Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe therefore that our music is to be recognized by its melodies , and that it is highly important that they be distinctive , with clear-cut , decisive shapes . |
| 2 | ‘ We have advised Mr and Mrs Woodhead to take a week 's leave of absence during which the mayoral duties will be undertaken by their deputies . ’ |
| 3 | Barons could most readily huff and stomp when they did indeed own their papers , rather than being chairmen , liable to be sacked by their directors . |
| 4 | How long must we go on , how many more jobs are to be lost and how many more families are to be dispossessed of their homes ? |
| 5 | Rather more than ten of Scaevola 's cases may be explained by their origins in the words of laymen , or as possible glosses or interpolations : just under forty remain . |
| 6 | That the king yielded to the resulting complaints of the clergy as far as he did might be explained by his preoccupations in Paris when he could hardly afford serious embarrassment at home ; yet it seems more likely that he recognized the powerful tradition by which the matters in conflict were long deemed to have belonged rightfully to the church . |
| 7 | Its foundation as the capital of Scotland in the late eleventh century , and its development in the following centuries into a distinctive city crowded on a hill within a defensive wall can be traced through its buildings . |
| 8 | It has a rich and colourful history , which can still be traced in its fortifications , towers and old city gates . |
| 9 | Didier Pironi told me they were about to leave the circuit for a hotel to meet in private where they could not be coerced by their bosses and , as it happens , along with a half-dozen other early colleagues , my car was well placed to follow the bus as it drove off . |
| 10 | He was not under suspicion at the time , although he was about to be dismissed for his indiscretions and outrageous behaviour . |
| 11 | If such a settlement is agreed , the matter should be referred to your Underwriters immediately and they will decide what cover can be given for the future . |
| 12 | The UN Declaration of Human Rights states : ‘ Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children . ’ |
| 13 | The first is the support to be given to what women can and must do to unfold the full meaning of marriage and motherhood . |
| 14 | ‘ Joining the ERM is not a prize to be given to our partners when they come up to scratch , but a benefit to ourselves if only we would take it , ’ he said . |
| 15 | A visible structure needs to be given to your notes which reflects the analysis you have brought to the subject matter . |
| 16 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 17 | In this sense a verdict may be given on its policies , but only in a very general way . |
| 18 | There is also the cost of care both up to today 's date given by her parents and in the future to be given by her parents and by professional carers . |
| 19 | ‘ Through the 90s , Conservative Government will draw on and be sustained by our principles to ensure that Britain enters the next millennium strong , confident , generous and free ’ John Major |
| 20 | He came closer still , and she backed away only to be halted in her tracks by the wooden fence behind her . |
| 21 | Armchair travellers will be riveted to their seats while the more adventurous will get itchy feet . |
| 22 | Armchair travellers will be riveted to their seats while the more adventurous will get itchy feet . |
| 23 | Each case has to be examined on its merits . |
| 24 | He detests travelling alone , he is impossible to clip unless doped , he loathes vets and injections ( ‘ We can just about get a needle into a vein now he 's sixteen … ’ and he has to be sedated for his teeth to be rasped . |
| 25 | Jovellanos , in his campaign for technical education and the useful arts as a means of raising living standards , may be forgiven for his attacks on the dead languages . |
| 26 | Antique items of furniture ready to be painted to your specifications . |
| 27 | Consumers may be poisoned in their beds by improperly tested medical drugs , they may be killed over their dinner tables by unhygienically prepared food , they may be blown up to God knows where by the neighbourhood chemical complex exploding , and they may become fatally diseased in their living rooms by industrial pollution . |
| 28 | He was becoming increasingly conscious of the existence of something at the core — in fact , a suspicion , a threat , which must at all costs be shielded from his probes . |
| 29 | Here , by contrast , the father was himself to be the principal debtor and the transaction , so far as the plaintiffs were concerned , was to be completed by their solicitors . |
| 30 | We will not be diverted by their tactics . ’ |