Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] [prep] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 2 | Well Jim and I are to start with to get the er |
| 3 | I PLEDGE a complete confidential relationship to those I am called upon to serve . |
| 4 | Q When I am looking at the ingredients in a hair product what should I be looking for to identify it as a quality product ? |
| 5 | He 's the kind of guy I 'm lookin' for to head up regional planning . |
| 6 | Afterwards I had no sense that I had been forgiven , but I had done what I was called upon to do and there it must rest . |
| 7 | As the only Englishman present at the conference in question , I was called upon to defend the late Dr Arkell 's change of usage . |
| 8 | I went in to this fella er er er he seemed to know what I was talking about to start with |
| 9 | This book reports the control of one such activity , namely pollution discharged directly to watercourses , excluding trade effluents which are disposed of to foul sewer for purification at sewage treatment works . |
| 10 | The Court of Justice held that the word ‘ obligation ’ in article 5(1) refers to the contractual obligation forming the basis of the legal proceedings ; and that , in a case such as de Bloos , where the plaintiff asserts the right to be paid damages and seeks dissolution of the contract on the ground of the wrongful conduct of the other party , the obligation referred to in article 5(1) is still that which arises under the contract , the non-performance of which is relied upon to support such claims . |
| 11 | Ken himself was called upon to act as a kind of bodyguard for Halliwell — which is only part of the near-farcical side of the relationship between the three of them . |
| 12 | … a sense of proportion is all important on the part of those who are called upon to judge . |
| 13 | This view is common to the ‘ Action Men ’ among Easton 's section police who are called upon to do what they consider is the job of the social services . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , there are dangers that too much haste puts at risk that necessary bond of mutual trust and co-operation between the policymaker and those who are called upon to implement policy . |
| 15 | In Rex v. Brighton Corporation , Ex parte Thomas Tilling Ltd. ( 1916 ) 85 L.J.K.B. 1552 , 1555 Sankey J. said : ‘ Persons who are called upon to exercise the functions of granting licences for carriages and omnibuses are , to a great extent , exercising judicial functions ; and although they are not bound by the strict rules of evidence and procedure observed in a court of law , they are bound to act judicially . |
| 16 | Always check the area you are sailing into to allow for the time when you will be facing battlements but when you crouch in the middle of the boat , do keep an eye on the boom or you 'll end up with a nasty bump on the head . |
| 17 | If you are called upon to plan a programme of independent items , such as those seen at the Reunion or at Area Rallies , consider the following points : — |
| 18 | ‘ My lord protector , ’ he said , ‘ you are called upon to assume the reins of government by the loyal citizens of London . |
| 19 | Naturally you will watch the person you are talking with to notice if they appear to have difficulty in hearing you because of background noise . |
| 20 | You 're talking about to send some are n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ The man you 're waiting for to make you his wife ? ’ |
| 22 | However , should you be called upon to speak at a grand , formal wedding you may feel that a more erudite speech is required . |
| 23 | The tin-hatted soldiers who were sent into to quell riots on the troubled streets of Londonderry and Belfast must look enviously at the gear provided for the modern soldier . |
| 24 | Those who were called upon to defend non-payment of what they owed beyond the promised date were , as they had always been and were to go on being , in the minority . |
| 25 | Unlike the realist novelists of the nineteenth century , writers such as Balzac , Stendhal , Flaubert and Zola , who were called upon to depict individuals and social groups operating within a relatively stable , homogeneous society , the contemporary realist writer was required to portray a society in a state of turbulence , transformation and fundamental realignment . |
| 26 | And he is the-hero-as-artist , who is called upon to make just such recognitions , of the divinely eternal through the veil of the quotidian . |
| 27 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , it is , I think , salutary that the judge who is called upon to construe statutory language should ask himself whether the meaning that is urged upon him is one which can fairly be drawn by a person of reasonable intelligence ordinarily conversant with the English language . |
| 29 | virtuous elderly senator who was prevailed upon to succeed the murdered Commodus as Roman Emperor in AD 193 . |
| 30 | ‘ The staff have been very generous with both their time and money , ’ said Lindsay who was called upon to hand over the £2,000 cheque during a get-together at The Old George pub in Newcastle . |