Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Middle Ages , Finland was a land on the north-eastern fringe of Europe to which architectural styles percolated slowly , and had then to be adjusted to suit national and climatic needs . |
| 2 | This is the percentage mark at which the volume will be considered full if the next module to be formatted requires more than the residual space in the volume . |
| 3 | Well I do n't want to be seen drinking more than he is ! ’ |
| 4 | Open 12 hours a day , there 's no excuse for any Glaswegian lass or laddie to be seen looking less than their beautiful best ! |
| 5 | Something has obviously got to be done to make sure that these simple shelters , which are there to offer overnight shelter for anyone in need of it , are not used for holiday centres and the like . |
| 6 | ( f ) when a purchaser is being sought for a holding , or aggregate holdings , of shares carrying 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of a company or when the board of a company is seeking potential offerors , and : ( i ) the company is the subject of rumour and speculation , or ( ii ) there is an untoward movement in its share price , or ( iii ) the number of potential purchasers or offerors approached is about to be increased to include more than a very restricted number of people . |
| 7 | But in most places , and particularly in the parish Eucharist , the congregation ought to be enabled to sing more than hymns . |
| 8 | The messages defined in the proposal are designed to be implemented using existing and emerging messaging technologies such as broadcast , multicast and the Object Management Group 's CORBA for distributed object technology . |
| 9 | Should this unlikely event take place , she did not want to be caught looking less than her usual immaculate self . |
| 10 | As directors of WHO non-communicable disease collaborating centres and key officials in centres for non-communicable diseases we declare that a concerted global action needs to be initiated to develop national and regional infrastructures to alleviate the financial expense and cost in human suffering from non-communicable diseases in the next millennium . |
| 11 | The psychosocial factors to be considered include inter-personal and social contacts and relationships , leisure activities , quality of life , stressful life events , conditions at work , unemployment and so on . |
| 12 | Most bank notes are printed on special paper that makes forgery more or less impossible , although with the passage of time , new notes have to be issued to replace worn-out and frayed paper notes . |
| 13 | What was more , since " a deputation from the female compositors [ had insisted ] upon an agreement anent same " , they were to be allowed to do upmaking and corrections on machine-set matter until the whole matter is settled " . " |
| 14 | In their quest for meaning , children need to be helped to become confident and resourceful in the use of a variety of reading cues . |
| 15 | Mubarak stated that committees were to be established to enhance political and economic co-operation between both countries . |