Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These include the effect on exports from the UK , and regional unemployment , as well as a ‘ catch-all ’ gateway ( b ) : restrictions may be permitted which would confer on the public as purchasers , consumers or users of any goods or services , other specific and substantial benefits or advantages enjoyed or likely to be enjoyed by them as such . |
| 2 | The European Commission wants that content to be reduced to a very small amount by 1995-96 . |
| 3 | Almost certainly he would expect to find her sitting there , fuming but ready to be driven home . |
| 4 | You see when committees are meeting at two o'clock usually have a much shorter agenda than this committee discussion but to enable to this committee and to do its job properly , I would think we 'd be looking where possible to be able to discuss items properly and to get start at a reasonable time like we do . |
| 5 | They would also claim that such forgiveness is important in their lives for , without the forgiveness of God and each other , it is seen as impossible to be reconciled with God . |
| 6 | This has also been found in drinking water , but is not seen as liable to be banned in the near future . |
| 7 | We need to build an atmosphere which reverses the dominant value systems of those staffrooms in which it is seen as silly to be open , to want to have real conversations about education , and mature to be flip and dismissive . |
| 8 | The remote observer measures time intervals to be dilated and light to be red shifted . |
| 9 | It was touching and exciting to be there at the end singing ‘ It 's a lovely day tomorrow ’ with Cilla and Su and Cannon and Wisdom and Norden and Ball , and God could only bless the GB Public for their incredible largess . |
| 10 | It came into being on the groundswell of the earlier federalist enthusiasm , while still being sufficiently limited and pragmatic to be deemed feasible by senior politicians who themselves were keenly interested in fostering moves towards greater and effective cooperation . |
| 11 | The move was announced in Montreux at the international television festival , where Vic , 32 , real name is Jim Moir , said : ‘ We are are honoured and delighted to be joining the BBC . ’ |
| 12 | Confirm whether likely to be affected by the intrastat limit of £135,000 . |
| 13 | Such lighting as did exist consisted of feeble oil lamps suspended above the pavement , which not only gave poor light but frequently went out , making the streets both difficult to negotiate and dangerous to be abroad in . |
| 14 | Thus Wing Commander Hodsoll , Secretary of the ARP Committee , gloomily warned his colleagues in November 1936 that ‘ certain areas have been scheduled as likely to be subject to almost continuous bombing in the event of war ’ , and similar pessimism ran through the 1938 Anderson report on evacuation . |
| 15 | In the late 1970s , after a considerable hoo-ha , girls were recognised as fit to be young explorers and the first mixed expedition went to Arctic Norway in 1980 . |
| 16 | They got on the bus puffing and blowing but happy to be inside in the warm , and sat in their own special places . |
| 17 | Suffering is used in this sense in s1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 which provides that where a plaintiff 's expectation of life has been reduced the court in awarding damages for pain and suffering shall take into account the suffering caused or likely to be caused by awareness that his expectation of life has been so reduced . |
| 18 | Section 33(3) requires the court to have regard to all the circumstances of the case and in particular to : ( a ) the length of , and the reasons for , the delay on the part of the plaintiff ; ( b ) the extent to which , having regard to the delay , the evidence adduced or likely to be adduced by the plaintiff or the defendant is or is likely to be less cogent than if the action had been brought within the time allowed by s11 or ( as the case may be ) by s12 ; ( c ) the conduct of the defendant after the cause of action arose , including the extent ( if any ) to which he responded to requests reasonably made by the plaintiff for information or inspection for the purpose of ascertaining facts which were or might be relevant to the plaintiff 's cause of action against the defendant ; ( d ) the duration of any disability of the plaintiff arising after the date of the accrual of the cause of action ; ( e ) the extent to which the plaintiff acted promptly and reasonably once he knew whether or not the act or omission of the defendant , to which the injury was attributable , might be capable at that time of giving rise to an action for damages ; ( f ) the steps , if any , taken by the plaintiff to obtain medical , legal or other expert advice and the nature of any such advice he may have received . |
| 19 | ‘ ’ When the ticking stops the timing clock has run out and the firing mechanism is activated and ready to be triggered by mechanical stimulation ’ , by which I take it they mean ship 's engines . |
| 20 | Which within half an hour they will not be , for I have them packaged and ready to be delivered into your hands to do with as you shall see fit . |
| 21 | What it provides is a fairly full selection of windows BMP files , all neatly packaged and ready to be loaded as wallpaper on your desktop . |
| 22 | If however you hear anything of the matter , urge it as much as you can , and believe me I will leave no unconnected links in my track — and that in two years I will leave but little to be discovered here , if it please Providence to continue to me its wonted care . |
| 23 | For example , an increase of approximately 100 per cent in vehicle mileage by 2025 is widely acknowledged as likely to be responsible for huge increases in energy consumption and pollution , yet the Department of Transport " is n't interested in energy efficiency " . |
| 24 | Adoption of Motif application programming interface specifications by X/Open Co Ltd offers a politically acceptable means for Sun Microsystems Inc to offer Motif products on its price list for the first time : its SunSoft Inc subsidiary plans to market Santa Cruz Operation Inc-owned IXI Ltd 's Motif toolkit under a deal already signed and due to be revealed soon ; subsequently SunSoft will offer a combined ‘ MoLook ’ -type COSE toolkit in first half 1994 . |
| 25 | Its SunSoft Inc subsidiary plans to market Santa Cruz Operation Inc-owned IXI Ltd 's Motif toolkit under a deal already signed and due to be revealed soon . |
| 26 | Once trimmed and ready to be positioned , ensure that they are thoroughly cleaned by pouring boiling water over them and allowing to soak , scrubbing between the folds . |
| 27 | None of these hypotheses would seem to contradict what has been said about the management styles and organizational forms identified as likely to be appropriate in each quadrant of the uncertainty map . |
| 28 | Suddenly , a wave of tiredness swept through her and she closed her eyes for a moment , during which the girl remained quiet , but visibly agitated and eager to be getting on with her work . |
| 29 | There was little she was free to tell him , but he was very interested in what she said and sorry to be interrupted by his telephone . |
| 30 | Firth , Hubert and Forge report that some people get on with their mothers-in-law better than their own mothers , but for the most part these relationships are regarded as likely to be tricky : people treat them as an ‘ occupational risk ’ of marriage and regard themselves as ‘ lucky ’ if they work out satisfactorily ( 1970 , pp. 414–15 ) . |