Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to [be] pass " in BNC.

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1 Though far too small for me , the bike had been saved to be passed on to Cymbeline ; somehow it had been overlooked in the purge .
2 I mean y I think the charges that banks are making in order to make up some of their losses , they 're going to be passed on to the average investor , you know the average client , so erm you know the Halifax will do it free , I 've heard recently that they are actually charging for er holding your deeds .
3 But intermediate taxes on production costs , like the property tax , commercial vehicle licences and employers ' national insurance contributions , are assumed to be passed on in consumer prices .
4 ( ii ) At a meeting of creditors , a resolution is deemed to be passed when a majority , in value , of the creditors present personally or by proxy have voted in favour of the resolution ( r 6.88 ) .
5 A motion axing acute , accident and emergency facilities is expected to be passed .
6 It remains a secret , though it is said to be passed on from chairman to chairman in a discreet whisper .
7 When a vote is taken and everyone votes for the motion , the motion is said to be passed unanimously .
8 The noise thus created is thought to be passed up the animal 's windpipe and into the sinus cavities of the skull , where it resonates to produce the purring sound .
9 As he was going to be passing the post office on his way to his favourite restaurant Sandison decided to post the letter himself .
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