Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) This section does not apply to — ( a ) assents by a personal representative ; ( b ) disclaimers made in accordance with section 54 of the bankruptcy Act 1914 or not required to be evidenced in writing ; ( c ) surrenders by operation of law , including surrenders which may , by law , be effected without writing ; ( d ) leases or tenancies or other assurances not required by law to be made in writing ; ( e ) receipts not required by law to be under seal ; ( f ) vesting orders of the court or other competent authority ; ( g ) conveyances taking effect by operation of law . |
| 2 | No price was in fact paid or ever intended to be paid . |
| 3 | Workers who were too low or irregularly paid to be accepted by Friendly Societies and did not join a trade union , might contribute through the Post Office . |
| 4 | These typically concern matters which are either too petty to receive formal legal treatment , or too involved to be brought to court . |
| 5 | Even with all the Newcomen engines that still continued to be made , and the piracies of Watt 's engine , the use of steam-power was neither general nor extensive in 1800 . |
| 6 | He spoke irritably , his mind filled with figures that still needed to be written down . |
| 7 | The things that still needed to be done here were : Guttering to be replaced . |
| 8 | It appeared to be heavily used and had a large , sandy carpark that simply begged to be searched . |
| 9 | Strong trade unions , especially in the public sector , had successfully resisted attacks on the Welfare State in the past , and so needed to be defeated if the Tories ’ solution to what they saw as the major problem — inflation — were to be successful . |
| 10 | The second guidance was in respect of roads , and much needed to be done in this regard . |
| 11 | They should be decided in the context of the firm 's overall strategic thinking and not left to be resolved ad hoc . |
| 12 | Feelings of guilt are really about a sense of unentitlement ; in thinking that your desires and feelings are wrong or ‘ silly ’ you are also saying that you feel you are wrong or silly , and not entitled to be taken seriously , or helped . |
| 13 | Jamie Ray , another American , was jailed for 4 years and also ordered to be deported . |
| 14 | ( Gledhill 1954 , p. 44 ) This demand for a wider and less myopic frame of analysis has only recently and partially begun to be met , primarily in a shift towards an interest in actual spectatorship , but also in related issues such as the experience of viewing and the role of cultural differences in film reception and production . |
| 15 | They remained popular in the West throughout the Middle Ages and even continued to be used by the supreme tribunal of the Holy Roman Empire until its abolition by Napoleon in 1806 . |
| 16 | Cnut 's men had fought hard , and doubtless expected to be remunerated accordingly . |
| 17 | Probably he was not sorry and never wanted to be recalled to secular politics again . |
| 18 | Second home owners have roused the ire of local inhabitants more than either commuters or retired newcomers , partly by the very fact that their houses are second homes and therefore considered to be needed less than the houses of other ex-urbanites . |
| 19 | The provision of trains that were solely first and second class , and therefore expected to be used only by the imperial race , helped this arrangement . |
| 20 | But much remained to be done . |
| 21 | The Award Committee also commented that , while much remained to be done to generate full benefit from expanding use of the service , the new facilities have been well planned and prepared and the new potential is clear . |
| 22 | To devote resources to the training of young people may be , au fond , as much entitled to be considered a process of investment as devoting resources to directly productive capital goods . |
| 23 | Here was a storeroom of statuary of deceased Sagramosos , exiled at the accession of a new Lord , though not condemned to be crushed to dust — their sheer enduring weight might act as anchor to the multi-thousand year dynasty . |
| 24 | This reassurance , though commonly assumed to be directed at the British , was almost equally directed at Europe 's smaller countries . |