to aid readers and to hinder writers , and to speed the reading of the able while condemning the less able to semi-literacy . |
| 16 | No Steven has to be deaf with ears like that . |
| 17 | The ADC felt that this was ironic , given that a property has to be close to amenities if it is to be excluded from the Right to Buy ; |
| 18 | IF YOU want to be involved in activities such as these — writing letters to help victims of human rights abuses and campaigning on their behalf — please contact your nearest local group . |
| 19 | People are normally considered to be risk-averse over amounts of the order of magnitude of their incomes . |
| 20 | Net fluid transport was considered to be equal to changes in the intestinal weight , which was continuously monitored by connecting the force transducer to a Grass polygraph . |
| 21 | The stone free date corresponds to the first time the gall bladder was considered to be free of fragments and sludge . |
| 22 | There are very few independent luxury car firms with the reputation of Jaguar , and volume manufacturers have found it hard to develop luxury cars of their own , considered to be competitive with specialists such as Daimler Benz and BMW . |
| 23 | Responses to hypoglycaemia in a laboratory setting have been reported to be different in patients taking human and animal insulin . |
| 24 | As more loyal forces were moved into the area , the rebels were reported to be short of supplies , and forced to rely upon food donations from a local religious group . |
| 25 | Some Commonwealth leaders were reported to be resentful of suggestions that aid be tied to democratic practices . |
| 26 | However , the auditor also needs to be close to shareholders in order to have their requirements in mind when assessing the financial statements and fulfilling the other statutory duties . |
| 27 | The capital market therefore needs to be efficient in terms of accurately pricing the shares of companies according to their future prospects , i.e. the present value of the future stream of dividends that the companies will produce . |
| 28 | The dismissals , believed to be traceable to members backing out of their combined $3.5m pledge to continue funding the operation , leave president Tom Mace , technical vice-president Andy Silverman , operations manager Claudia Marshall , and a secretary , in place . |
| 29 | For some time I was baffled by a sentence in his argument that the theoretical removal of the authority of the author by the critic , Stanley Fish , has no way of dealing with misprints : ‘ His book happens to be full of misprints . |
| 30 | Committees are places where you can see people snoozing , picking their noses and pretending to be interested in subjects which are of no interest to them . |