Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant finance officer with the Western Board — the first to been hoped the payroll personnel system would be operational in all boards by 1989 , so a three to four year delay has occurred . |
| 2 | Whether Evert has , in fact , bowed out from the sport she has graced for two decades remains to been seen . |
| 3 | The prototype and test-bed for the new approach was to been seen first in some of the New Towns , particularly Harlow , where the design of the neighbourhood units provided a classic model to follow . |
| 4 | But there is one more role we have to play if we are to been seen as a socially responsible company , setting standards for the industry within the society in which we operate . |
| 5 | Or with a bretherhed to been withhold . |
| 6 | The violence appears to been started by an offensive against the UDF by Zulu warlords which began in the early hours of Saturday morning . |
| 7 | Other words such as tacking , beating , heaving to are explained in this way . |
| 8 | The more obvious skinhead hits that Harry Hawke refers to are listed as follows , complied by Nick Knight … |
| 9 | However , in this instance you do the company a disservice , since the harmoniser patches you refer to are intended to work this way . |
| 10 | The differences between disciplines which Taylor refers to are compounded by differences between sectors , institutions and even departments . |
| 11 | The problems this has given rise to are compounded when one examines our import record . |
| 12 | The sites referred to are given in Fig. 7.6 . |
| 13 | All the shoeshiners you 've said ‘ Mañana ’ to are waiting for you . |
| 14 | The institutions that the finance director talks to are chosen on the basis of detailed share-register research , rather than who is free for lunch . |
| 15 | The shoes they invariable look to are racing flats . |
| 16 | An accurate cross-reference can only be written when the exact co-ordinates of the entry cross-referred to are known . |
| 17 | The objects or concepts referred to are known as signs or the signified , while the words ( written or spoken ) are called signifiers . |
| 18 | Trade in the metals — which have applications ranging from making TV sets to catalysts-is dominated by two companies , Rhone Poulenc of France and Molycorp of the US . |
| 19 | OK , so I 've never seen Kurt look quite that pale before , and I 'm not sure it 's such a good idea for Courtney to be zipping about with Kurt on that hired motorbike while seven months pregnant but , hell , it 's not as if anyone 's dead . |
| 20 | This heavy construction , which has good sound-insulating properties , provided an economic solution to the problem posed by the need to insert new floors in spite of the fact that all the beams had to be manhandled into position because there was no access for mechanical handling . |
| 21 | The trucks themselves had to be manhandled down the steep rock-strewn defile and as the men were sweating away at this in the hot sun an Italian aircraft picked them up . |
| 22 | But it was no easy task , and heavy equipment had to be manhandled for about a mile from the nearest road . |
| 23 | Unaffected adventurers can help their friends to leave the Tower , but affected characters will have to be manhandled out of the place . |
| 24 | The baggage area behind that is quite spacious , although the small baggage door is only just big enough to allow a flight size case through , which means anything larger needs to be manhandled over the seats . |
| 25 | Initally all the cargo had to be manhandled off . |
| 26 | Students will need to be piloted through the maze of attainment targets , and in the fourth and fifth years particularly they will need advice on which core and foundation subjects to follow to GCSE and which to follow for what the Act coyly describes as ‘ a reasonable time ’ . |
| 27 | Variations in joint commissioning practice between social services and health services will have to be piloted and monitored carefully . |
| 28 | The deer were not to be fenced out of enclosures in the forest with ‘ unreasonable hedges and ditches ’ , unless ‘ the greater part of the enclosure be sown with corn ’ . |
| 29 | The remainder of the forest wastes was in most cases divided between the lords of the manors and the commoners , in proportion to the value of their interests : the allotments were then to be fenced at the expense of the proprietors . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think he is going to be stepping back from the front line , ’ he said . |