Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairies are reported to be thick on the ground living in grassy mounds all over the island . |
| 2 | Strong interventionist states with powerful centralized bureaucracies and institutions of state coercion , for example , may be contrasted with those of countries where the interests of civil society are stronger and state institutions are moulded to its purpose . |
| 3 | Also , where Newco is acquiring a business , it seems it is no longer strictly necessary to ensure that the shares the managers subscribe in Newco confer control after the institutions have invested , so long as they confer control before then , assuming in this scenario that the managers invest well before the institutions and before the institutions are committed to investing . |
| 4 | Practice Notes are intended to be persuasive , rather than prescriptive , and have a lower level of authority than Statements of Auditing Standards . |
| 5 | This arrangement gives tremendous rhythmical force and point to full chords of this kind on the wind and brass , especially when chords of three notes are given to each string group ( except of course , the double basses ) . |
| 6 | These notes are addressed to " G-1(B) " at AFHQ from " G-5 " , with copies to " G-Z , British Resident Minister , US Political Adviser " . |
| 7 | Fur seals and sea lions are restricted to the Bering Strait area and seldom enter icy waters . |
| 8 | It therefore follows that technical personnel are assigned to divisions on the basis of discipline , and for the purpose of accountability , control and maintenance of professional standards . |
| 9 | The initiating processes in all these interactions are referred to as biological interface conversion processes and can be easily studied in the eye because contact lenses can be removed and analysed after only a few minutes ' wear . |
| 10 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |
| 11 | In the run-up to next month 's Twickenham showdown , discussions are understood to be taking place on the staging of a floodlit fixture to officially hansel the completed Murrayfield super-stadium in the autumn of 1994 . |
| 12 | Some fear that the statement could catch ‘ innocent ’ schemes as well as any that clearly defeat the purpose of the legislation , and discussions are reported to be taking place between the Revenue and the profession as to how exactly the statement will be implemented . |
| 13 | It is to be recommended that full reasons are given to the third party solicitor . |
| 14 | What is much more interesting , I have already suggested , is the idea that there could be patterns of behaviour which human beings are entirely capable of wanting and indeed , on an individual or limited scale , of achieving , but which for biological reasons are bound to be psychologically costly , or confined to a small group of otherwise unusual individuals , or otherwise bound to fail as general social institutions . |
| 15 | Sometimes this uncertainty is due to ignorance of the contents of the records and the way in which objects are referred to , particularly in large and varied collections . |
| 16 | Propositions , therefore , in which objects are referred to a class , because they possess the attributes constituting the class , are so far from asserting nothing but resemblance at all … |
| 17 | In the recounting of this story , several objects are referred to for which most sign languages do not have already existing signs . |
| 18 | It is the difference between a necessary empirical shift , when reasoning is taken across to one of its presumed objects and must take the full strain of the encounter , and a deceptive ( because falsely generalized ) empiricism , in which certain kinds of attention to certain presumptively autonomous objects are held to be justified and protected by the terms of an unargued immediacy . |
| 19 | The returns are related to performance , but that is not surprising these days . |
| 20 | Manual returns are sent to head office , and data for consolidation entered into Microsoft Excel to produce management accounts . |
| 21 | The evidence presented is consistent with a standard single equation approach to asset demands as the level and growth of wealth together with expected relative returns are shown to be important determinants of the level of investment . |
| 22 | Schooldays are said to be the happiest days in your life but for Asian children in Britain they are often the harshest . |
| 23 | Category A prisoners are reckoned to be the most dangerous to the public if they escape . |
| 24 | Most prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods of time . |
| 25 | The report and accounts are sent to all shareholders and loan stock holders of the Company , but only the holders of ordinary shares in the Company are entitled to attend or be represented at the above meeting . |
| 26 | Likewise all the cheques that Lloyds customers have written and have been deposited in Midland accounts are sent to Midland head office and are added up . |
| 27 | There will be a , a Conservative Party appointed agent who will act on behalf of all those candidates and simply fill in the election expenses The accounts are submitted to the returning officer . |
| 28 | In this case , the accounts are addressed to the shareholders and the balance sheet is a statement of shareholders ' financial position while the income statement is the change in shareholders ' financial position . |
| 29 | Generally , the accounts are required to be audited by an auditor appointed by the same Secretary of State . |
| 30 | Parmesan is a scalded curd cheese , meaning that the curds are heated to 58°C ( 136°F ) before they are pressed . |