Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are ( 1 ) anti-imperialism ( in effect , an anti-US stance ) : increasingly , as Washington insists on defining indigenous anti-US sentiment within the region in terms of ‘ Communist subversion ’ , Marxism comes to be regarded as the natural channel for such feelings ; ( 2 ) an acceptance of the Marxist premise of ‘ the exploitation of man by man ’ ; and ( 3 ) a refusal to accept the existing economic order , or to be bound by conventional economic remedies for Latin America 's development problems ( either of the orthodox ‘ monetarist ’ variety which the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) is trying to introduce into most major Latin American countries , or of the moderate reform-and-investment strategies pursued by Christian Democratic groups , for example in Chile from 1964 to 1970 ) . |
| 2 | Indeed , a number of authorities took ‘ the opportunity offered by the current preparation of the new statutory local plans to institutionalise negotiated planning control … the draft Westminster District Plan , for example , indicates unequivocally the council 's intention to pursue certain planning goals through agreements , in addition to establishing certain minimum gains to be included in planning applications or to be secured through negotiated amendments to submitted applications ’ An action area plan for Fareham , Hampshire , similarly states that ‘ planning permission for development in the proposed areas will not be granted until … negotiations between developers and the local authority for financial contributions have been concluded ’ . |
| 3 | A full meeting of the TCCB on May 19 will have decided whether the recommendations are to receive similar treatment to those of its predecessors , that is the Clark Plan of 1966 and the Palmer report of 1986 , and be consigned in large measure to the archives or to be adopted in full . |
| 4 | Olives are grown either to eat or to be made into olive oil . |
| 5 | In the Judith Ward case the Court of Appeal , criticising three senior forensic scientists for being partisan to the police , said that one lesson to be learned from that miscarriage of justice was the clear duty of such people ‘ to act in the cause of justice ’ and that ought to be spelt out to ‘ all engaged or to be engaged in forensic services in the clearest terms ’ . |
| 6 | The software packages published or to be published for general release or as customized packages by and known as Inform , Workbase and Executive English for use in the computer environment of Apple Macintosh and CD-ROM . |
| 7 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 8 | The retention ratio system ensured that a large proportion of these receipts remained in these two republics , either to be used directly by the exporting enterprises or to be sold to other enterprises in the same republic . |
| 9 | It means that to be considered in good faith and acquire title the purchaser of a valuable stolen work of art needs to demonstrate that she/he made a very serious , detailed and diligent investigation into the seller 's title . |
| 10 | ‘ In India ’ , Rosa Luxemburg wrote , ‘ nationalism is an expression of the rising indigenous bourgeoisie which seeks to exploit the country for its own ends rather than to be drained by English capital ’ . |
| 11 | The nature of the inhibitory factor or factors in the diabetic serum is not understood , but a likely contender would be lipid peroxides which are known to inhibit prostacyclin production and to be elevated in diabetic plasma . |
| 12 | Since Tyvek is so impervious as to be virtually waterproof and indestructible , the strength of seams becomes very important if the kite is large and to be flown in high –A , in– |
| 13 | My older constituents want to protect what they have saved and to be assured of first-class public services , especially in health and social security , when they need them . |
| 14 | A required course for all students , to be completed before the end of the third year , and to be examined by individual Colleges . |
| 15 | Feminism 's frequently uncritical emphasis on empathy and understanding may even intensify the tendency of such methods to depend implicitly on the psychologist , and to be influenced by dominant discourses of gender without recognizing them . |
| 16 | Under the Treaty 's Title II Article 8b , citizens of other EC countries would be able to vote in municipal elections , and to be elected to municipal councils . |
| 17 | In the industrial type of society there is , according to Spencer , a tendency for central regulation and coercive control to decline and to be replaced by representative institutions and a more diffuse system of regulation ; but this view is then qualified in various ways , and Spencer finally concludes that representative government depends largely upon the existence of a particular type of economy the laissez-faire free-enterprise economy — which creates the conditions in which ‘ multitudinous objects are achieved by spontaneously evolved combinations of citizens governed representatively ’ . |
| 18 | The gates seem to be clipped to the lane marker buoy wires in some way and to be operated by compressed air as bubbles rise to the surface just before the gates appear . |
| 19 | Through the lengthy and arduous training during seclusion , they are : ( a ) to develop a lifetime corporate spirit within the group , ( b ) to learn to accept the dominance of older men , and to be prepared in general for ( rather violent ) dominance relationships among men , and ( c ) taught to act violently as a group . |
| 20 | This done , it was not long before the advantages of trusts in creating rights in third parties came to be seen and to be put to good use . |
| 21 | In France , a step towards ending the dominance of the liturgical practices of the Church was taken as early as 1370 by King Charles V when he ordered all the bells in Paris to be regulated by the recently installed clock of the royal palace , designed by Heinrich von Wiek ( Henri de Vic ) , and to be rung at hourly intervals . |
| 22 | Architecturally they are likely to have a short-word length ( most commonly 16 bits ) , to perform arithmetic in fixed-point binary format , and to be provided with sophisticated transput and interrupt facilities . |
| 23 | I think that whether as er Mr submits and is a guideline case and to be adapted to changing conditions or whether it is a case which lays down a bounding rate , that it is a case which I should follow and that the reasoning leading to the adoption of two percent as the appropriate percentage to be applied still applies today , thus the calculation is one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds times two percent , is two thousand , seven hundred pounds times seventeen , is forty five thousand , nine hundred pounds , to this there is to be added a cost of conversion , thirty two thousand , four hundred and seventy two pounds less the enhancement in value thereby created of twelve thousand , five hundred pounds that is a figure of nineteen thousand , nine hundred and seventy two . |
| 24 | Because migrant populations are frequently recruited as low-paid workers , they tend in many countries to cluster in the poor areas of inner cities near to their workplaces , and to be concentrated in low-status occupations . |
| 25 | This was to last two years and to be focused on public law and , once more , the study and analysis of diplomatic documents : the pupils were also to have a knowledge of either English or German . |
| 26 | Biosal claims to be ‘ instantaneously soluble ’ ; and to be produced from pharmaceutical quality raw materials . |
| 27 | Helping the sufferer to establish clear goals and to be oriented towards positive action , applying theory to practice . |
| 28 | Matrilineal descent systems seem to develop only occasionally in human cultures and to be associated with female ownership of primary resources such as land ( see p. 205 ) . |
| 29 | It also appears to be a cause of traveller 's diarrhoea in early childhood , as reported in older children and adults , and to be associated with chronic diarrhoea in such circumstances . |
| 30 | He says he understood the new model was to be portable , and to be used by surrounding hospitals — and says he feels fundraisers have been misled . |