Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When mounting the mercury switch S1 , position the switch body about 10mm above the board to allow it to be angled to adjust its sensitivity . |
| 2 | But its real take-off period was the 1870S when the introduction of a new cooling apparatus and the addition of chemical preservatives to the milk enabled it to be transported very long distances while remaining fresh . |
| 3 | Secondly , existing paper documents could be scanned into the computer enabling them to be further processed without the necessity of reproducing the original . |
| 4 | The satellite intersections with these three events would have been termed ‘ mantle ’ , ‘ cusp ’ and ‘ cleft ’ in a spatial interpretation , but the radar shows them to be similar events seen at different phases of their evolution . |
| 5 | The motivation of the person required to make the decision is likely to be totally different from that of the person offering the decision — yet too often the presenter of the decision imagines it to be the same . |
| 6 | As far as the make-up of the commission is concerned , the Russians want it to be composed of professionals and specialists , while the Germans believe that it should above all have a strong political element ’ . |
| 7 | The plans of the groups enable them to be identified with those shown on large-scale Ordnance Survey maps , except for those sites subsequently ploughed out , which often survived as ring-ditches . |
| 8 | The coin caused it to be possible that the bar come out . |
| 9 | Indeed , the researchers expect it to be another 10 years before devices using the technology can come to market . |
| 10 | ‘ At the end of the day , a system is only as good as the user wants it to be , ’ says Peterborough Software 's David Laking . |
| 11 | Later , the College permitted him to be the veterinary examiner for the East India Company . |
| 12 | Again , all the boys are circumcised according to tradition , and we do not need to flash the penis to prove us to be nice , Jewish boys . |
| 13 | Pinned above Beth 's bed , next to the card proclaiming her to be a spiritualist , was a photograph of a male dancer from the newly formed Royal Ballet , and I came in one day soon after I arrived at Huntingdon to find a knot of giggling girls peering up at this dancer , who was poised on one foot , wearing an agonised expression and very tight tights . |
| 14 | For these reasons the Department considers it to be of the utmost importance that the form is used in all of the appropriate circumstances and clearly it will help if it can be completed right after the incident has taken place . |
| 15 | Section 17 says that property in specific goods passes to the buyer at such time as the parties intend it to be transferred . |
| 16 | On the spiritual plane , the Beggar advises him to be reconciled to God 's will and his own lot in life . |
| 17 | Although both climbs currently bear the grade E1 5b , a little reading between the lines reveals them to be less comparable in difficulty than this might indicate . |
| 18 | An elderly gent wandering the streets talking to himself about his secret wedding to his ward tomorrow ( because the plot requires him to be overheard so she 'll find out ) is the sort of thing you can only get away with in opera . |
| 19 | ‘ The result is : ( 1 ) That this Act does not necessarily require anything to be done under it which might not be done without causing a nuisance ; ( 2 ) That as to those things which may or may not be under it , there is no evidence on the face of the Act that the legislature supposed it to be impossible for any of them to be done ( if they were done at all ) somewhere and under some circumstances , without creating a nuisance ; and ( 3 ) That the legislature has manifested no intention that any of these optional powers , as to asylums , should be exercised at the expense of , or so as to interfere with , any man 's private rights . |
| 20 | ‘ I did send a telegram to the caretaker to tell him to be here to let me in . |
| 21 | Subjects affected by such apprehension will tend to modify their responses in a way they think the experimenter considers them to be healthy . |
| 22 | After designs had been agreed , the work of fitting out the brake vans was undertaken at Wolverton and the vans returned to traffic , pending requirements , the stretcher brackets stored on the vehicle to enable them to be fitted at short notice . |
| 23 | At that age the law considers them to be dead , so their children inherit their houses and money . |
| 24 | The preferable position , I 've got to say is the position two , unless the circumstances allow you to be in position one . |
| 25 | The judge found them to be in contempt and committed each to prison for a term of four months . |
| 26 | When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers . |
| 27 | It is the intention and the spirit of the Act to encourage them to be more accountable to their Boards of Governors , and , to a large extent , to become self-sufficient within the limits of their given finance and income generated by legitimate business activities . |
| 28 | The yellow ( red + green ) of the outer part of the streamer shows it to be bright in X-rays . |
| 29 | ‘ Sir I take this libertey to aske the favour for my sister Smith the widow if you have the goodness to recommend her to be the patron for the infurmarey , as her incombe is so very scant , to live on . |
| 30 | However , it appears that the singer wishes it to be known that he did something his way . ’ |