Example sentences of "be [vb pp] and [noun] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there is a task to be completed and deadlines to be met an autocratic approach may be appropriate . |
| 2 | As it got dark there was a nightmare of organisation and shouting ; there were meals to be cooked for the Sergeants , marquee and tents to be erected in a rainstorm , personal kit to be unpacked and weapons to be put into a makeshift armoury . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the country still needs further help ; roads need to be built and fields to be irrigated . |
| 4 | The wealth generated by our overseas possessions was channelled back to Britain and allowed fortunes to be made and investments to be made in many new industries , including cotton , fabrics , and diverse engineering products . |
| 5 | If you are really good there is nowhere to go but up to where there is money to be made and awards to be won . |
| 6 | Did you know that your EC-approved pads must be ‘ as light as possible without prejudicing design strength and efficiency ’ ( sub-section 1.3.2 ) , or that your box ‘ must be so designed and manufactured as to facilitate correct positioning on the user and to remain in place for the foreseeable period of use , bearing in mind ambient factors , movements to be made and postures to be adopted . |
| 7 | 4 For each of the things to be done and problems to be solved , work out the best approach . |
| 8 | Everything is growing apace , especially the weeds ; there are plants to be watered and crops to be gathered . |
| 9 | Cows to be milked twice a day , every day , water to be carried to all the cattle , fodder to drag to the high pastures , hay to be cut if the weather was benevolent , dry stone walls to be repaired after the ravages of winter , cows to be calved and ewes to be lambed ( usually in the middle of the night ) , horses to harness , drains to be dug … the list is endless . |
| 10 | Details of the parties , the proceedings , the evidence to be obtained , or other judicial act to be performed and questions to be put must be included . |
| 11 | Hence , Cnut 's inheritance was international and many-faceted : there were numerous opportunities to be taken , pitfalls to be avoided and problems to be overcome , both at home and abroad , before his dominion and influence extended over much of the northern world , and merited the title by which his fellow Scandinavians know him today : Knut den store — Cnut the Great . |
| 12 | At the end of the day , there are experiences to be shared , new friends to be introduced and tans to be compared over a convivial drink . |
| 13 | ‘ There may be questions to be asked and problems to be solved concerning the implementation of this programme . |
| 14 | There were just too many unanswered questions now , too many battles to be fought and riddles to be solved . |
| 15 | They provide , in particular , for accounts to be taken and inquiries to be made . |
| 16 | The low-paid worker in the ‘ poverty trap ’ may gain nothing , or even lose , from an increase in earnings , when these cause benefits to be lost and tax to be paid . |
| 17 | These two tendencies — looking for natural difference and failing to see cultural difference — reinforce one another , causing men to be studied and women to be stereotyped . |
| 18 | Disputes , both before and after 1381 , were concerned with questions of rents to be paid and services to be performed , or with whether or not individuals were free men or villeins . |