Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While officials in New York refused to confirm that the USTA could forget any idea of financial aid , there is no doubt that , in the current world recession , New York has been hit harder than most and that Mayor David Dinkins , although an avid tennis fan , would have difficulty in getting approval for the money to be spent improving access roads etc to a new tennis facility , in view of all their other problems |
| 2 | To replace text throughout the document in one step ( 'without confirmation' ) select : confirm : ( No ) of the same case as the text to be replaced select : case : ( Yes ) which only includes whole words select : whole word : ( Yes ) |
| 3 | At least one globe at the crossing should show a flashing light for the crossing to be deemed lawful . |
| 4 | The whole of the following morning was spent gardening and weeding in the area in front of the building ; there was the gravel to be raked and the flowerbeds to be kept tidy . |
| 5 | The name of the user to be made responsible for the SPR . |
| 6 | Committee meetings had taken place at fortnightly intervals ever since early in the nineteenth century , but now , in view of the fact that there was a war on , the local government board asked for the meetings to be held monthly , a suggestion that was accepted with alacrity . |
| 7 | There is ( intentionally ) no proper derivatives market that allows the peso to be sold short . |
| 8 | Both Bills would have preserved the deprave-and-corrupt test , significant in itself , but would have added a new test , sufficient in its own right for the work to be deemed obscene . |
| 9 | To pay for the considerable expense of running the hospital , the directors of Ca'Granda offered portraits to any worthy donor , the portrait to be painted full face for a large contribution , profile for a much smaller one and in various degrees between the two . |
| 10 | Lastly , the hearth has to be tended , constantly supplied with fuel , and this can be likened to the need for the home to be paid ongoing care and attention , the absence of which will be felt as a cold and empty atmosphere . |
| 11 | It is therefore entirely proper for the directors to be given proper assurances by Government about the funding of a project undertaken on behalf of Government . |
| 12 | If there is no alternative to using a foster mother whose natural litter is the same colour as the mice to be fostered great care must be taken to mark the fostered animals by toe clipping or all the natural young must be removed . |
| 13 | My release may come any day , since Victor has but to re-appear among the living for the accusation to be proved false on all sides . |
| 14 | The need for the role of the community to be given paramount importance was stressed , that is , the community 's own perception of needs and desire to do something for themselves ( self-help ) . |
| 15 | A clause similar to the following can be included to achieve this : ( a ) The parties agree to procure that the amount(s) of any payment(s) ( net of corporation tax to the extent that this is not franked by the payment of advance corporation tax payable on the distribution to be made pursuant to this clause ( a ) ) received by the Company pursuant to any claim(s) made under the keyman insurance effected by the Company pursuant to clause … shall as soon as practicable following receipt of such amount(s) by the Company be distributed to the Investor by way of dividend net of any advance corporation tax payable . |
| 16 | A dual batten option is commonplace , enabling the sail to be set soft if desired . |
| 17 | But no details are yet available of the cash to be made available , except that it ‘ may be over £1 million ’ . |
| 18 | Arrangements will need to be made to enable the index and the file to be kept up-to-date . |
| 19 | It may be possible for the arrangements for the funeral to be made direct with the crematorium or cemetery and minister of religion if desired . |
| 20 | As the choristers sang a low chant in the background , the priest moved from one vessel to the next , praying for the fishermen to be kept safe from harm , and asking that the catch over the next year may be bountiful . |
| 21 | In virtue of what are the duration , intensity , location , cause and ownership of the sensation to be deemed irrelevant ? |
| 22 | The grateful driver told the farmer that his cargo consisted of 47 foxes which were being transported from the Midlands to be let loose in Wales by order of the RSPCA . |
| 23 | Local people say there 's been a long-standing campaign for the site to be made safe . |
| 24 | A fundamental part of it has to be this recognition : animals have the right to be left alone . |
| 25 | But maybe the offer is refused because the kitchen sink has been enthroned as the living nerve-centre of the home , and to abandon it is to lose the right to be considered worthy and hard-working ; she who washes the dishes puts everybody else under an obligation . |
| 26 | The Encomiast has him beheaded by Earl Eric personally , while Florence says that he was killed in London at Christmas 1017 and that Cnut ordered the corpse to be left unburied . |
| 27 | The fact that evidence and documents relating to the case had either disappeared or been tampered with and that witnesses had been threatened led members of a US Congressional investigative task force to conclude that the military high command had been controlling the investigation and limiting the number and rank of the officers to be held responsible for the crime . |
| 28 | The state of destination is given a discretion ( though the convention does not specify by which organ of the state the discretion is to be exercised ) to execute a letter rogatory which does not indicate the person to be held responsible for the costs and expenses ; the point here is that there is a discretion to refuse to execute letters in such circumstances . |
| 29 | Since 1869 imprisonment for debt has been rare , and by the Administration of justice Act 1970 it has been completely abolished , and replaced by the remedy of attachment of earnings , i.e. a procedure whereby a portion of the debtor 's earnings may be directed by the court to be paid direct to the creditor . |
| 30 | However , we are concerned that the comments of the Heritage Secretary , Peter Brooke , during the bill 's second reading suggested that the allocation to the commission would be deducted from the share to be made available to sport in the home countries . |