Example sentences of "to be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole life cycle may be completed endogenously and transmission , at least in the cat , is thought to be via ingestion of vomit containing the L3 . |
| 2 | Salaries are believed to be above NHS levels . |
| 3 | Children whose teachers rated their ability as average tended to spend less time on work and routine activities and more time distracted or awaiting attention than either those who were thought to be above average in ability or those who were rated as below average . |
| 4 | The balance of the enquiries tended to be towards matters over which the department had control , but matters beyond their immediate control , such as the blackout mentioned above , often arose spontaneously and were generally given proper and serious consideration by the Senior Management Team . |
| 5 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 6 | Burlington , Massachusetts-based Bachman Information Systems Inc warns that it expects revenues for its third fiscal quarter to Aprch 31 to be below analysts ' expectations and that the operating loss for the quarter will also be greater than financial market expectations — it notes that some analysts had forecast revenues of about $10m . |
| 7 | Some sites have radiation levels higher than the general background in the area , but there is a tendency for Cornish circles to be below background . |
| 8 | Evidence that oathing was going on in the reserve was at first dismissed with the claim that the Masai involved were ‘ half-and-halfs ’ , that is , the offspring of a Masai father and a Kikuyu mother : the loyalty of the ‘ pure Masai ’ was thought to be beyond question . |
| 9 | The position appears to be beyond question as a result of the decision of the House of Lords in Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 , and in cases covered by the UCTA 1977 , s9 makes clear that a clause may be judged reasonable , and enforceable , even though the contract has been terminated either by the breach , or by the innocent party in response to the breach . |
| 10 | In legal procedures personal and family relations have been deemed to be beyond law 's limits . |
| 11 | Nor indeed did Barth pretend to be beyond criticism , though he was not slow to point out where he thought his critics had misunderstood or misrepresented his views . |
| 12 | She wanted the world to go away and let her live with her lover in a secret palace , give herself over to his embrace , to be beyond responsibility and care and hard work and sanity . |
| 13 | Conspiracy theorists do not address their argument to the enemies identified by the theory , for they are deemed to be beyond argument . |
| 14 | He heard evidence from the newspaper which undermined the applicant 's evidence , and decided that there was not " a case so clear as to be beyond argument a case to answer " . |
| 15 | She might have done it in private — she is fun and without question , a little flirtatious — — but Diana had understood from the start that her public image had to be beyond reproach , and it always had been . |
| 16 | There is now a momentum which seems to be beyond control . |
| 17 | When it is suggested to him that it may be necessary and unavoidable to kill those who oppress mankind in the same way as it is necessary and unavoidable to hill a homicidal lunatic who threatens society , his reply is that no man is so evil as to be beyond redemption , and no man so perfect as to be justified in killing these whom he considers to be evil . |
| 18 | In short , a mere breakdown in a working relationship does not in itself justify dismissal unless , after a reasonable attempt to effect a reconciliation , it is found to be beyond remedy . |
| 19 | The August outing is now to be to Westcliff , cost two pounds sixty , seventh of August leaving at nine thirty A M payments to be made at the July meeting . |
| 20 | The choice of reference , whether it is to be to expert or arbitrator , is in any event usually made at the time of the original contract which precedes the time when the parties know whether they have an " issue to settle " or a " formulated dispute " , and they will be obliged to use whatever procedure was stipulated , unless they make some fresh agreement . |
| 21 | Slow start but in the end realises ambition to be to blaxpoitation movies what Airplane was to disaster movies . |
| 22 | After the wedding , they were taken for breakfast to the house of the officiating priest which by curious coincidence happened to be to Kensington Church Walk , where Ezra Pound had lived many years before . |
| 23 | And it would be helpful for councillor I would say that I know that there are a third of our members and from the program committees for capital expenditure which I suspect is going to be to excess of the five hundred thousand pounds per year which we actually have . |
| 24 | It follows , in my opinion , that the servant may , whilst in the employment of the master , be as agreeable , attentive , and skilful as it is in his power to be to others with the ultimate view of obtaining the benefit of the customers ' friendly feelings when he calls upon them if and when he sets up business for himself . |
| 25 | The next question 's got to be to Kim , if only six pounds of his premium is buying units in , if he has an escalating plan in his first four years , what 's the other twenty four pounds going towards ? |
| 26 | It was to be to Grieg 's ‘ Holberg ’ Suite : ‘ It is all most un-Grieg . |
| 27 | Cos they wo n't need to be to P four limits . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you have such an inflated idea of your own sex appeal you think you can grab any woman who happens to be to hand ? ’ |
| 29 | Day 1 was planned to be to Biarritz via Jersey and La Rochelle , with Day 2 to Santiago via Asturias on the north coast of Spain . |
| 30 | The point of Benjamin 's article seems to be to decentre the political , or at least to subject it to test , to remove those making claims for their political correctness from their habitual position of judge and jury : such that the art can , in principle , sort out the politics , and not just vice versa . |