Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Schein , it is ‘ the pattern of basic assumptions that a given group has invented , discovered , or developed , in learning to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration , and that have worked well enough to be considered valid and , therefore , to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive , think and feel in relation to these problems . ’ |
| 2 | He said that from 1991–1992 there were only five times when intensive care patients had to be transferred to other hospitals in the region , but in April and May this year alone there had been five cases . |
| 3 | Procedurally , the machinery could no longer be operated since no provision had been made , in 1922 , for functions relating to the organising of elections and previously discharged by the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown in Ireland , to be transferred to new officials , and those offices had been abolished . |
| 4 | The next day I received a telegram informing me that my request to be transferred to clerical duties at the Ministry of the Interior had been granted . |
| 5 | If successful , the policy is likely to be extended to other branches around the country . |
| 6 | It could be argued that since these are indefensible when applied , as they are currently , to conventional criminals , they ought not to be extended to corporate criminals . |
| 7 | A counselling service set up in Gloucestershire to help victims of the Gulf War is to be extended to Bosnian refugees . |
| 8 | A third objection which could be raised is that it would be undesirable if the suggested approach were to be applied to certain types of jurisdictional error . |
| 9 | Scanning electron microscopy ( SEM ) is becoming an increasingly useful tool for furthering archaeological knowledge , and it is beginning to be applied to various aspects of archaeological work . |
| 10 | It soon lost its exclusively maritime connotation and , from denoting simply work as a galley slave , came to be applied to other forms of penal servitude with hard labour . |
| 11 | The costs are low enough for the schemes to be applied to whole towns … it is estimated that the measures will be amortized within three to six years on account of saved accident costs . ’ |
| 12 | To this statement Paschal added a series of directions to Anselm showing in detail how the decrees were to be applied to parochial churches and to ecclesiastical land held by lay service . |
| 13 | Subsequent cases have demonstrated that the distinction is equally to be applied to commercial situations , for example Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold [ 1988 ] 2 WLR 706 ( see Chapter 11 ) and Colchester Borough Council v Smith ( above ) . |
| 14 | ( ii ) In the context of their own writing and that of a range of published writers , pupils should learn that , in evaluating the success of a piece of writing , different criteria need to be applied to different types ; for example , a personal letter may be valued for its warmth and humour , a report for the clarity of its organisation , and so on . |
| 15 | ‘ The facilities continue to be maintained to rigorous standards , ’ she said . |
| 16 | It is supplied to commercial users in a roll and usually by weight in 1 kilo quantities to be cut to desired lengths . |
| 17 | At Midland we appreciate that businesses will only wish to draw upon a selection of our full range of Money Transmission Services and will require these to be tailored to individual requirements . |
| 18 | Any resultant interest and penalty charges will have to be explained to dissatisfied clients . |
| 19 | Sinn Fein is striving to be invited to inter-party talks between constitutional parties and the British and Irish Governments , but such talks are virtually ruled out by Unionists . |
| 20 | Once simple processes are found , investigate whether conjugation will allow the processes to be moved to other pieces 5 . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , the decision to sell Saatchi 's ailing business consultancy division has put additional strains on Saatchi management and a number of senior managers have had to be moved to new positions . |
| 22 | Part of the reason behind the payments is to placate high earners , some of whom are asking to be moved to overseas branches of their companies to avoid higher taxes . |
| 23 | That said , in its work to bring CICS over to AIX , Data Logic has provided the capability for CICS/6000 to be migrated to other platforms , meaning that , at least in theory , IBM could make the the environment available for other vendors ' machines , following the example set last week by Hewlett-Packard Co 's announcement — see page three . |
| 24 | Group testing received its first big boost when the US entered World War 1 in 1917 to provide for the rapid classification of a million and a half recruits who needed to be assigned to suitable roles in the military machine . |
| 25 | Floating exchange rates have the added advantage that responsibility for the burden of adjustment does not have to be assigned to particular countries : with floating , the exchange rate mechanism itself should lead to an appreciation of strong currencies and a depreciation of weak currencies . |
| 26 | Although some adjustment would have to be made to new criteria for apportioning teaching time , these subjects were not new . |
| 27 | Section 8 of the Railways Act 1974 allows grant payments to be made to suitable applicants , provided that there will be a significant environmental benefit , the anticipated expenditure is of a capital not revenue nature , British Rail will carry the desired freight , the rail freight facilities will encourage a transfer from road to rail and that , relatively speaking , the wanted rail freight facilities would not be viable without a Section 8 payment . |
| 28 | A section 6(2) order should be directed to individual transactions with payment being directed to be made to individual investors upon the individual investors retransferring their Euramco shares or delivering up their Euramco share certificates . |
| 29 | Indeed , their different uses have been investigated by Sanford , Moar & Garrod ( 1988 ; Garrod & Sanford 1990 ) , who showed that pronominal references in continuations are more likely to be made to proper-named characters , and that characters introduced by proper name are more easily accessed for anaphoric reference , as indexed by self-paced reading time . |
| 30 | But what is important is that there is opposition er Chairman at the national level which is set to continue and once again representations are being undertaken er to be made to local Members of Parliament and to Members of the House of Lords . |