Example sentences of "to be [verb] [prep] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One resident , Edith Vivian , 66 , said : ‘ It 's quite frightening for us to be broken into like this . |
| 2 | Lord Simon showed what a difficult concept this is when he reviewed various possible definitions of " quasi-arbitrator " in Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 at 824 G. He said that it could mean ( 1 ) a third party whose duty it is , in deciding a question , to " hold the scales fairly " and who is " likely to be shot at by both sides " this was formulated three different ways ; or ( 2 ) " an arbitrator at common law in contradistinction from one under the Arbitration Act 1950 " [ an obscure conceptpresumably only for oral arbitration agreements or agreements specifically excluding the operation of the Act ] ; or ( 3 ) " a person who is not an arbitrator under the Arbitration Act 1950 but nevertheless acts in a judicial capacity or character or fulfills a judicial function . " |
| 3 | However , a truly " liberal " or " higher " education could inculcate a higher subjectivity which transcended nature by offering experiences , feelings , and pleasures that were beyond the mindless routines thought to be engaged in by most of mankind . |
| 4 | From what you said about reconnaissance equipment it rather sounds to me as if the tornado D R one A is likely to be replaced by in this reconnaissance role . |
| 5 | This can be done for any letter position , including the first and the last letters of a word , and for more than one letter position , although it is not a good policy to allow more than two per word if the accuracy of the recogniser is to be relied on at all . |
| 6 | Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’ |
| 7 | It would be easy enough to let this go in view of his problem , but she refused to be dictated to in any way at all . |
| 8 | But to allow herself to be dictated to in this way when she knew she had done nothing wrong was tantamount to admitting guilt . |
| 9 | Given the present hopeful international situation , we believe that further reductions in levels of armaments will be able to be made without in any way endangering security . |
| 10 | For a start there were no agreed criteria for subdividing the cerebral cortex into regions , and criteria were not destined to be developed for about another century . |
| 11 | Behind the solitary constable was a vast army of doppelgänger wheeling and cavorting in the city 's Sefton Park , ready and available to reinforce the power of the patrol officer , a force to be reckoned with for those who might dispute the territory of the street . |
| 12 | In line to follow the Latvians are Georgia and the Ukraine — two of the powers to be reckoned with from former Soviet rugby . |
| 13 | There are now so few to be fished for in most rivers that more and more people who spent a lot of money in Scotland , as I have over the years , are going to Russia , Iceland , Alaska , Canada and Norway . |
| 14 | Meanwhile the other lawyer was growing impatient with Bartocci for allowing himself to be imposed upon in this way by his pushy and unscrupulous colleague instead of attending to his utterly reasonable request for bail or a visitor 's pass or access to official files . |
| 15 | He made it a rule that the work which flowed in during the course of the day had to be dealt with during that day , unless there was a very good reason . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Every member of the commission was sorry that Leeds had to be dealt with at all . |
| 17 | Does any other member or officer wish to disclose an interest in any matters to be dealt with at this meeting ? |
| 18 | There are many less well known , but very worthwhile places , which I suppose need to be dealt with in another article . |
| 19 | It is not admissible as evidence , it 's been volunteered to the jury erm my Lord it needs to be dealt with in more detail than that . |
| 20 | Because his wife had made dishes of it as first-night presents for the cast , apart from Titania , who was on a diet and would have to be dealt with in some other way . |
| 21 | As it is possible for the allotment letters to be dealt with in this 21 day period , rights issues are attractive to institutional shareholders as they may be able to sell the rights to subscribe . |
| 22 | In addition , it is normal to put a maximum period during which claims can be made — usually six or seven years for taxation , since that is the normal limitation period , and two to three years for other warranties ; but this obviously needs to be looked at in each case in the light of particular facts , warranties , assets and liabilities . |
| 23 | Well I I guess the graphics need to be looked at in that |
| 24 | Erm what I wanted to say is , erm , in response to the lady in the red , was that a lot of feminists have a lot to answer for because , in the sense , men erm can be discriminat , well not discriminated but we can say things about men which are generalizations , whereas if a , one man says one generalized thing about a woman , then he 's just , you know chauvinists is everything , and he 's got a really bad name to him , so I think it 's got to be looked at from both sides . |
| 25 | Certainly they make demands on social and medical services , and it is possible that severely mentally handicapped people will have to be looked after for all their lives . |
| 26 | Most of us would prefer when ill or very elderly to be looked after by those we know and love rather than taken to a strange and unfamiliar place . |
| 27 | FOOTBALL is probably not a F subject Darlingtonians F would care to be reminded of at this stage in a trying season . |
| 28 | They tend to be frowned upon by those caring for diabetic patients . |
| 29 | These services , which include ‘ stopped ’ cheques , travellers cheques , eurocheques , sterling and currency payments abroad , and safe custody of valuables and documents , have to be paid for by all our personal Current Account customers , whether or not their accounts are kept in credit . |
| 30 | The flow chart is not supposed to be rigid or to be adhered to at all costs ; more a source of guidance and reference and a way of keeping check on the different activities that go on simultaneously as you move towards that special day . |