Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan for 1988 was that the discount rate was to be fixed each month at 1 per cent above the equivalent annual rate of increase in industrial prices in the previous month . |
| 2 | ON 13th May , 1992 the Holy Father formally established a new World Day for the Sick to be observed each year on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on 11th February . |
| 3 | Some 150 wolves are likely to be killed this year in the region , which is home to the Delta herd of caribou , whose numbers have fallen from 10,700 to 4,500 . |
| 4 | Relatives are valuable and ought to be treated that way . |
| 5 | After a while , I told them we did n't want to be treated this way . |
| 6 | What can be wrong , however , with fantasising , treating a woman as an object , if there is no connection between the fantasy and real life and if she is depicted as wanting to be treated this way ? |
| 7 | Besides , the girl has done nothing wrong , and I can not allow her to be treated this way . ’ |
| 8 | The Marshal had arrived in time , as he had promised , to see Cipolla delivered to the court and taken upstairs , chained between two other prisoners whose appeals were to be heard that morning . |
| 9 | Up to 1.2 million cubic metres are expected to be cut this year — three or four times as much as in 1991 . |
| 10 | A growth annulus is assumed to be deposited each year , and microscopic rings are thought to record the length of lunar , daily and tidal cycles . |
| 11 | Affirmative evidence rebutting that implication would , I think , be needed if it were to be contended that paragraph ( b ) had not been satisfied . |
| 12 | The highest point on the mountain was , he remembered , to be gained that way , but he would need to go back along the path and so would meet Detective Furness and prick the bubble of aloneness in which he was so happy . |
| 13 | Even for somebody who spoke French it was a mouthful , and it was tedious because it had to be repeated each time one spoke to a Corporal or Sergeant . |
| 14 | After pledging £20,000 for wheelchair races , the region 's support increased to £95,000 after a substantial shortfall in the commercial sponsorship which now appears certain to be repeated this year unless additional major supporters can be found . |
| 15 | Performance did not improve — road and air increasingly cut into the rail markets — and the railways were now in the political arena , to be tugged this way and that with every change of government . |
| 16 | It was a relief when a secretary appeared — sent by his oldest daughter — and summoned him away on business that had to be decided that night . |
| 17 | so er we have to be decided either way |
| 18 | During outages , as many as 20 have to be moved each day . |
| 19 | The very poorest , who depend on state benefits , will be relieved of paying much of the charge , but those with just enough income to be denied this relief will suffer severely . |
| 20 | Now patients are to be denied this choice — a complete contradiction of the commitment given by Government . |
| 21 | Who are they to be denied any chance of having future pension rights secured under new clause 4 and amendment No. 17 ? |
| 22 | PISCES Whether or not you are going to be able to fully exercise your ability to earn a high income is likely to be revealed this week ! |
| 23 | However , many clay sized particles , whether organic or inorganic , become structurally altered at temperatures approaching 100°C so if any further study is to be undertaken this method is not recommended . |
| 24 | Then the object of the action is turned round to be the subject of the verb " This report was written by us " It seems to be accepted that impartiality and an impersonal flavour to the report are achieved by the use of the passive voice . |
| 25 | It used to be accepted that Christmas was a shopping season when people would spend anyway . |
| 26 | The solution to the financial problem began to emerge with the adoption of a forward-planned annual budget in which each branch and student group was allocated a financial target or ‘ quota ’ to be raised each year to eradicate existing deficits and prevent recurrence of indebtedness . |
| 27 | It is to be hoped that education will counteract these requests which are in total opposition to the idea of sexual equality , and in addition seek to use medical and nursing resources which are required to combat disease . |
| 28 | It is right now to insist that nothing in the Anglo-French study shows AZT to be ineffective in the late treatment of AIDS ; it is to be hoped that point will be tested by a new controlled study . |
| 29 | Life companies are to be assessed each year on the gains on their units , and taxes spread over seven years . |
| 30 | The greatest effect is in Indomalesia , where some 85 000 km 2 are thought to be lost each year . |