Example sentences of "[conj] an [noun] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leicester C.C. ( N.C. , 1985 ) said that where an order had to be laid before Parliament , laying before the House of Commons was sufficient as there had been substantial compliance with the procedural requirements . |
| 2 | Where an owner continues to be centrally involved and lives in the house or on the estate , attitudes are likely to be positive and the house opened in a lively fashion . |
| 3 | Recall from Chapter 12 that an allowance has to be made for the fact that a given sum of money to be received in the future is worth less than the same sum received now . |
| 4 | First , the realisation that an activity needs to be improved by x% ; this is the eye-opening process . |
| 5 | The local authority must ‘ have regard to the development plan and to any other material considerations ’ , and an order has to be confirmed by the secretary of state . |
| 6 | That was a case involving a death in prison and an inquest had to be held by reason of section 3(1) of the Coroners Act 1887 ( 50 & 51 Vict. c. 71 ) . |
| 7 | Before that could be arranged she took very poorly one day and an ambulance had to be sent for — luckily one of the nearby farms had a telephone . |
| 8 | It was unfortunate when calls coincided and an ambulance had to be summoned from Barnard Castle , Bishop Auckland or Darlington , but this was bound to happen occasionally . |
| 9 | No lectures could be held and an exam had to be moved . |
| 10 | If an item requires to be replaced we should ensure that we are replacing on a like for like basis and not giving the insured a superior item containing advanced features and additional facilities . |
| 11 | The committee considered the ‘ offence ’ to be compounded when an answer claimed to be pursuant to an earlier reply ‘ but has only the most tenuous link with it , ’ she said . |
| 12 | So long as an apparatchik continued to be invited to join the Ceauşescus at play , even the ceaseless rotation of offices could not disguise his continuing status as one of the leaders . |
| 13 | Children are usually capable of organising their own games , though an eye needs to be kept on the isolate or child rejected by others . |