Example sentences of "[vb pp] [modal v] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , since the study is conducted in an area known to most of the subjects it is important that the memories reported should be specific to the drive just completed rather than general knowledge about that area of Cambridge . |
| 2 | In this formulation , while working-class struggle and political action may allow the state to act in ways which are inimical to the interests of specific sectors of capital , it is unlikely that any policies pursued will be inimical to capital in general . |
| 3 | It is worth considering if and how those already validated might be open to review ( possibly under the 1981 Minerals Act ? ) in light of the outcome of the Carmel case . |
| 4 | The output prepared must be meaningful to the hearer . |
| 5 | Feedback , information on the progress being made should be available to the student . |
| 6 | It was however made clear that any proposals made must be acceptable to the people of the United Kingdom as a whole and also to the parliament at Westminster . |
| 7 | Everything that is done must be subordinate to some official who reports up to a member of the administrative class , who is under an assistant secretary who then puts the matter to the permanent secretary , he being the adviser to the minister . |
| 8 | But it is believed that the bank will not pull the plug in haste as its image would take a knock and the money it is owed would be unlikely to be recovered . |
| 9 | Any tickets resold will be subject to a 20% handling fee deducted from monies due . |
| 10 | Further , the heat ( or other energy ) supplied may be supposed to be a flux across the boundary of the volume under consideration . |
| 11 | the language used should be accessible to children but should also make demands and extend their language capabilities ; |
| 12 | Christian Aid is not in a position itself to set up and service all the training which it is envisaged might be useful to supporters . |
| 13 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 14 | Furthermore , any attempt on the part of the political organizations to use their militias independently of what military GHQ disposed would be tantamount to a crime against the state and would merit the severest of penalties . |
| 15 | ‘ Any person who owns premises within a borough or urban district , or ‘ certain rural districts or contributory places ’ … establishes , without the consent of the local authority , any offensive trade as hereinafter defined shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £400 ’ . |
| 16 | The methodology developed will be applicable to the wider countryside in other parts of the country . |
| 17 | The contract will therefore seek : 1 to define the client 's obligations and , so far as possible , to minimise them ; 2 to define the scope of the contract by defining which statements form part of it ; 3 to minimise the scope for variation of the contract duties , by defining the authority of the client 's representatives to make statements binding on it , or to vary the contract ; 4 to minimise the likelihood of the client being in breach of contract , by defining the client 's obligations in flexible terms : for instance , the quantity of goods to be delivered may be subject to tolerances ; or the contract may provide for the time for delivery to be extended in certain situations ; 5 to minimise the extent of the client 's liability for any breach it commits : for instance , by excluding liability for certain kinds of loss , or by placing a financial ceiling on liability ; 6 to define the obligations of the client 's trading partners ; 7 to define the consequences of non-performance by the client 's trading partners ; 8 to provide machinery to encourage prompt performance by the client 's trading partners : for instance , a seller may require interest on late payments , or offer discounts for early payment ; a buyer may contract for the right to withhold payment until satisfactory performance ; 9 to allow the client to use procedurally simple enforcement methods : for instance , terms of sale should be drafted so as to allow the seller to bring a liquidated claim for the price of the goods ; 10 to provide the client with security against non-performance by its trading partners : thus terms of sale are likely to seek to provide the seller with security against non-payment , for instance by means of a retention of title clause ; terms of purchase will seek to minimise the buyer 's exposure by allowing some or all of the price to be retained against satisfactory performance . |
| 18 | Also , the material when embanked would be liable to settlement and slippage . |
| 19 | The policies which are adopted are important , but the means by which they are implemented will be critical to their effectiveness . |
| 20 | Consequently , even if the desulphate ester of PABA-UDCA is disulphated at the 3α position by bacterial action after oral administration the 7 β-monosulphate ester of PABA-UDCA formed can be resistant to bacterial transformation resulting in no absorption from the gut and rapid excretion into faeces . |
| 21 | Heavy reliance on settlement , however , does mean that if formal proceedings occur the procedures and conduct required may be unfamiliar to the parties and their advisors . |
| 22 | The species chosen should be resistant to abrasion — moderately dense dark hardwoods like danta , jarrah or teak would be satisfactory , in addition to the stained oak . |
| 23 | The dye colour chosen should be complementary to the rock colour so as to provide the greatest degree of contrast . |
| 24 | The level of technology required would be similar to that of drilled emplacement . |
| 25 | Lighting columns now have to be to regulation safety standards , and it is hoped that the new lights chosen will be complementary to the street . |
| 26 | Any clinical examination required will be similar to that carried out by the ordinary GP . |