Example sentences of "' [noun sg] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 2 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 3 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 4 | Hippolytus fell out with Callistus , the archdeacon in charge of the cemeteries in the catacombs , and found Callistus ' election to be bishop more than he could endure , so he became bishop in rivalry . |
| 5 | Dutch VAT rate on museums ' income to be reduced in line with EC directive |
| 6 | The Federation of European Wholesale and International Trade Associations is calling for all references to traders ' responsibility to be removed . |
| 7 | In 1989 their parents asked for the twins ' photograph to be published in a Sunday newspaper and vowed that they would never be locked away in an institution . |
| 8 | The right for their tenants ' association to be officially recognised . |
| 9 | 200 walks organised by The Ramblers ' Association to be held all over England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 10 | On the third party 's appeal , on the question whether assuming the defendants ' illegality to be proved , the defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio precluded a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 : — |
| 11 | Bibliographies should be encouraged in pupils ' work to be able to monitor the impact and effective use of the library . |
| 12 | GRIST regulations ( section 9 , DES , 1986 ) allow the curriculum component of advisers ' work to be a charge against DES funds and this has released a number of posts frozen by local government cut-backs . |
| 13 | It is of course essential to our readers ' work to be able to compare changing patterns of land use over time , and often to be able to pinpoint a particular feature for various dates during , perhaps , more than a century of the topographic record . |
| 14 | Sue Grayson Ford wants the Photographers ' Gallery to be the busiest place in London in terms of excitement , ideas , artists , photographers and audiences . |
| 15 | The greatest songwriting team since Lennon and McCartney are designing the artwork for a Smiths ' compilation to be released in a few months by WEA , who recently purchased the group 's mouth-watering back catalogue . |
| 16 | Therefore it does not look as though the explanation of the action clients ' failure to be supported at home for longer than control samples is due to their more problematic home care potential ( at least as far as the characteristics described above are concerned ) . |
| 17 | Top Tory Michael Ancram yesterday joined calls for taxpayers ' cash to be restricted to the Queen and Prince Charles . |
| 18 | Tempy was unable to fathom her mistress ' desire to be rid of the groom , nor the depth of feeling behind the words . |
| 19 | Ancillary auditors ' competence to be tested |
| 20 | The continuance of our training programme depends on attracting new students so please do all you can to publicise the Potential Teachers ' Day to be held on Saturday 8th March 1986 at Warwick Park School , Peckham High Street , London SE 15 . |
| 21 | Hopkins ' day to be a knight |
| 22 | First , current asset investments cash flows have been merged with cash and cash equivalents , whereas the FRS requires those acquired with more than three months ' maturity to be reported in the Investing section of the cash flow statement . |
| 23 | I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality . |
| 24 | Fourth , it did not address the Tories ' claim to be able to offer something for nothing ( via ‘ efficiency gains ’ ) in the public sector . |
| 25 | Mr Smith mocked the Tories ' claim to be the party of low taxation and said people would be ‘ shocked beyond belief ’ at the cynicism of the Government , in extending the scope of VAT and raising national insurance contributions . |
| 26 | Surprisingly he must take part in the qualifying section of the Daily Express Newspapers and Pursers inaugural British Squash Players ' Championship to be played between March 23 and 28 at Bromley , Beckenham and Cheshunt . |
| 27 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 28 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 29 | This was a very different place to Gloucester , where the Empress 's ladies were virtually servants themselves , but in the flurry of introductions and orders for a place in the ladies ' chamber to be made ready for her Isabel forgot about comparisons . |
| 30 | But looking at it from the other point , that 's the you know the word entitlement comes from you know , I I think I 'm entitled to twenty days ' training , but whether I need twenty days ' training to be |