Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] be [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 By wishes I am referring to the internal directions and aspirations that people have for their own professional lives and development : their preferences , their ambitions , their chosen career path , their enthusiasms and above all their values .
2 To rapturous applause he told them : ‘ For the next two-and-a-half hours I am going to work your asses like you 've never been worked before .
3 my make up and the way I dress reflects the meetings I 'm going to .
4 It would be interesting to know whether Petrey really does hold the views I am attributing to him , and whether he thinks that speech act theories of semantics are therefore based on a fundamental error .
5 my vocation — the work , ministry , roles I am called to and the gifts I have been given for these .
6 Characteristics which were found to be statistically significant in their relation to manufacturing employment change were deemed to be contributory causes of it .
7 Ears which are turned to the side and are at ‘ half mast ’ indicate that the horse is relaxed , and therefore does not feel the need to listen out for danger .
8 This converts the image into electronic signals which are passed to the recorder section containing the cassette housing and tape transport mechanisms .
9 The Micom Communications Corp subsidiary of MB Communications Inc , Lawrence , Pennsylvania has announced a new model in its Marathon range of data and speech network servers which is claimed to more than double the performance of the previous products .
10 They are documents of all sorts which were given to me by my father or which I found among his papers after his death in 1968 .
11 The antennae are divided into large feathery plumes covered with tiny sensory hairs which are tuned to the female 's smell molecules .
12 At the same time , SCOTVEC is continuing to respond to the wishes of some industry Lead Bodies to develop units which are designed to be delivered and assessed in the workplace .
13 It is divided into two small widely separated lobes which are attached to the dorsal lobe of the deutocerebrum and receive nerve fibres from the latter .
14 Thrifts were banned by law from investing in equities which were deemed to be too risky .
15 However , some commuters are designed with micro-instruction formats much more similar to normal machine code instruction formats , especially those computers which are designed to be microprogrammed by their users .
16 The GEF is likely to handle most of the funds which are expected to be pledged by donor countries under conventions on climate change and the protection of biological diversity due to be agreed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , in June .
17 $86,000 of charity funds which were paid to various political campaigns in breach of the Federal Income Tax Act which forbade donations of over Can .
18 It can help us explain why the entrenched and the familiar can suddenly appear conditional and temporary , and inject meaning into those long-forgotten disputes which are bubbling to the surface , especially within the Soviet bloc .
19 The traps which are connected to all sinks , basins , baths and WCs ( and , incidentally , all wastes from equipment such as washing machines and dishwashers ) serve the very important purpose of preventing smells and bacteria from the drains getting into the house .
20 Traps which are fitted to basins , sinks , baths and WCs to prevent foul air from the drains entering the house
21 Parents are also totally against shutting schools which are seen to be unsuccessful an integral point of Education Secretary John Patten 's new Bill .
22 The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ .
23 Both of these words which are said to be inadequate fail to satisfy one or other of the criteria outlined for a wording to establish a trust .
24 Words which are meant to be comforting and familiar may be frightening or threatening .
25 Words which are meant to be symbols of reality take the place of what they stand for .
26 No , what we have to look at is not the labels which are attached to each individuals , but say do we have
27 MAS maintains a computerised database , called BUYERS , of potential purchasers and their acquisition criteria against which all acquisition opportunities which are brought to us or come to our attention are screened .
28 We maintain a computerised database of potential purchasers and their acquisition criteria against which all acquisition opportunities which are brought to us or come to our attention are screened .
29 The changes also anticipate many of the demands which were expected to be made at opposition rallies tomorrow in Sofia and the provinces where calls are expected for the resignation of many of the figures ousted yesterday .
30 For examples of bye-laws which were held to be ultra vires , see Scottish General Transport Co. v. Glasgow Corporation , 1928 S.C .
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