Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] be [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 There was to be no all-powerful central state apparatus , and political leaders were to be given no blank cheques ; on the contrary , they were to be hedged in by a complex , decentralized and fragmented system designed to prevent any one leader or group of leaders from becoming excessively powerful .
2 If these social and emotional needs are to be met , the old must have every facility for preserving their contacts with relatives and friends and possibilities for some compensatory relationships when deeper ties are ultimately broken .
3 " The Meeting considering that the number of useless Dogs in this Country are a great grievance , and that for many obvious reasons their number should be deminished. , and it being also represented that a number of Half Grayhounds very destructive to Hares are kept by Many This Meeting recommend to the Gentlemen of the different quarters of Islay to Intimate to the people of their neighbourhood that all useless and superflous Dogs are to be killed , and that the owner of any Dog found chasing Sheep or Lambs or running Hares shall be liable for the Damages , and the Meeting also recommend that no dog be seen at Church or other publick Meetings . "
4 Most of Gould 's collecting in Van Diemen 's Land , however , was done within 80 miles of Hobart , on or around the Derwent River and the fertile Macquairie Plains , where kingfishers , water crakes and crow-shrikes , golden plovers and white-fronted herons , bitterns and black-backed porphyrios were to be found in glorious profusion .
5 Agency and professional workers are to be found in this second category .
6 Of course , the apparent paradox vanishes once we realize that in advanced industrial economies superego controls on behaviour may not be optional if public order , production and economic surpluses are to be defended , and that if these controls can not be procured internally they will be externalized in the organs of the police state .
7 These principles , in order of priority , are , first , that each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for all and , secondly , that social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both ( a ) to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged and ( b ) attached to offices and positions open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity .
8 The overall cost of the project over the ten years it will run is estimated to be in the region of £1.9 million , and an appeal for sponsorship by commercial sources and private individuals is to be launched early in 1993 .
9 Seven Hurricanes and eight pilots were to be sent , but at El Abqar , where refuelling took place , Plt.Off .
10 Shoes with thick soles and low heels are to be recommended for walking round the centre of Funchal .
11 The current law on speaking and non-speaking decisions is to be found in the Court of Appeal 's judgment in Jones v Sherwood Computer Services plc [ 1991 ] NPC 60 .
12 The Government 's motion on its press and public relations was to be moved by a District Councillor from Saffron Walden .
13 The financial history of voluntary and public hospitals is to be found in Abel-Smith , B. ( 1964 ) , The hospitals 1800–1948 , London : Heinemann .
14 Restrictions on 243 agricultural items had already been lifted in 1989 and further goods were to be added to the list shortly .
15 And new drive-in establishments like banks and fast-food bars are to be banned .
16 Impartible and partible inheritance customs co-existed side by side , and marked variations were to be found in the degree to which elder and younger children were favoured or disadvantaged .
17 The proposed areas are included among 40 National Scenic Areas , which affords them some protection , but the Commission feels that they urgently need much better management and investment if their natural beauty , range of species of wildlife and cultural values are to be preserved .
18 Education , publishing and cultural links were to be developed , and China had agreed to develop traffic on the Great Silk Route .
19 It outlines how some 950 old and dangerous landfills are to be cleaned up .
20 Under the agreement , government and parastatal loans were to be repaid over a 20-year period with a three-year grace period , while commercial debts would become payable over 15 years with an eight-year grace period .
21 A critical element in these surveys was that data for past and future plans were to be presented at constant prices , as it was almost impossible to interpret a time series of expenditure for a period in which prices fluctuated significantly .
22 A complex of swimming-pools , splash pools and towering chutes was to be built on three sides of her home , with a vast car park to the front .
23 The role of the Task Force , as specified by the Prime Minister 's Office , was essentially a strategic vision : broad issues were to be raised ; the direction of any additional expenditure was to be stipulated ; and longer-term policies were to be highlighted .
24 The First and Second armies were to be stationed in the north , facing East Prussia , the Third , Fifth and Eighth armies in the southwest facing Austria-Hungary .
25 Thus subject departments and individual teachers are to be involved in forming curriculum policies rather than having rights over such policies .
26 In the Sandys doctrine their roles were reversed : primacy was to be given to the nuclear weapon , and conventional forces were to be reduced to a supporting role .
27 But he only promised to ‘ do justice ’ regarding the forests created by Henry II and Richard I. An inquiry was to be made in every county by an elected jury of twelve knights into ‘ evil customs ’ of forests , warrens and rivers , and these customs were to be abolished within forty days , provided that the king , or , in his absence , the Justiciar , were first informed .
28 Adolescents were to be taught that they had a duty to serve the community and these ideas were to be bound together within the framework of ‘ citizenship ’ .
29 Ice creams and soft drinks were to be served .
30 No new ones are to be built , and existing ones are to be phased out by 1999 .
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