Example sentences of "[to-vb] that they [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Painters had to accept that they were likely to be ignored , shunned , set on by dogs like tramps , under suspicion like wandering lunatics and criminals . |
| 2 | But it is important to remember that they are two to three kilometres beneath the surface of the sea , and in some cases thousands of kilometres from the shore . |
| 3 | Einhard 's criticism that the late Merovingians travelled around in ox-carts ignored the fact that in so doing they were copying late Roman provincial governors , who used this means of transport to ensure that they were accessible to petitioners . |
| 4 | Some of the awkwardness in Anglo-American relations had been dispelled by a combination of circumstances ; James Byrnes had been replaced as US Secretary of State by the anglophile General George Marshall ; Britain , for her part , had supported the launch of the Marshall Plan in Western Europe ; and the Americans were beginning to appreciate that they were unlikely to be able to tame the malign hostility of the Soviet Union as Roosevelt had once hoped . |
| 5 | Now for a bee to know the location of a barren car park which had certainly not been on their list of flower sites , it seems most reasonable to suppose that they were able to ‘ place ’ it on some sort of internal map and then work out the direction home . |
| 6 | to encourage unemployed claimants to seek work actively ; and to check that they are entitled to unemployment benefit , national insurance credits or , as an unemployed person , to income support , in accordance with social security legislation ; |
| 7 | to encourage unemployed claimants to seek work actively ; and to check that they are entitled to Unemployment Benefit , National insurance credits or , as an unemployed person , to income support , in accordance with social security legislation |
| 8 | At the other end , advertisers find it difficult to admit that they are supposed to be addressing an audience in middle age and onwards . |
| 9 | In consideration of the purchaser incurring the costs of its professional advisers in commencing due diligence and negotiating the binding agreement the vendor hereby undertakes to the purchaser that during the period from today until midnight on [ ] 19[] it shall not negotiate the sale of the business with any person ( either directly or indirectly ) other than the purchaser The only essential content of the heads of terms is to specify that they are subject to contract except for one or two specific clauses . |