Example sentences of "be [prep] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , estimate how long this will take , call the candidates for interview that much earlier than you would otherwise have done , and let them know in the letter that they are to be given a tour first . |
| 2 | BRITISH electors are to be given a chance to vote on the EC 's Maastricht Treaty in a rebel referendum run by Tory Euro-sceptics . |
| 3 | MORE than 300 houses on a Chester estate are to be given a facelift as part of a £5.5m Government scheme . |
| 4 | DRUG-USING prisoners are to be given a heroin substitute for the first time in a Scottish jail in an effort to stop needle sharing . |
| 5 | Microwave ovens are to be given a heating category from A ( 515–620W ) to E ( 741–880W ) . |
| 6 | Yet if children are to be taught a love of literature and language , they surely need to be inspired by those whose love of literature and language is apparent and infectious . |
| 7 | If large numbers of animals are to be killed a euthanasia chamber can be used consisting of a container linked to a cylinder of carbon dioxide . |
| 8 | If further steps are to be performed a time delay is needed before the next excitation change . |
| 9 | This is particularly important where the syndication partner or partners are to be offered a position on the board . |
| 10 | Investors who register with the specially established share shops or the share information office are to be offered a discount of 10p on each of the second and third instalments on allocations of up to 1,000 shares , or a one-for-15 share bonus after three years on allocations of up to 1,500 shares . |
| 11 | Those lacking this knowledge tended not to succeed in the first graduation step and usually were to be seen a year or so later in either group D or E. |
| 12 | The barrel of the gun and all the areas of the engine that were to be given a metal finish were then painted Chaos Black . |
| 13 | For this the four Wardens of the Company would receive 3s 4d each : there was also a " potation " which was to be held on the preceding evening ( at a cost of 12s 6d ) and after the service there was a dinner ( 15s 6d ) ; finally , twelve poor members of the Goldsmiths ' Company were to be given a shilling each . |
| 14 | For the retail co-operatives , it posed the question whether their employees too were to be paid a bonus , thus reducing the amount available for distribution on purchases , or whether they should be paid the rate for the job . |
| 15 | Each of the 10 counties were to be allocated a seat , with two each for exiled parties . |
| 16 | Meredith claimed he had offered the bribe on behalf of the manager and that the players were to be offered a team bonus of £100 if they won the League . |
| 17 | If your filter is to be sited a lot higher than the pond , perhaps to feed an impressive waterfall , remember that you will need a more powerful pump to raise the water to the filter . |
| 18 | Lynda Chalker , Overseas Development Minister , who lost her Wallasey seat , is to be made a baroness and retains her post . |
| 19 | If students ' freedom to learn is to be made a reality , academic staff must provide the intellectual conditions for students to be intellectually free . |
| 20 | The publication of a statement of compliance with the code , reviewed by the auditors so far as compliance can be objectively verified , is to be made a listing requirement by the Stock Exchange . |
| 21 | It is usual and desirable to provide that each party is to be sent a copy of the other party 's submission . |
| 22 | One idea which is to be given a test run in 1993 is road pricing . |
| 23 | It is clear from the Kanunname that the movement of scholars into other fields than the learned profession is envisaged : if a candidate for office in the learned profession , that is , a wishes to take up a military career instead , he is to be given a fief yielding 20,000 akce ; and Sahn muderrises and 300-akce kadis may hold the office of defterdar , and the first two may also become nisanci ; and 500-akce kadis may become . |
| 24 | Mr Wakeham is to be given a peerage and will become Leader of the Lords . |
| 25 | RECYCLING is to be given a boost in Northern Ireland , under new Government proposals . |
| 26 | It is to be hoped a change of attitude will occur as the credibility of abseiling as a legitimate activity in its own right grows . |
| 27 | I think that whether as er Mr submits and is a guideline case and to be adapted to changing conditions or whether it is a case which lays down a bounding rate , that it is a case which I should follow and that the reasoning leading to the adoption of two percent as the appropriate percentage to be applied still applies today , thus the calculation is one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds times two percent , is two thousand , seven hundred pounds times seventeen , is forty five thousand , nine hundred pounds , to this there is to be added a cost of conversion , thirty two thousand , four hundred and seventy two pounds less the enhancement in value thereby created of twelve thousand , five hundred pounds that is a figure of nineteen thousand , nine hundred and seventy two . |
| 28 | If the project is to be judged a success in the long term , it must be seen not only to have engaged children and staff in project schools in new ways of perceiving and using libraries , but also to have created a viable and dynamic framework for the further development and dissemination of good practice . |
| 29 | With parliamentary life now dominated by machines rather than individuals , the back benches are packed with men and women whose only hope is to be offered a job in the Whips ' Office or a junior ministerial brief . |
| 30 | There are , to my mind , a number of specific functions that a TechDoc system must provide if it is to be considered a member of the fraternity . |