Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] [adv] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The administrative effort involved in collecting them should be devoted instead to improving enforcement of other taxes , ’ argued a recent International Monetary Fund study . |
| 2 | The generating station must be close enough to major population centres to ensure a sufficient labour supply ; |
| 3 | Thus for increasing exposure a rise in the reading could be due either to new material seen or to the phenomenon that we have called spreading , i.e. the effect according to which a subject is seen as larger merely because of a longer exposure . |
| 4 | Such a social psychology would be intrinsically applied , in that its theories and key concepts would be applicable only to particular , historical contexts . |
| 5 | The intention of the Merger Regulation was to introduce a ‘ one-stop , merger control , described by Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan as a ‘ system whereby , in the case of smaller mergers , they would be subject only to national regulation … while in the case of the really large mergers which have implications for the whole Community , the European Commission would have the power to intervene , and companies would not normally need to be concerned about the national regulatory authorities ’ . |