Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three basic books which may be studied to good effect : A Complete Guide to Heraldry by A.C. Fox-Davies , revised in 1969 by John Brooke-Little , the present Norroy and Ulster King of Arms ; Boutell 's Heraldry , also revised by Brook-Little ( 1983 ) ; and A New Dictionary of Heraldry ( 1987 ) edited by Stephen Friar . |
| 2 | Epidemiological studies have implicated dietary fat of animal origin as an important aetiological factor in the development of colorectal cancer which may be related to altered faecal bile acids . |
| 3 | Many of the variables which may be related to subjective risk may also be related to subsequent recall of situations . |
| 4 | Counselling is concerned with coping mechanisms which may be related to physical health problems , or may be personal and linked to relationships , or sociocultural issues including spiritual beliefs , or may be linked to economic difficulties . |
| 5 | two ice axe loops with top straps which may be adjusted to varying heights ; two compression straps at each side ; d-ring positioned on each shoulder harness strap . |
| 6 | A previous Comair Dak which may be rebuilt to flying condition is ZS-EKK , which is steeped in African heritage . |
| 7 | A distinction will be made between the perception of casual factors in the general population and casual factors which may be linked to personal accidents . |
| 8 | The legal debate in involuntary manslaughter is over the lower threshold of homicide liability — where to draw the line between manslaughter and killings which should be ascribed to mere accident . |
| 9 | These documents together with covering letters enable MAS and the vendor to control the sale process , something which should be used to maximum advantage to help enable an acceptable/full price in line with the agreed objectives to be achieved . |
| 10 | Reputable test publishers in conjunction with the Commission for Racial Equality and the Equal Opportunities Commission have issued guidance on the steps which should be taken to unsure that tests do not discriminate unfairly . |
| 11 | On the basis of their needs assessment , which includes consultation with consumer groups and GPs , purchasing authorities adjust their priorities in terms of the balance of resources which should be devoted to particular care groups , and the balance between health promotion , prevention , treatment and care . |
| 12 | In conclusion , the nativistic position presented by McNeill and Chomsky may have overestimated the contribution to language learning which must be ascribed to innate knowledge and underrepresented the part played by child-environment interactions . |
| 13 | Naturally , the new dwellings had to be so arranged as to satisfy the requirements of building regulations and a significant stipulation of the old Constructional By-laws for Inner London under which this design was produced , related to the amount of daylight which must be admitted to habitable rooms . |
| 14 | Where research studies have been carried out in different parts of the country it is difficult to disentangle anything which might be attributed to regional variations specifically , from other systematic variations by gender , class , ethnicity or variations over time ( that is where changes in patterns of family relationships have occurred between the 1960s and the 1980s ) . |
| 15 | The same kind of basic research continued after the war and provided the groundwork for endless discoveries which could be applied to peaceful ends . |
| 16 | The model most frequently projected by medics was of a militarized conception of health , which could be extended to key groups within civil society . |
| 17 | Would the amount which would be given to ailing industries be more than taken away from healthy ones ? |
| 18 | Rather than measure degrees of public ( mis ) understanding against some yardstick of ‘ real ’ scientific knowledge , it recognises that science and technology have and implicate a variety of publics , who , in using science at work , in managing their personal lives , or as consumers , will have different kinds of contacts with science , different levels of understanding of its language and ideas , and different conceptions of science and technology which will be related to other aspects of their lives . |
| 19 | The difficulty is that it is impossible to draw the line , by appealing to any abstract ideal of the market , between the degree of constraint and the degree of discretion which will be accorded to corporate managers through , for example , the device of the take-over bid . |
| 20 | The first principle is that only the minimum amount of data necessary is held or , in other words , only data which will be put to regular constructive use . |
| 21 | Donations to the raffle ranged from champagne to ‘ coasters ’ and together with the bar , helped to swell the profits from the evening to just over £400 , a sum which will be put to good use in helping us to continue to offer free pregnancy testing at our Lancaster office , together with confidential counselling for those with problem pregnancies and a helping hand for those experiencing difficulties following an abortion . |
| 22 | CMFT ; have announced that their next major restoration will be the Fleet ( Fairchild ) Cornell CF-FLY , which will be restored to British Commonwealth Air Training Plan colours and markings . |
| 23 | In sections 4.2–4.7 certain elementary relations between sets are used as a model to generate ( i ) a basic set of paradigmatic lexical relations and ( ii ) a set of concepts which can be applied to other relations , yielding clearly defined and systematic variants . |
| 24 | Information on the effects of social work is frequently not systematically collected ; where a programme of research studies has been conducted over the past decade , it has often proved difficult to develop a co-ordinated body of knowledge which can be applied to future work . |
| 25 | How can you frame a policy which can be applied to blatant perverts at one end of the spectrum , and genuinely romantic liaisons between teachers and mature students at the other ? |
| 26 | Not only is this episode interesting in itself , but it also contains important lessons which can be applied to similar attempts at implementing Marxism within a democratic framework . |
| 27 | It would be wrong , however , to dismiss completely advances in productivity-enhancing research which can be applied to steep-sloped and marginal areas . |
| 28 | Recording contracts can be particularly complicated due to the different royalty rates and ‘ packaging deductions ’ which can be applied to different types of record , and to where it is sold , when it is sold , and in which cover it is presented . |
| 29 | Written in C and C++ , the software comes with what the firm calls a universal dictionary — a set of object mechanisms which can be tailored to individual requirements — and an inference engine , which generates the SQL statements . |
| 30 | Written in C and C++ , the software comes with what the firm calls a universal dictionary — a set of object mechanisms which can be tailored to individual requirements — and an inference engine which generates the SQL statements . |