Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 2 | Although she loved her work , never before had she wished to be on duty on a day off . |
| 3 | Eton and Winchester , foundations designed to be of national significance and high quality and therefore directly linked with sister foundations at Cambridge and Oxford , were the exceptions . |
| 4 | It has been designed to be of value and interest to all grades of nurses who may wish to work through for their own interest and professional development . |
| 5 | As a staff development activity it is designed to be of both immediate and long-term use in the classroom and school setting , and thus meets an important stipulation for effective in-service work . |
| 6 | The matter has been considered by the services Committee ; the Order Paper is designed to be of greatest use to the House . |
| 7 | In these negotiations , we put forward a series of proposals designed to be of direct benefit to the European citizen . |
| 8 | Selecting the ‘ Ultra-Low ’ facility releases a forceful bass sound , designed to be at its most effective when using the low E and B on a 5 or 6-string . |
| 9 | When designing your steps and choosing materials , do n't forget that some paving materials have a ‘ face ’ — a special textured or shaped finish , which is designed to be on show . |
| 10 | The service is conventional silver service , and the cuisine is designed to be in keeping with the hotel 's traditional ‘ Edwardian ’ character . |
| 11 | The principal guest bedroom features fleur de lys wallpaper specially designed to be in keeping with the period the castle was built . |
| 12 | Lang insists that the planned reforms were designed to be in the best interests of local government . |
| 13 | Now you ca n't really get a coherent staffing policy within a school in that kind of flux , whereas now people perhaps erm a bit too much at the opposite extreme but nevertheless erm do know that they 're committed to being in the school and have a , therefore a commitment to it , a commitment to improving their own work and , and their collective work . |
| 14 | Shop assistants in this period were expected to be of " respectable " appearance and speech . |
| 15 | Fellows , who will be expected to be of PhD status and/or to have an appropriate track record , retain their permanent employment so that their salary position and superannuation arrangements are undisturbed by the secondment . |
| 16 | The two narrative conditions were expected to be of intermediate difficulty with the after-theme condition being easier than the no-theme . |
| 17 | The final stages of formation are expected to be of the nature of an lhb . |
| 18 | Fixed-term appointments are offered by the Board only where the job is expected to be of limited duration or there are exceptional management reasons for appointing someone for only a limited period to an ongoing job . |
| 19 | The conclusions to this study are expected to be of use to policy-makers in deciding where help in promoting a better trained workforce is most needed . |
| 20 | We were not sure how that would affect the cash flows of the authority , and set a very er cautious level for interest on revenue balances , and as members can see , that has been very well exceeded , er its superseded by some one point one million pounds in ninety-three , four and it 's expected to be of a similar level in ninety-four , ninety-five . |
| 21 | CHICKEN sales are expected to be at least double those of turkey this Easter and in an attempt to close the gap , the British Turkey Federation are spending £100,000 on a national press campaign stressing ‘ British turkey get 's everyone 's vote ’ . |
| 22 | Mr Upham , 45 , was at Labour 's campaign headquarters when police broke the news to him and was not expected to be at last night 's count . |
| 23 | Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago . |
| 24 | The circumstances and experiences of life create ever more diversity and certainly by the time old age is reached , differences can be expected to be at their most extreme . |
| 25 | But she confirmed that he was expected to be at the match . |
| 26 | Although the machine , which is designed to read hand print but not cursive writing , is expected to be at the Spring Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago , it is not expected to be available until early next year . |
| 27 | Women and girls were not expected to go off after work and sing in choirs or play games — they were expected to be at home catching up on household chores . |
| 28 | Hence staff sample covertly where they can , without gaining access to the discharger 's premises ; or they sample at night or weekends when they are not expected to be at work , and any routine sampling done during the day is never by appointment : |
| 29 | Particular attention will be paid to forwarding agents in inland areas where route choices via seaports could be expected to be at a maximum : ie the Midlands in England , eastern France , south-western Federal Republic of Germany , and Switzerland . |
| 30 | The FAO said that the annual maize harvest in 11 countries was expected to be at least 25 per cent down and that countries which would normally export maize , notably South Africa and Zimbabwe , would themselves be seeking imports of the regional staple . |