Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just what makes an environment appropriate to be gazed upon as tourists ? |
| 2 | The too simple glacio-eustatic view of a descending series of old marine terraces being associated with interglacial high sea levels needs to be guarded against in areas such as East Anglia , where differential warping of the land may well have occurred . |
| 3 | In America , all tend to be referred to as Turtles . |
| 4 | The countries may be referred to as zones or polygons . |
| 5 | They can be referred to as bills , drafts or acceptances and often come with a label — bank bills , bank drafts , time drafts , bankers acceptances are some examples . |
| 6 | I have been performing many exercises to aid specific problems within my playing for some time now , which could be referred to as callisthenics . |
| 7 | I think that spaghetti should be thin and it may often be referred to as spaghettini — it 's much less like eating long worms ! |
| 8 | These can be referred to by letters ( ie A-Z ) in the information memorandum and disclosed to the preferred bidder at a later stage . |
| 9 | Rather , science ( and maybe even social science and other forms of discourse , such as that embodied in ordinary talk of mind and morality ) is the source of the substantive conceptions of reality which must be referred to in discussions of the possibility of knowledge . |
| 10 | A Public Interest Immunity , signed by the Northern Ireland Secretary , Sir Patrick Mayhew , would prevent identification of the soldiers whose evidence would be restricted and be given from behind screens . |
| 11 | A Public Interest Immunity signed by the Northern Ireland Secretary , Sir Patrick Mayhew , would prevent identification of the soldiers , whose evidence would be restricted and be given from behind screens . |
| 12 | The ball diamond was a sanctuary not to be broken into by philistines . |
| 13 | She wanted to be more than an outsider in ‘ La Felicità ’ , more than a vague summertime nuisance for whose sake the family had to go travelling , someone only to be communicated with by notes or as a new source of rent . |
| 14 | The effect of the recent decisions is that points of law can not now be relied on for challenges . |
| 15 | The royal family could be relied upon as paragons of etiquette . |
| 16 | Other voluntary bodies , in youth services or adult education , can also be relied upon as partners but more often in the secondary and FE sectors than in primary schools . |
| 17 | The issue of direct application of Directive 76/207 has more recently been debated in the European Court in the case of Foster v. British Gas [ 1991 ] 2 WLR 258 , where it was held that provisions of a Directive which were capable of having direct effect could be relied upon by bodies made responsible by the state for providing a public service under state control where such bodies held –special powers ' in relation to such a function . |
| 18 | It would add to the gaiety of nations although many , including Joshua Morris , discounted the possibility of Norm 's intervention , believing that Sir Charles Webb-Bowen 's myopia could be relied upon in emergencies . |
| 19 | Candidates tend in Ireland to be voted for by electors who know them , and they must be selected with this in mind . |
| 20 | In this country , quite rightly , people can not be discriminated against on grounds of race , sex , or religion . |
| 21 | The people who continue to be discriminated against by employers with regard to pay , holidays , redundancies , working conditions , pensions , maternity rights etcetera . |
| 22 | The other suggestions will be looked into by buyers . |
| 23 | I 'm worried that the whole scene will be looked at as women who are abused screaming at patriarchy , as if the uniting force is that they 're victims . |
| 24 | Another said that the location of industry and Government Training Centres had to be looked at in terms of equal opportunity and access . |
| 25 | Mothers prefer to be looked after by daughters , for instance — and fathers , by sons . |
| 26 | What about this 6 foot 5 guy that we 're supposed to be looking at from Rangers . |
| 27 | Marriage today is seen as a matter for the couples themselves and not something to be decided upon by members of some wider kinship grouping . |
| 28 | Then there were blankets to be cleaned , saddles to be lifted on and buckles galore to be done up on girths and surcingles , stirrups and cruppers , breastplates and bridles . |
| 29 | They would be done up in ski-hats and waterproofs and there were never any complaints . " |
| 30 | The good news is that the whole removal process can be done from within Windows itself , using the tools ( like the File Manager and Sysedit ) we 've covered in previous Steps . |