Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 2 | When the press gets wind of it , the cronyism gives way to abuse of power , as people whose worst offence is to have arranged expensive air trips are smeared with the rumour that they are to be subject to criminal investigation . |
| 3 | If there is , and if both music and commentary are to be pre-recorded onto parallel tracks of a cued tape , the stop-start transfer routine can not be used : the sound tape has to be run non-stop , and we are then back with problems of tape-to-tape synchronisation . |
| 4 | for example , the Act says that governors are to be responsible for disciplinary procedures for staff , and a collective agreement which gave this function to the LEA could therefore not apply . |
| 5 | Moreover , all pupils were to be subject to annual tests in reading , writing and arithmetic , administered by HMI , and 2s. 8d. ( approximately 14p ) was to be deducted from the grant for each test a child failed . |
| 6 | His name was Marlon Brando , and his crimes against the establishment were to be rude to influential columnists , to fail to turn up at functions ( and when he did turn up he wore T-shirt and jeans ) , and publicly to deplore Hollywood and its natives . |
| 7 | This example illustrates a general point , namely that the more heavily regulated by statute a government activity is , the more likely it is to be amenable to judicial review . |
| 8 | Some of the smaller ones which concentrate very largely on teacher education , which is to be subject to substantial reductions , look particularly vulnerable . |
| 9 | How can the Secretary of State conceivably claim that Her Majesty 's inspectorate is to be strengthened when its numbers are to be cut by two thirds and it is to be subject to clear and specific direction from the Secretary of State ? |
| 10 | All this data is to be subject to intensive analysis . |
| 11 | Bad as it is to be poor in Indian it 's worse to be as destitute as the street-children . |
| 12 | To expect Paul to call for the abolition of slavery at this point in time is to be guilty of unhistorical thinking . |
| 13 | To do otherwise is to be guilty of double counting . |
| 14 | You will have your own way of dealing with these reactions but one of the teacher 's functions in a group playback session is to be aware of individual reactions of this kind and to steer discussion away from subjective comment if necessary . |
| 15 | Th the only thing I mentioned to the crew is to be aware of static , there 's a lot of static electricity at the moment . |
| 16 | This limit is to be obligatory in vulnerable areas which are to be designated over the next two years . |
| 17 | It also required that industrial action be supported by union members in a pre-strike ballot if the union was to be exempt from civil action for damages arising from the dispute . |
| 18 | This new form of Unity was to be concerned with foreign policy issues , virtually to the exclusion of the domestic policies contained in the original Unity Manifesto . |
| 19 | The second unexpected area of conflict came over the question of who was to be entitled to final cut on the film . |
| 20 | Poltoranin 's deputy , Mikhail Fedotov , became the new Press and Information Minister , but his brief was to be limited to registering and licensing new media and promoting freedom of speech , while Poltoranin was to be responsible for state-owned television and the press . |
| 21 | Diplomatic representatives were to reside in Edo , and trade was to be free of official intervention , with more ports due to be opened in future years . |