Example sentences of "in [noun prp] [vb mod] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think what is happening in Panama can be compared to a raid to rescue hostages , ’ says Prof Gutteridge . |
| 2 | It will also sell its 70% stake in its Taiwanese factory , in exchange for cancellation of about $150m in debt , and 51% of its sales unit in Taiwan will be sold to local partners — Wang will continue to receive 49% of the Taiwan operations profits , but its sales will no longer be included in Wang 's consolidated figures . |
| 3 | In all truth , no place in Scotland could be compared to the Gorbals of Glasgow . |
| 4 | THE effectiveness of the children 's hearing system in Scotland will be put to the test in a three-year research project , commissioned by the Scottish Office at a cost of £200,000 . |
| 5 | Mr Gray said that , in February 1945 , Britain and Russia had signed an agreement at Yalta under which Soviet citizens would be returned to Russia , and British prisoners of war held in Russia would be returned to Britain . |
| 6 | Indeed , the a cappella early-music scene in England might be compared to the Whitehall Civil Service , being sustained almost entirely by graduates from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 7 | These pupils in Wales do not start formally to be taught English until the age of 7 or 8 ; all pupils in England will be required to be taught English from age 5 . |
| 8 | The OAU stated publicly what has been the worry among many developing countries : it welcomed rapprochement between East and West but warned that funds which might have helped alleviate poverty in Africa may be diverted to central Europe . |
| 9 | A significant , though not decisive , part of the low return to aid projects in Africa can be attributed to corruption in the award of contracts . |
| 10 | ( A ) JUGOSLAVS ( i ) All Jugoslavs , civil and military , in the hands of Allied troops in AUSTRIA will be returned to JUGOSLAVIA provided that it is not necessary to use force to do so . " |
| 11 | It stated that the " vision of a multi-cultural society in Austria should be brought to an end " . |
| 12 | In a speech on Nov. 12 the United States President Bush announced that US diplomatic representation in Laos would be upgraded to ambassadorial level for the first time since the communist regime came to power in 1975 . |
| 13 | However , in spite of that , the availability both here and in Britain should be known to the public at large . |
| 14 | But there is one major hurdle to overcome before the pent-up reservoir of top genetic material in Britain can be released to Europe — the export ban on live cattle brought in almost exactly three years ago after the bovine spongiform encephalopathy scare . |
| 15 | Manpower will be cut faster than the Bush administration intended ; the total number of people in uniform will be reduced by 108,000 instead of 83,000 , and the number in Europe will be cut to 133,700 instead of 150,000 . |
| 16 | Personally , I think that the trouble in Manchester could be traced to inadequacies regarding the stewarding arrangements . |
| 17 | THE 7,000 poll tax defaulters in Darlington should be taken to court in a bid to stop the cash being collected from those who have already paid , it was urged yesterday . |
| 18 | The defence secretary Malcolm Rifkind wasted no time in announcing that the Rosyth Dockyard in Fife will be sold to a private company next year . |
| 19 | Staff in this store in Abingdon may be preaching to the converted . |
| 20 | I understand that the exact venue in London will be notified to me with confirmation . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , as discussed in section 5.2.1 , the eurobond market 's development in London can be attributed to prior development of the eurocurrency market , London 's overall infrastructure as a financial centre , the innovative merchant banks with a long tradition of intermediating financial flows , and the comparatively relaxed regulatory and fiscal regime . |