Example sentences of "[verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | New US legislation , attempting to avert another such environmental catastrophe , has introduced a requirement for tankers operating in US waters to be double-skinned in future . |
| 2 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 3 | She had always hankered to be tall and fair , like Riborg . |
| 4 | We saw evidence of what would later promise to be a riot of butterflies with entire bushes covered by baby caterpillars and chrysalises . |
| 5 | " I did promise to be ready for nine thirty but those blasted animals just wo n't cooperate . " |
| 6 | The Insured considered the safety of the property and took precautions even though they transpired to be inadequate . |
| 7 | It was only a week since , in this very room , she had wished to be rid of Gareth Davis ; now he was dead . |
| 8 | They have secretly wished to be lovers for years but the consummation of their affair is a recent event . |
| 9 | ‘ Then I 've never wished to be captured , ’ she returned bluntly . |
| 10 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 11 | Although she loved her work , never before had she wished to be on duty on a day off . |
| 12 | Section 13 of the Theft Act 1968 reads : [ A ] person who dishonestly uses without due authority , or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted , any electricity is guilty of a crime . |
| 13 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 14 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 15 | But over the following 24 hours it gradually emerged that late on Thursday night she had undergone an hour-long operation under general anaesthetic for a throat obstruction , which was later disclosed to be a piece of fish . |
| 16 | Many modern machines are not fitted with a nose release hook for aerotowing , but with one designed to be suitable for both wire and aerotow launches . |
| 17 | The blades are about 2in long , the small rounded handles designed to be held in palm of hand . |
| 18 | Remember that it was designed to be seen from 20ft below and back . |
| 19 | All will have a common question-and-answer format , designed to be ‘ user friendly ’ , and all will reflect the emphasis upon user involvement which runs throughout the community care proposals . |
| 20 | The package is designed to be used with staff from health , social services , housing , voluntary and private agencies . |
| 21 | It comprises a transmitter and a portable receiver which is designed to be moved from one location to another as required . |
| 22 | Again it needs to be remembered that this sort of coding is designed to be read by a machine , not a human . |
| 23 | ‘ PCBs were designed to be inert . |
| 24 | The site was designed to be a mirror-image of Ford 's main US plant . |
| 25 | Usually , it has been designed to be highly amplified in a night-club . |
| 26 | Bernstock & Speirs ' hats are designed to be easy to wear . |
| 27 | The latter package is designed to be broadcast during the peak viewing hours of 8pm and 10pm when the BBC has traditionally been unable to do it . |
| 28 | The latter package is designed to be broadcast during the peak viewing hours of 8pm and 10pm when the BBC has traditionally been unable to do it . |
| 29 | To aggravate all this further , the records all sound as though they were designed to be played on compact disc . |
| 30 | Here , we are concerned with the former , relaxed and floppy , with huge jackets as comfortable as cardigans and roomy trousers designed to be tugged in with a sturdy leather belt . |