Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [noun] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1935 passenger lists were as glittering as those of the ocean liners ; insurance companies had decided that aeroplanes were safe for their valuable clients and many Hollywood actors and actresses took to the skies like the stars they were . |
| 2 | Omari gives a translation of an interesting example in reply to a reader who had written that Africans were ready for immediate self-rule : |
| 3 | With proposals for an outpost of the Tate Gallery in East Anglia under way and city centre galleries and studio groups becoming established , it was felt that Norwich was ready for such a venture . |
| 4 | Although there is a claim that these vats were introduced by Charles Tennant Dunlop and Heinrich Buff of Giessen , it is generally accepted that Shanks was responsible for their development . |
| 5 | The report of an official inquiry , published in January , had said that Gueï was responsible for a violent raid on a student hostel in May 1991 [ see pp. 38278-79 ] and had specifically called for his immediate punishment . |
| 6 | It was implied , for instance , that the medical profession had not said that smoking is bad for you . |
| 7 | Herbert Morrison once argued that ministers were responsible for every stamp stuck on every envelope and that if faults occurred within a department , the minister was at fault in that he had failed to lay down adequate procedures and systems of control . |
| 8 | It 's thought that children are repsonsible for some of the thefts , but there 's evidence that enthusiasts are stealing newts to boost their private collections . |
| 9 | In proceedings by C against A for an interlocutory injunction the House of Lords held that a prima facie case had been established that A was liable for procuring breaches by B of the hiring contracts , the unlawful means being the inducement of X to ‘ black ’ the barges . |