Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historians might say that in the twentieth century in Britain only the reforming administrations of 1906 and 1945 provided a major change in direction to be followed by administrations which consolidated the changes . |
| 2 | Allureth all in hope to be |
| 3 | The LTA are not in existence to be magazine publishers . |
| 4 | It is not possible for all the Eurodollars in existence to be spent within the US . |
| 5 | Solid modelling is the most recent major development in CAD to be marketed . |
| 6 | Chairman , er if I might I was going to refer again to the care carefully worded recommendation which does n't actually mention the level of erm it simply mentions erm er a modest extent of under provision because clearly it says elsewhere in the report at two ten that it 's not yet known whether there will be opportunities elsewhere , so that 's a particular shortfall in provision to be made up . |
| 7 | It is well known that each vessel contributes to movement of the lymph by contracting once every 6–10 seconds in response to being gorged with fluid from the vessel upstream . |
| 8 | This overall policy can be crucial : the following comment was made by a library whose training officer post on the library establishment was frozen , in response to being asked how they would like to develop their overall programme , if adequate resources were available : |
| 9 | As one ( large ) library honestly noted , in response to being asked how they would wish to develop their overall training programme : |
| 10 | The country was sunk too deep in chaos to be dragged out of it ; the climate of violence was such that voting would be impossible ; intimidation by the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) meant that if there were an election it could not be free and fair . |
| 11 | First , the circumstance that criminal law exhibits some particularly interesting judicial techniques of lawmaking which must be relevant in any account of judicial process which purports at least in part to be descriptive , rather than purely normative . |
| 12 | Without doubt a great deal of my enjoyable working life has been due in part to being lucky enough to work with . |
| 13 | And , again in contrast to being a useful , helpful sensible little girl , was her cosy friendship with the changing series of under-housemaids who laughed so readily at her jokes and gave her lumps of sugar from morning tea trays — sometimes it was a peppermint . |
| 14 | The Sun reports : ‘ Girls in fight to be no 2 — Two leftie women bared their claws in Labour 's deputy leadership battle yesterday … |
| 15 | But something I would like to say , which no-one has touched on at all ; we 've all been talking about the laws that affect women and equal opportunities , and no-one has mentioned anything about the horrendous hours that are worked in parliament making it not impossible , but extremely difficult for women to become politicians working in parliament to be the people who make the laws , to be the people who can actually affect women 's roles in society erm everyone seems to accept the fact that our own parliament , totally dominated by men , and the sort of hours that only men can work , making it extremely difficult for women . |
| 16 | The Safety Authority said last night that Mr Bailey was a Department of Transport official , in addition to being secretary to the authority . |
| 17 | Unless a writer is eligible to join the PRS as a publisher member ( in addition to being a songwriting member ) there is little point in setting up a new publishing company . |
| 18 | But that has led to him becoming involved in an ‘ appalling number ’ of outside bodies , in addition to being chancellor of Aston University and a trustee of the Bournville village . |
| 19 | In addition to being a family house it is Timothy 's working base for his painting and sculpture . |
| 20 | Robin Leigh-Pemberton , who has a full-time job as Governor of the Bank of England in addition to being Lord Lieutenant of Kent , sits on an estate of 2,400 acres . |
| 21 | ‘ In addition to being one of the few remaining commons in the area Newtown Common is a very valuable home for wildlife . ’ |
| 22 | In addition to being elected King of the Franks , and overlord of vast territories in Europe , Charles was now divinely crowned . |
| 23 | This is perhaps symptomatic of the fact that the principle of equal opportunities between the sexes has been so heavily promoted by educationists , in addition to being supported by the DES and politicians , that the law has been viewed as having a very much secondary purpose in this area . |
| 24 | ( It should be noted that Article 3(5) of the Directive does not actually state whether the land designated has to be inherently poor in addition to being affected by specific handicaps ; neither does it define ‘ specific handicaps ’ . |
| 25 | The author was an Assistant Keeper of the Public Records and his book , in addition to being lucid and well-illustrated , contains a structured bibliography under the headings : general , materials and instruments , languages , abbreviation , publications in record type , miscellaneous and transcribed facsimiles , this last illustrating the appearance of a wide range of documents . |
| 26 | We are equally concerned that backing this up is an organisation which ( in addition to being efficient ) ensures equal opportunity , and an adult ambience of personal care in which responsibility and individuality can flourish ( not easy to achieve ) . |
| 27 | In addition to being a hunchback the painter Toulouse-Lautrec suffered from a condition which endowed him with an oversized penis . |
| 28 | In addition to being relatively free from many major diseases , those people in developing countries , eating their high-fibre diets , were found to escape another major scourge of Western civilization — obesity . |
| 29 | In 1930 , all four cars were sent in turn to Hendon , where in addition to being brought into line with No. 32 , they were rebuilt similar to the six ‘ M Type ’ cars ( which see ) . |
| 30 | ‘ In addition to being confident and able to run a company as well as the financial division , they must have a good knowledge and understanding of the company 's business , the market , the competitors and be able to maintain a strict sense of control and discipline as well as take a longer-term view in terms of strategy and business development . ’ |