Example sentences of "be to [be] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If spending and the community charge are to be kept at acceptable levels , staff numbers have to be kept under better control than that . |
| 2 | Five hundred NHS patients waiting for plastic surgery are to be treated at private hospitals , as part of a Government initiative to cut waiting lists . |
| 3 | Dry storage facilities are to be constructed at Scottish Nuclear 's advanced gas-cooled power stations at Torness and Hunterston , planning permission permitting . |
| 4 | Plant , machinery and other tangible fixed assets , whether owned or acquired under finance leases , are to be valued at net book value as included in the audited balance sheet as at 31 December 1989 . |
| 5 | Land and buildings are to be shown at original cost or subsequent valuation . |
| 6 | Land and buildings are to be shown at original cost or subsequent valuation . |
| 7 | By Anne Harrison THE SKILLS of out-of-work bosses are to be offered at cut-price rates in a bid to encourage local firms to look after their workers . |
| 8 | ‘ In the last analysis , therefore , it is for Parliament to decide the extent to which legal services are to be provided at public expense to meet the needs of the majority of the population . |
| 9 | In November the cardinals , together with representatives of the different national groupings , elected a new pope for the whole Church , Martin V. Before doing so , however , they had ensured through the decree Frequens that Councils were to be called at regular intervals of ten years . |
| 10 | By contrast , a sense of ‘ community ’ seemed to be absolutely essential if village populations were to be maintained at viable levels . |
| 11 | A critical element in these surveys was that data for past and future plans were to be presented at constant prices , as it was almost impossible to interpret a time series of expenditure for a period in which prices fluctuated significantly . |
| 12 | Around 35 per cent of goods were to be sold at unregulated prices , or at prices agreed between supplier and retailer , while prices for a range of other goods ( including food staples such as milk , eggs and sugar ) , and public transport fares , were to rise to a new fixed level . |
| 13 | As Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and chancellor of both universities , the Governor is to be seen at occasional military parades , or handing out diplomas . |
| 14 | Do parents know the school will use that particular radio station when the school is to be closed at short notice ? |
| 15 | In Wales , Welsh is an official language and a core subject of the National Curriculum for pupils in Welsh-medium schools or classes — the only pupils for whom English is to be disapplied at key stage 1 ; no such language other than English is in such a position in England . |
| 16 | Another world in a small room is to be encountered at Leccese Sprüth , where Alighiero e Boetti 's fifty-one knitted Afghan pieces , each one metre square , will cover the walls through November . |
| 17 | The origin of the duty is to be found at common law though it is reinforced by certain provisions in the Partnership Act . |
| 18 | The terms of the agreement were as follows : that political prisoners were to be released and the relevant ordinances withdrawn ; that civil disobedience was to be stopped ; that the boycott of British goods would cease , though ‘ peaceful picketing ’ could continue ; that there would be no change in the salt laws , though people living by the sea could make some for personal consumption ; and that Congress was to be represented at future sessions of the Round Table conference , the agreed agenda being federation , ‘ Indian responsibility ’ , and ‘ reservations or safeguards in the interests of India for such matters as , for instance , defence ; external affairs ; the position of minorities ; the financial credit of India , and the discharge of obligations ’ . |
| 19 | From the beginning of 1992 agricultural produce was to be traded at free market prices throughout the country . |