Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anand Panyarachun , the Prime Minister , appointed a 33-member committee on Jan. 8 to monitor the conduct of the general election due to be held on March 22 [ for announcement in December 1991 of election date see p. 38681 ] . |
| 2 | PROTESTERS have occupied an 18th century thatched cottage due to be demolished to make way for a by-pass . |
| 3 | It 's a bit annoying to be grouped with bands from that category . |
| 4 | It is of course possible to be an effective manager without coaching but by using this skill you can achieve even better results . |
| 5 | It seems a bit odd to be asking people to join the CTC in order to further the interests of cycling in Scotland ; but if we get this leaflet off the ground we can then tell HQ what we are doing for them . |
| 6 | The package was to be incorporated within a supplementary budget due to be presented for Diet approval prior to the beginning of the new fiscal year on April 1 . |
| 7 | The Home Office has ordered an urgent review into the case of a convicted child molester due to be released from prison next month . |
| 8 | Well she 's an old said she 's a bit old to be doing this , because you know , I suppose |
| 9 | Earlier in the day the Bluebell had fired Maunsell-designed U Class 2-6-0 No 1618 connecting her to a four coach train for ITV 's runpast shots to Sheffield Park , with the resulting episode due to be transmitted in February . |
| 10 | The purpose of the Monday morning assembly was to meet the Director of the week , his team of assistants , and to read through the script of the episode due to be recorded that Friday . |
| 11 | Staffs are pruned ostensibly to produce leaner and fitter organisations , but actually to replace relatively expensive , experienced employees with cheap young labour grateful to be spared another six months prowling the Jobcentre , or negotiating the shifting sands of the training programmes . |
| 12 | The present restoration programme due to be completed in 1995 , is in the hands of Alain Rieu , regional conservator of historic monuments . |
| 13 | He urged the EC to end agricultural export subsidies which damaged Argentinian producers , and called on European firms to become involved in the current privatization programme due to be completed by the end of 1992 [ see p. 38572 ] . |
| 14 | Uruguay has obtained new money in a deal due to be signed on January 31st . |
| 15 | It is agreed that in arriving at a figure appropriate to be rewarded for the care given by the plaintiffs to the date of trial . |
| 16 | replaced the catch-all provisions of the 1911 Official Secrets Act with narrower offences depending on specific tests of the harm likely to be caused by disclosure , while giving special protection to vital information relating to our national security ; |
| 17 | Is the sponge supposed to be out here ? |
| 18 | The intention was for them to be escorted by the combined fleets from Brest and Toulon and the combination of the two , to outnumber any force likely to be brought against them , was a vital part of the French plan . |
| 19 | A widening of the euro/domestic differential leads to increased issuance — an effect likely to be feeding from the lender side of the market rather than the borrower . |
| 20 | Is the recipient likely to be able to purchase the goods ? |
| 21 | Nevertheless , there was a simple weight-loss equation on which it was possible to estimate the maximum amount of weight likely to be lost each week on any specific calorie allowance . |
| 22 | This hypothesis is compatible with earlier results and with a study of hypertensive patients with high renin profiles , a condition likely to be associated with increased angiotensin II , who were found to be at higher risk of coronary heart disease than those with low renin profiles . |
| 23 | By the end of the Middle Ages there were various categories of copyholder , the best placed being those who held by inheritance with the entry fine to the land being fixed , while the less fortunate held for a term of life , with an uncertain entry fine to be paid by the successor , or even , although this was unusual , held only for a term of years ( 79 , p.47 ; 82 , pp.60–2 ) . |
| 24 | What are the farmers in the drawing likely to be saying to one another when they meet at market ? |
| 25 | The strike is likely to have knock-on effects causing some delays for travellers tomorrow , with rolling stock likely to be left out of position as a result of today 's stoppage . |
| 26 | Only where organisations appreciate the consequences for information resources , which they perceive to be valuable , is that investment likely to be made . |
| 27 | UAL chairman Stephen Wolf , who is under pressure from the rest of his board to deliver the company from its limbo state since the original $6.75billion buyout plan was dropped , began another round of talks this week with the airline 's employees and union leaders to raise support for a bid likely to be worth as little as $4.5billion . |
| 28 | Your victim would catch on before accelerating to a speed likely to be fatal . |
| 29 | De Niro , in his funniest performance since Rupert King Of Comedy Pupkin plays a small-time New York lawyer keen to be someone , to make his mark by taking on the local crime boss/boxing promoter as well as tangling with the local barman 's wife played by Cape Fear co star Jessica Lange . |
| 30 | Since machinery now exists that permits a term certain to be contracted out of the 1954 Act 's security of tenure , it is unwise except in special circumstances , for a landlord to take a risk of granting a tenancy at will . |