Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] be [det] " in BNC.

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1 The coverage of these schemes is , however , incomplete , and those least likely to enjoy coverage are those on the lowest incomes .
2 Hudson suggests that the reason the more conformist pupils tend to choose science is that science allows the convergent schoolboy to ‘ specialise in work which enables him to be unambiguously right or wrong ’ .
3 An extremely attractive feature of attenuators having input resistance equal to load resistance is that identical ones may be cascaded to give compound attenuation yet still maintain the overall input resistance equal to the load resistance .
4 Drawing on the results of 11 surveys , The Boxing Debate concludes there is no evidence to suggest boxing is any safer today than it was a decade ago when the BMA first called for a ban .
5 As one group member said : ‘ What I 'd like to see happening is this room set up with the computer and using it regularly to type up the notes from our meetings . ’
6 Since this is one aspect of the " ongoing negotiation " and preferences of " newcomers " to the interaction can not be assumed at the outset , the circumstances which will most favour a speedy agreement to use Creole are those where there are few participants — ideally the minimum , two — and these individuals are already well known to each other , and known to favour Creole .
7 Whether any of the grudges was strong enough to justify murder was another consideration he put on one side for the time being .
8 If the amount notified is wrong , a simple call to the bank asking it to suspend collection is all that is required to ensure that no money is transferred .
9 the only works we value enough to call classic are those which , as they demonstrate by surviving , are complex and indeterminate enough to allow us our necessary pluralities .
10 The limit on the rate at which data can be retrieved and the consequent failure to deliver video is another .
11 They are to take granddad 's this afternoon .
12 As the gravity effect of one weight is balanced by that of the other , the only power necessary to produce movement is that amount required to overcome friction and the inertia of the moving parts .
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