Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next comes the question whether the harmonizing measure should be confined to international transactions or should apply also to domestic transactions and , if the former , what tests of internationality should be applied . |
| 2 | … resort must be had to basal principles involved in the tort of negligence . |
| 3 | Bronchoscopy is a time-consuming , hospital-bound procedure ; ideally the technique should be limited to high-risk patients . |
| 4 | Not only does this result in uncertainty about the future of projects funded through Making Belfast Work but it also creates inter-departmental friction and runs counter to the findings of the government scrutiny report of funding of voluntary agencies , which said funding should be tied to departmental objectives . |
| 5 | He cited the decision last week of Chris Patten , Secretary of State for the Environment , last week to turn down the housing development for Foxley Wood in Hampshire , adding : ‘ We have repeatedly said that , wherever possible , decisions of this kind should be left to local people . ’ |
| 6 | The new policies envisage that although the state remains the ‘ fundamental instrument ’ in applying educational policy , responsibility for provision should be devolved to non-governmental bodies — including firms , co-operatives , citizens ' associations and social or humanitarian organizations which would subsidize community schools on a non-profit basis . |
| 7 | Effective computer support must be matched to human thinking so that communication is readily established and yet different in providing functions which supplement human thinking ( p. 233 ) . |
| 8 | Where this is a factor in comparisons an apportionment should be added to true costs equivalent to the cost of ancillary products necessary to dose the unit quantity of the chemical involved . |
| 9 | Although it is recognised that performance review must be tailored to local circumstances , generalisations can be made and it is intended that a good practice guide be drawn up based on experience to date . |
| 10 | The EC Council of ( Consumer Affairs ) Ministers agreed on Nov. 9 , 1989 , on a directive preparing the way for EC-wide levels of product safety for consumer goods in the unified market , but rejected the Commission 's demand that the rule should be extended to non-consumer products . |
| 11 | The keyboard setting should be set to British if you want to use the pound ( ) sign . |
| 12 | Once it is conceded that there are grounds other than eugenic ones for a separate offence of incest , then the question which inevitably arises is why the crime should be confined to sexual intercourse . |
| 13 | Alternatively , the volume of data can be restricted by selecting a specific archaeological period or group of periods — the study might be confined to prehistoric archaeology world-wide , for example . |
| 14 | Such openness might be extended to non-toxic waste . |
| 15 | The criteria for discrimination are very variable and when European writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries at last began to realize ( perhaps inadvisedly ) that the word religion might be applied to other systems of thought besides Christianity this was one of the factors on which the classification of religions was based . |
| 16 | For it had occurred to me that the proposed trip in the car could be put to good professional use ; that is to say , I could drive to the West Country and call on Miss Kenton in passing , thus exploring at first hand the substance of her wish to return to employment here at Darlington Hall . |
| 17 | Harmonisation could be limited to essential requirements in order for health and public safety considerations to be accounted for , and to ensure technical compatibility of products . |
| 18 | My account of deixis is such that the methodology could be applied to other kinds of discourse , both literary and non-literary . |
| 19 | Competitive tendering could be extended to certain medical services as well . |
| 20 | Consideration should be given to whether the requirement to be mobile could be restricted to particular regions while indicating that faster progression might be achieved by staff who were prepared to be widely mobile . |
| 21 | The attempt to disguise the fact that the decision itself was not made in or by the Cortes , was taken a step further with the announcement that the Law of Succession would be submitted to popular consideration in a national referendum on 6 July 1947 . |
| 22 | Here time will be slowed and the light will be frayed to pure strands of colour ; and the photons after their long space journey , will spread their thin sails of colour on the tranquil sea . |
| 23 | Even so , all good classroom practice will be geared to encouraging and fostering these vital qualities . |
| 24 | But thought itself can be creative and this creative thinking can be put to good use in all areas of life — from running a business to preparing for Christmas . |
| 25 | Most goldfish keepers would agree that most , if not all of their problems of fish losses and loss of condition can be attributed to poor water quality . |
| 26 | It is an excellent example of the way in which thorough research methodology can be applied to complex human experience and provide useful and thought-provoking results . |
| 27 | Albumin secretion can be restored to dedifferentiated flattened cells grown on type I collagen by the addition of dilute soluble EHS or laminin . |
| 28 | Study Philippians 2:3–4 and state specifically how this passage may be applied to marital ( sexual ) relations . |
| 29 | Whilst the pure search work may be sub-contracted to other specialist departments , MAS should have principal responsibility for monitoring the progress of the search process ( particularly ensuring that time is not being spent researching targets outside the purchaser 's price range ) and drawing together all the findings . |
| 30 | At a hearing before an enlarged Appellate Committee of the House of Lords , seven Lords of Appeal in Ordinary held in Pepper ( Inspector of Taxes ) v. Hart , Lord Mackay of Clashfern LC dissenting , that , in limited circumstances , reference may be made to parliamentary material as an aid to statutory construction . |