Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can it be justified to send to prison people too poor to pay fines — and there are more such persons during times of economic crisis — not only when the original crime of which they were convicted did not warrant a prison sentence , but when their crime is trivial in the extreme in comparison with corporate crimes which we lack the political will to tackle directly by socialist remedies ? |
| 2 | Convention be construed independently of the Convention or must it be construed according to the law applicable in the individual case ( lex causae ) , which is determined by the private international law of the court applied to ? ( b ) Does article 5(3) of the E.E.C . |
| 3 | Jointly funded by local businesses and Thamesdown Media Arts , it 's designed to appeal to both a Swindon and a national audience . |
| 4 | It is therefore advisable to delete clause 9.1.6 , or if that fails , at least ensure that it is amended to refer to the distress or execution being levied at the premises ( 5 ) Consider adding the following two provisos : PROVIDED HOWEVER that in the event that this Lease is mortgaged at the time of the proposed re-entry and the Landlord has been given notice of the existence of the mortgage then prior to such re-entry or proceedings therefor the Landlord will serve a notice of such proceedings and proposed re-entry on the mortgagee at the mortgagee 's last known address AND PROVIDED FURTHER that if the Tenant ( being an individual ) becomes bankrupt or ( being a company ) enters into liquidation ( whether compulsory or voluntary save for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company ) or has a receiver appointed the Landlord shall not exercise the right of re-entry by virtue of such bankruptcy liquidation or receivership unless neither the Tenant nor its mortgagee shall pay the rent hereinbefore reserved on the days and in the manner provided or there shall be any breach or non-performance or non-observance of any of the other covenants or agreements on the part of the Tenant herein contained |
| 5 | This theory develops the convergence ( also noted by others , e.g. Sutton and Barto 1981 ; Gluck and Bower 1988 ) between standard associative models and connectionist systems of parallel distributed processing ( e.g. Rumelhart , Hinton , and McClelland 1986 ) and it is intended to apply to a range of phenomena in perceptual learning . |
| 6 | Within the Commons it is said to lead to constant petty squabbles ; the mindless negation of government through excessive ( and purely partisan and irresponsible ) opposition ; the oversimplification of complex issues into two ( and only two ) contrasting alternatives ; and the grand clash and confrontation of the cult of debate . |
| 7 | Because an institutional plan has to guarantee quality at a level which is sought by parents and employers , the information on which it is based has to be that which they value . |
| 8 | ‘ While we support the idea of lifting in the line-out — after the ball as been thrown in — we would not agree with the quick throw-in unless it is done according to the line-out rules ’ , said Rowlands . |
| 9 | However if the head is turned to pursue the full length of an apparently straight line , beyond the initial cone of vision , it is seen to approximate to an ellipse , with a VP at each end . |
| 10 | And it is proven to lead to stronger , more solid bones , relieve tension , depression and insomnia . |
| 11 | And it is proven to lead to stronger , more solid bones , relieve tension , depression and insomnia . |
| 12 | It is projected to fall to somewhere round the fifteen hundred , fourteen per annum , towards the end of this decade . |
| 13 | The frequency with which it is enjoyed varies to some extent from person to person ; it varies still more with age and familiarisation . |
| 14 | But free fighting is only the first step on the road to real competition and , in order to instil confidence in students , it is performed according to set criteria . |
| 15 | It occurs after another consonant , and the way it is produced depends to some extent on the nature of that consonant . |
| 16 | The principle of local interpretation however , will guide us to construct a limited context in which ‘ the mother ’ is the mentioned baby 's mother and the expression it is used to refer to the previously mentioned baby . |
| 17 | Of course this does n't mean that any woman found drinking it will turn to stone but it is designed to appeal to the real men of the nation . |
| 18 | I refer to your letter of 10 September 1992 concerning the Council Tax staffing proposals and the report which it is proposed to submit to the Finance Committee on Wednesday 16 September 1992 . |
| 19 | The resources it is proposed to apply to the contract , and some indication of how they are costed . |
| 20 | It is forecast to fall to 15% in April . |
| 21 | While none of these may suffer from ‘ absolute deprivation ’ ( a term that is anyway difficult to define unless it is meant to refer to circumstances in which people literally have no food , shelter and clothing ) , clearly many are unlikely to be enjoying an ‘ average ’ or ‘ normal ’ standard of living . |
| 22 | Having made his point so tellingly , Mr Foot makes no sweeping claims about his compilation , writing simply : ‘ This is a book about war , more than about art … it is meant to contribute to the history of war , rather than to art history . ’ |
| 23 | By the early 1980s its annual emission had been reduced to 630,000 tonnes ( equivalent to the total national emissions of sulphur dioxide from countries such as Sweden , Belgium and Denmark ) and , in line with Canadian policy , it is expected to decrease to around 300,000 tonnes by 1995 . |
| 24 | It is expected to lead to the creation of some 500 new jobs , mainly at Marconi 's Stanmore and Plessey Avionics ' West Leigh sites , but also at a large number of sub-contractors throughout the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | However , the predicate displays at least one of the characteristics of a semantic dependant , and that is that it is expected to bring to the construction semantic traits not encapsulated in the subject ; furthermore , in cases of pleonasm , it is the predicate whose specificity must be increased to achieve normality : |
| 26 | Beneath the oceans it is thought to extend to a depth of around 10–15km , that is to only 5–1Okm below the ocean floor . |
| 27 | In 1980 the overall dependency ratio in Britain was 56.2 and it is predicted to increase to 56.7 by the year 2020 ( Table 2.4 ) . |
| 28 | She 'd known that it was bound to lead to Arnie . |
| 29 | Gosport was found to be ‘ virtually without defence , protected on the landward side only by an ill-maintained entrenchment … which would fall at the first assault ’ , while the Isle of Wight contained so few troops , so thinly scattered , that it was bound to succumb to a determined attack . |
| 30 | In recent years there had been growing calls for a reform of the federal system of government , which it was argued led to costly duplication between federal , state and territorial authorities . |