Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb mod] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly , it includes most aspects of the study of principles of language usage , for there seems to be a general principle of the following kind : for each systematic set of constraints on the use of language , there will be a corresponding set of inference-procedures that will be applied to language understanding ( see Levinson , 1979a ) . |
| 2 | It is conformally flat everywhere except at the boundaries of the interaction region where there are impulsive gravitational waves that may be considered to be generated by the collision . |
| 3 | Fortunately there are a number of useful guidelines that can be applied to both the systems on offer and the facilities you need . |
| 4 | At any one time , though , there are a number of relationships that may be said to be in a constitutional haze . |
| 5 | Now , at Pac Bo , under Ho 's chairmanship , the Party cleared its ideological decks and prepared to take advantage of the even more extraordinary opportunities that would be presented to it by the Second World War . |
| 6 | I have drawn attention to the immense quantity , the rich variety , the problems posed by its retention , the difficulties with its analysis , and the opportunities that might be offered to future historians by contemporary electronic information resources . |
| 7 | Any enhancement of HLCA payments ( Articles 13–15 ) ‘ to improve or maintain the natural landscape ’ should be reimbursed by EEC funds and should be linked to conservative needs , e. g. agreed stocking levels below those that could be supported for purely agricultural objectives . |
| 8 | There are other accessories you can use to increase the impact of the picture , including cords , tassels and ribbons that could be added to pictures when they are hung on the wall . |
| 9 | Fourth , there is a general duty to report on matters arising from the accounts that should be brought to the attention of the council and the public . |
| 10 | The user also needs to know the operations that can be applied to the relations so as to carry out the desired retrievals . |
| 11 | And we are encouraging managers to be sympathetic to the sudden disruption of working hours that can be caused to a parent of either sex responsible for children . |
| 12 | There is a range of possible meanings that might be attached to these rather ambiguous words ; but , if no mortal man could be the doorway into the Lord 's sheepfold , it would scarcely matter from whom the bishop received the emblems of his office : the reality could come only from Christ . |
| 13 | There is an overload of sounds , of images , of words to the point at which a number of these cultural goods can not be found meanings that can be attached to them ( Ratcliff 1985 ) . |
| 14 | Note 1 : The ‘ number of channels ’ specifies the number of analogue inputs that may be connected to the ADC chip . |
| 15 | Penn , Topham , Burgess and Benezek were asked to deal with any proposals that might be made to the committee regarding a building that would be suitable as a hospital , and Messrs Shepperson and Reynolds of Oxford Street were appointed ( for what immediate purpose is not clear ) booksellers and stationers to the institution . |
| 16 | There are numerous improvements that can be made to the system . |
| 17 | Indeed , they are able to predict the zero-density frequency to a precision of 4 x 10 -14 ; from the present data , and they outline several improvements that can be made to the present apparatus , which already has a stability better than many primary caesium standards . |
| 18 | Features include four hundred icon designs and fifty animated icons that can be added to DOS and Windows applications . |
| 19 | Features include four hundred icon designs and fifty animated icons that can be added to DOS and Windows applications . |
| 20 | Chambers and Trudgill ( 1980 : 90 ) note that it is ‘ not possible to set up done as any kind of linguistic variable , since it is not a form which is involved in alternation with other forms that could be considered to be ‘ equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ’ ' . |
| 21 | Groups that may be related to the eldoniids include rotadiscids , paropsonemids and Velumbrella . |
| 22 | There is also uncertainty about whether the economic benefits of industrial growth centres will spread to the surrounding areas or will be restricted to the centre . |
| 23 | The mountain goat 's ancestry , as a member of the Bovid family , gave it a good start : it gave the animal the means of subsisting on the poor mountain vegetation , and it provided it with feet that could be adapted to moving around in the precipitous terrain . |
| 24 | Quite a lot ; but two main areas that should be left to a builder will be all structural work to the roof , such as forming the dormer windows , and alterations to the rafters ; and supplying and fixing the additional staircase , which must be correctly fitted and properly secured . |
| 25 | In all instances , the perpetrators of these avoidable ‘ killings ’ deserve , so we are told , less harsh community responses than would be made to those committing legally defined murder . |
| 26 | He was also intrigued by the breed 's ability to breed all year round , and to drop rangy lambs that could be taken to 18kg with little risk of over-fatness . |
| 27 | These schemes are regarded as models that should be extended to those whose disability is congenital or arises out of non-industrial disease or accident , for whom cover , though recently improved , is still only partial . |
| 28 | ‘ This is difficult to prove , and most archaeologists appear to be totally blind to the advantages that can be accorded to them through the effective and proper use of the metal detector ’ . |
| 29 | Detail any limitations that can be identified to the planning and control process through this comparison . |
| 30 | For the majority of the SSAPs , however , it is possible to identify elements that could be said to be relevant . |