Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gamsakhurdia 's term was to last only until direct presidential elections which the Supreme Soviet scheduled for May 26 , but he was widely expected to be returned to office . |
| 2 | ( c ) Property held by husband and wife and a third party In circumstances where the husband is to convey his interest in the house to the wife , little needs to be done to the legal title other than for the husband to retire as a trustee ; the wife and third party ( possibly her mother ) will be left holding the legal estate , the beneficial interests being " behind the curtain " . |
| 3 | As for the requirement for companies which own or operate fishing vessels registered in the United Kingdom to have their principal place of business in the United Kingdom , little needs to be added to that which has already been stated in discussing the nationality requirements . |
| 4 | She is holiday in Gers , a very exclusive part of France , but would much prefer to be going to Tobago . |
| 5 | There is a question of powerlessness , on the other hand there is the question that , you know , even if you 've got power do you constantly want to be having to police your own bodily boundaries , as it were , and I do n't think it is right to ask women to be doing that . |
| 6 | The young men and women who were suitable for this important work would obviously need to be educated to a level above that of their prospective students . |
| 7 | While cleaning staff are busy working on one floor , they may suddenly need to be directed to another room . |
| 8 | But that said , and God 's gift and the will to succeed apart , all has to be harnessed to the mind . |
| 9 | It can only appeal to be welcomed to the Friend 's breast ( 110 ) , to seek ‘ pity ’ for its harmful deeds ( 111 ) . |
| 10 | The social survey makes use of the interview and/or the questionnaire , a method of data collection obviously designed to be administered to individuals . |
| 11 | This was amended in 1980 — notice now only has to be given to the House and Senate Intelligence committees . |
| 12 | Alida Thorne wiped away the tears with the back of her soft hand , only wanting to be taken to bed , like a child , and soothed , to have someone decide and make arrangements , tell her that all would be well , she should have her way . |
| 13 | So going to be talking to wo n't you ? . actually it does n't matter because it 's |
| 14 | Once legislative proposals are sufficiently advanced to be put to Ministers for endorsement they will go before the Legislation Committee of the Cabinet which must give its approval before a place is found in the programme . |
| 15 | There was a tendency for the highly born to be preferred to the prince bishoprics of Germany ; and in the tenth and early eleventh centuries training to knightly pursuits had been almost a necessary qualification for a successful German bishop . |
| 16 | Social services were provided by local councils but these councils were not especially noted for being bonded to local cultures . |
| 17 | It may be appropriate for these matters to be dealt with in a covering letter as they do not necessarily have to be disclosed to our opponents . |
| 18 | The Nazis could only thrive on being seen to be refused , and the Poles had just obliged . |
| 19 | Formerly this time was known as " Supply Days " and was used to discuss the grant of supply to the Crown but it has long ceased to be confined to discussion of government spending and is instead used to criticise all aspects of government policy . |
| 20 | He especially liked to be taken to the home of a couple , to sleep securely between them if they 'd let him , and then in the morning to ask them questions about their house , about the furniture which they 'd chosen together . |
| 21 | He did not merely jump on the bandwagon of the great railway boom , but rethought the whole business from scratch and — with sound reasoning — adopted a broad gauge ( 7 feet ) which only had to be converted to the ‘ standard ’ gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches after nearly sixty years because it had become isolated from the rest of the country 's railway network . |
| 22 | So by the time he was fourteen he could speak it well enough to ask to be sent to normal high school in Paris . |
| 23 | I believe that the stricter interpretation above has to be preferred to the common-sense interpretation , because I believe the ASB was trying to follow the exemption in the Companies Act , so that cash flow statements would be included or excluded on the same criteria as group accounts . |
| 24 | And they just happen to be attached to a saint ! |
| 25 | Although proposals for secret ballots and annual elections came to nothing , a Triennial Bill was passed into law in 1694 , whilst in 1696 Acts were passed to prevent electoral charges and expenses ( to keep the price of a contest within the gentry 's means ) and to prevent local changes in the established franchise ( which were generally thought to be made to the Court 's advantage ) . |
| 26 | Several of the questions in Document 3 seemed to imply that ‘ professional development ’ included aspects and aspirations outside the department , whereas the objectives of the departmental review set out in Document 1 generally seem to be restricted to development within the department . |
| 27 | Most of Rory 's pals in London were in the International Marxist Croup , but here he was ; wandering the hills with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister and who lived for huntin' , shootin' and fishin' ( and seemed to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in his castle with his wife ) , and who had just last year rationalised half the work force in the glass factory out of a job . |
| 28 | The armed forces were already scheduled to be cut to 370,000 as a consequence of the negotiations with the former Soviet Union concerning withdrawal of its troops from Germany . |
| 29 | Third home in the race was the bus passenger ( 35 mins ; average speed 11.2 mph ) and fourth was the car in 36 mins ( average , 10.8 mph ; and time to find a parking place and then walk to one 's destination would normally have to be added to this ) . |
| 30 | It will also mean that Ulster patients will no longer have to be sent to English hospitals for heart operations in a bid to shorten the waiting list . |