Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For best results , some products are recommended to be used after dusting your skin with talc first . |
| 2 | Some rules were meant to be broken . |
| 3 | At that time few attempts were made to measure the effectiveness of such activity , and advertising agencies tended to branch out into sales promotions with the aim of offering an all-inclusive package to their clients in an attempt to combat competition from the emerging sales promotion agencies . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , shit , ’ I then said , because that was how I felt and because I suddenly knew that the next few minutes were going to be extraordinarily difficult . |
| 5 | As the Minister who represents the area containing Wandsworth prison , may I suggest to the Minister that if the exchanges of the past few minutes were conveyed to BBC television 's ’ Yes Minister ’ they might indeed help to revive the Government 's fortunes ? |
| 6 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 7 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 8 | In determining how much can be achieved in 15 minutes , consideration is taken of the time to store/restore and the time to verify , and equal durations of seven and a half minutes are allocated to these phases . |
| 9 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 10 | The next few months are going to be very important to us . ’ |
| 11 | Rather later , some concessions were made to local architectural styles . |
| 12 | But some concessions were made to the Albanians . |
| 13 | A few animals were sold to a Taiwanese Sea World , but several of the whales were cruelly slaughtered and killed . |
| 14 | Some books are considered to be ‘ unputdownable ’ but this one seems to be ‘ unpickupable ’ . |
| 15 | She has still not given up the search , but she fears some animals are exported to Ireland or to the continent . |
| 16 | Some fragments are known to nearly everyone , but not always who said them and in which play . |
| 17 | The International Court of Justice has asserted that some obligations are owed to the international community , that is , they are obligations erga omnes , not confined to bilateral rights and obligations . |
| 18 | The entries in some columns are restricted to only take one of a predefined set of values . |
| 19 | If a site is being destroyed slowly , only a few finds are brought to the surface at any one time , and it may take years of plotting before the whereabouts of the site becomes apparent . |
| 20 | Sandra , a full-time barrister and a mother of three , says some judges are known to be partial to women in wigs and gowns . |
| 21 | A strike by provincial journalists and social workers in some areas was added to the list . |
| 22 | Similar assumptions were made by those authorities , like the London County Council , which had for some years been committed to the development of comprehension . |
| 23 | Now that help is urgently needed to stem the threatened spread of AIDS , some governments are looking to the churches to put forward a limiting view of sex . |
| 24 | At the end of a day 's banking some banks are going to be more liquid , as a result of net deposits and other banks are going to be less liquid than they were at the beginning of the day 's business , as a result of a net withdrawal of deposits . |
| 25 | Some jewels were fitted to the surface ; there was a line of square-cut flat garnets on the eyebrows , and dragon heads which form terminals to the crest have cabochon garnets for eyes . |
| 26 | Some dogs are thought to be genetically susceptible to it , but diet always seems to get the blame . |
| 27 | Biological ( or physiological ) explanations are based on the notion that some individuals are predisposed to criminal behaviour because of their genetic make-up . |
| 28 | Competitively , snooker has until the last few years been confined to Britain and its old Commonwealth , but there have always been a few tables in the Far East , catering for the needs of expats . |
| 29 | THE next few years are going to be a test of the Greek character . |
| 30 | ‘ The next few days are going to be a long , hard slog . |