Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | That sort of short-lived , but expensive and frustrating delay , could soon become a thing of the past if ambitious plans due to be revealed by the Scottish Office today are given the go-ahead by the public and private sectors . |
| 2 | Aware that the new contracts begin on April 27th , the first day of the schools ' summer term , the county will be publishing a new booklet timetable — ‘ Bordon , Whitehill and Liphook Connections ’ — giving information on bus services and linking train timetables due to be introduced on May 11th . |
| 3 | But in practical terms of what could be achieved in the time-scales envisaged , with new contracts due to be signed between the privatized generating and distribution companies by the end of 1989 , nuclear power was the only option for large chunks of capacity . |
| 4 | Creditors due to be paid within a year were up from £261m to £337m , while the gross interest payable was £158m against £130m — and that after capitalising £39.6m of interest . |
| 5 | In the first of several ethics cases due to be heard in 1990 , the Senate voted unanimously on July 25 to denounce a Republican senator , David Durenberger of Minnesota , for " clearly and unequivocally unethical conduct " in violating congressional rules governing outside income . |
| 6 | Opponents due to be played in Bucharest include the United States on March 25 , Holland on April 25 , Brazil on May 12 and Egypt on May 20 . |
| 7 | Five of the eight prisoners due to be released were convicted of terrorism and sentenced for life in the famous Rivonia Trial of 1964 . |
| 8 | A further 8,781 housing units on which construction had actually begun , would , however , be completed , together with all 1,686 units due to be built in the greater Jerusalem area . |
| 9 | Whatever the future pattern of health care in London , it must make adequate provision for the demands likely to be made in the immediate future . |
| 10 | The sale of important Attic vases on 28 April is one of the last major twentieth-century collections in private hands of sixth- to fifth-century BC vases likely to be dispersed . |
| 11 | At the same time I was working on a small English-Burmese dictionary with about 3,500 of the most common words likely to be needed by government workers going back into Burma when liberation should come . |
| 12 | However it may be very effective in situations where the number of words likely to be written is severely restricted . |
| 13 | Entries likely to be considered for prizes will be innovative , extraordinary and daring , but THEY MUST BE SAFE . |
| 14 | The stimulating article Some library costs and options by Brown ( an economist ) concludes ‘ it seems to be worth acquiring and providing storage for , books likely to be wanted more often than , once in about 1.7 years over a long period ’ . |
| 15 | The most energetic waves likely to be observed on Earth are those due to stellar collapse in our Galaxy . |
| 16 | Maria made the decision to sacrifice a certain amount of advertising revenue and turn the radio station into a temporary community service , as other stations and television channels were doing , monitoring the situation and providing updates , broadcasting official government warnings and advice to those districts likely to be affected by after-shocks and urging their local listenership to donate blood against a possible depletion of existing supplies . |
| 17 | Sandys accepted the General Staff view after his visit to Kenya , during which he came under pressure from the settlers to give confidence by building permanent barracks for the Strategic Reserve units likely to be stationed there . |
| 18 | Slightly larger than Dunlin ( p. 127 ) , and the only small dark wader with yellow legs likely to be met with on rocky shores . |
| 19 | It did not surprise Hugh to see that the stack had been scattered abroad from the original untidy pile dumped thus , and most of the seasoned timber removed , leaving the flattened bushes plain to be seen . |
| 20 | In May 1991 Defence Minister Villiger announced plans to cut the reserves available to be mobilized from 600,000 to 400,000 . |
| 21 | Some way of ordering the list of allowable strings ( or phrases ) was needed , so that the most likely can be displayed as output from the recognition and post-processing system , with the other candidates available to be displayed if necessary . |
| 22 | A formal dinner is planned on the Saturday evening as well as a number of sight-seeing trips with a trip to a number of famous hostelries certain to be included . |
| 23 | The crossbow is not a popular weapon amongst men from the Empire , but there are always foreigners eager to be recruited into the Empire armies so it is quite common to find crossbowmen amongst the state regiments . |
| 24 | He criticised the system of screening and the appeals tribunal for refugees due to be sent back , saying they were forbidden to be present , allowed no legal representation , and were not told the reasons for decisions . |
| 25 | A controversial bill normally uses up all the available time on a Friday and other bills due to be considered on that day fail for lack of time . |
| 26 | It 's difficult to find companies willing to be specific about the changes or benefits that have resulted from the services of a consulting guru . |
| 27 | It is important for the patient to be aware of the limitations likely to be caused by his spasticity . |
| 28 | It is not surprising , then , that this particular set of objections to the implementation of the Delors Plan has received little attention even in the countries likely to be most affected . |
| 29 | recipients likely to be more susceptible to , or prefer , the message to be verbally delivered |
| 30 | It 's still a hot air story , and we give most hot air stories — some dignitary with no power to do anything to change the situation has ‘ called for ’ , ‘ demanded ’ , ‘ warned ’ or whatever — but the issue is so serious that it deserves notice : we have frequently highlighted the manner in which US — and European — anti-dumping measures that supposedly benefit a tiny minority are to the detriment of the vast majority , and there is now a groundswell of opinion at the US Department of Commerce that the International Trade Commission 's brief in considering charges of dumping should extend to a review of the impact of duties on consumers ; the current issue is the anti-dumping duties likely to be made permanent today on memory chip imports from South Korea , which are sought by Micron Technology Inc but opposed by both all memory chip users and by the US chip capital equipment manufacturers that sell to the South Koreans . |