Example sentences of "[det] be [adv] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uncertain domestic currency values in instances like this are always going to be present . |
| 2 | Some are even thought to be dangerous . |
| 3 | The perks are specifically designed to encourage people to invest in their local water authority despite the fact that it is patently obvious that some are not going to be as attractive as others . |
| 4 | Some are also believed to be associated with the paranormal Knights of Columbanus and others again have connections with the shadowy Freemason organisation . |
| 5 | This is thus seen to be a continuous monitoring activity as changes late in the development programme , within say the concepts stage , could severely affect the confidence in all downstream activities including the actual articles being produced . |
| 6 | It is clear that finance , even for a small museum , can not be taken lightly , but this is generally felt to be a project that the Society should go ahead with , if at all possible . |
| 7 | This once-for-all improvement in the relative wage of women coincided with the implementation of the Equal Pay Act , and this is generally thought to be more than a coincidence ( see Zabalza and Tzannatos , 1985 ) . |
| 8 | There were many more such households in the 1991 Census than in previous years ; this is generally thought to be because many people evaded the enumerators lest they be made to pay the Community Charge . |
| 9 | substantial — this is generally taken to be 10% or more ; |
| 10 | This is generally held to be wildly optimistic , and in some quarters , an impossible timescale . |
| 11 | This is not intended to be nomination in the traditional sense and once the subcontractor has been named ( subject to reasonable objection by the contractor if the naming is during the course of the contract ) , that subcontractor becomes almost entirely the responsibility of the contractor . |
| 12 | You do n't have to be a historian to know a pretty flower when you see one , and although this is not intended to be a text book — there is more than enough literature available to fulfil that function — I do suggest that your enjoyment of roses can be enhanced by knowing just a little about the many different kinds , and such matters as why they are cultivated in certain ways , why they are pruned , and so on — and to see a strange word , and know what it means ! |
| 13 | This is not intended to be an exhaustive list and throughout the observations the main questions in the HMI 's mind are : Is the range of work suitable for the children ? |
| 14 | I will not add any further details , since this is not intended to be a technical article , and in any case loco fans will know the details very well already . |
| 15 | This is not intended to be an exhaustive checklist of the regulatory requirements of either the Yellow Book or Blue Book . |
| 16 | This is not said to be mean , but to protect Lennie from getting into trouble because of his fascination for her . |
| 17 | Although this is not considered to be very significant here , the improved measurement precision afforded by negative thermal ionization mass spectrometry over previous methods will exacerbate problems with 186 Os normalization , making a switch to 187 Os/ 188 Os desirable . |
| 18 | This is not meant to be ungenerous toward the two , who , on their day , can be a couple of the finest debaters in the Commons . |
| 19 | This is not meant to be harassment , just a gentle reminder . |
| 20 | ( This is not meant to be a criticism , for I doubt whether we can work effectively without such things ; it is merely to point out that modernity enters the church far more easily than the church enters modernity . ) |
| 21 | This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of possible situations ; the intention is to show how to tackle any distribution that occurs in practice . |
| 22 | This is not meant to be the only way of constructing your opening paragraph . |
| 23 | This is not meant to be a criticism of the many carp bait firms which have for a long time sold baits which catch carp . |
| 24 | Ah yes but this is not meant to be old fashioned . |
| 25 | and further , and this is not meant to be a joke , in my own experience , if they get time to think quietly and realistically , I believe a whole lot of decent Conservatives who used to think pragmatically , organically and with respect for local communities , would emerge to contribute to a coalition for the future over against the ideological block that seems to think we use people to make money , instead of making money to serve people and their communities . |
| 26 | Needless to say , this is not going to be the last word in the debate between the constructivists and the nativists . |
| 27 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 28 | We wo n't be printing names ; this is not going to be a dealer persecution service , nor even a personal arbitration service such as Which ? magazine 's ‘ Personal Service ’ , because we simply can not become involved on that level . |
| 29 | Clearly all this is not going to be much fun , but my aim is egoism and not hedonism . |
| 30 | And fourth , this is not going to be a close scrutiny of the current wave of educational issues and innovations . |