Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Compensation both for planning restrictions ( in cases where a claim had been admitted ) and for compulsory purchase by public authorities was to be paid on the basis of existing use plus any admitted 1947 development value , but private sales would be at current market prices . |
| 32 | No new applications for dolphin hunting will be accepted , and the number of licensed vessels is to be reduced from 600 to 540 . |
| 33 | If substantial public funds are to be made over to voluntary associations then , as Griffiths intimates , some form of audit ‘ becomes essential : and this raises the question of the independence of voluntary organisations , which is said to be one of their great virtues . |
| 34 | A statement is expected before Christmas on how many of Hong Kong 's 3 million British passport-holders are to be granted the right of residence in the United Kingdom . |
| 35 | Early in the project there had been considerable discussion among the development officers and their supervisor about the ending of the project , and how the care of on-going clients was to be continued after the withdrawal of the development officers . |
| 36 | The end result of Henry 's policy was that ruined castles were to be seen throughout his dominions , visible reminders of the Old King 's power and the penalties meted out to rebellious lords . |
| 37 | Henceforward British subjects were to be the sum total of the citizens of those territories — some independent and some not independent as yet — which had formerly been within the allegiance as dominions of the Crown . |
| 38 | A total of 1,500 academics teaching subjects no longer in demand were offered generous compensation to retire early , while 1,000 new staff in more popular subjects were to be appointed . |
| 39 | On April 4 it was announced that all remaining quota limits on the import of foreign cars were to be ended . |
| 40 | Third , if the crude mechanism of totting up the votes for different parties is to be employed for the purpose of supporting a specific contention , there is the inconvenient fact that 79 per cent of those who voted in Scotland backed parties that wish to maintain the Union . |
| 41 | Ariadne announced that the pictures on the back page with what some call funny captions were to be axed and was promptly beaten up by post and battered into continuing . |
| 42 | Hereditary peers were to be allowed to retain their seats , speak but not vote . |
| 43 | Foreign companies were to be encouraged to invest . |
| 44 | For although teachers will find descriptions in dictionaries and grammars of immense value as sources of reference , ultimately it will be up to them to decide on how theoretical ideas are to be applied and evaluated in the pedagogic treatment of language . |
| 45 | This factor is an important one if images of an area taken on different days are to be compared . |
| 46 | For each key stage , programmes of study are to be drawn up specifying what pupils of different abilities are to be taught in each subject , and attainment targets set out specifying the knowledge , skills and understanding that they are expected to have acquired by the end of the stage . |
| 47 | If electrically operated motorised filters are to be used , then an outside power filter would be the best choice , though not always the cheapest . |
| 48 | In both these definitions the value of the strain and the strain rate must be quoted if comparisons between measurements made by different workers are to be made . |
| 49 | The number of German troops was to be reduced to 370,000 within three to four years . |
| 50 | Free places were to be replaced by special places : still open to competition , but with the added requirement that parents should nevertheless pay an approved fee , to be adjusted according to the means of the family . |
| 51 | All social classes are to be found in all tenure groups , although to a very unequal degree , and tenure differences still hold within social classes and categories of education ( Murphy and Sullivan 1985 ) . |
| 52 | Social workers are to be told by the DoH to get tough with troublesome young people in children 's homes . |
| 53 | Partnerships were to be developed between central and local government , social problems were to be relieved and a better demographic balance was to be achieved between the older cities and their surrounding conurbations . |
| 54 | Single-parent families were to be treated with suspicion ; it was a status she believed lowered the tone and moral values of the school . |
| 55 | Impartible and partible inheritance customs co-existed side by side , and marked variations were to be found in the degree to which elder and younger children were favoured or disadvantaged . |
| 56 | British goods were to be boycotted , British courts not resorted to , and British schools not taught in . |
| 57 | BRITISH electors are to be given a chance to vote on the EC 's Maastricht Treaty in a rebel referendum run by Tory Euro-sceptics . |
| 58 | Then from the French trenches were to be seen streaming back to our lines , first a few prisoners here and there , then more and more , and at last whole columns of them ; I breathed freely once more ! |
| 59 | The document stated that Kurdish cultural rights were to be recognized and that Kurdish regions would enjoy increased autonomy in local government . |
| 60 | While free markets are to be introduced , free constitutions are to be written . |