Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After landing , the aircraft was found to have split fabric and extensive minor damage to the wings , which could only be attributed to overstressing at high speed . |
| 2 | Much of your attention as a manager can sensibly be directed to learning how to simplify , organize and present data for descriptive purposes . |
| 3 | All your endeavours should thus be directed to earning money , and you should be very careful to spend as little as possible , or you will not be able to travel in an honourable fashion … |
| 4 | This argument was persuasively propounded by the director of the Hastings Center for Medical Ethics , who concluded that ‘ … after a person has lived out a natural life span [ eg , into the late 70s or early 80s ] , medical care should no longer be oriented to resisting death … [ but ] will be limited to the relief of suffering ’ . |
| 5 | However , you would not be limited to advising on existing law . |
| 6 | It may often form part of a series , although history teachers need not be tied to utilising the whole series . |
| 7 | In all four clustered contractions were reported , which may or may not be related to swallowing , which may be peristaltic in nature , or which develop simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus . |
| 8 | And much as we can love our children , friends or pets , it can not be compared to sharing intimacy with a lover , especially when you have been used to the sounds , smells and physical qualities that brings . |
| 9 | She would not be reduced to skulking in the back room of her own shop . |
| 10 | Trevelyan , on behalf of the Lords of the Treasury , acknowledged Hall 's draft Bill on 5th December , 1856 , but said that the Government would not be committed to asking Parliament for the necessary funds during the ensuring year , and : . |
| 11 | Convenient : Distribution should not be confined to making materials available in the general area of use . |
| 12 | The new careers service will not be restricted to helping young people — there will also be scope to assist unemployed adults , people faced with redundancy or those seeking a career change . |
| 13 | The choice should be greater because your local health authority will not be restricted to making agreements on services with hospitals within its own boundaries . |
| 14 | From time to time various other forms of undercutting have been attributed to wind but the possible effects of other agencies , such as wetting and drying near the surface and salt weathering must not be forgotten , though they are doubtful as explanations of abraded wooden telegraph poles and even these can not be attributed to gnawing by desert rats . |
| 15 | Taking age into account does not lead to estimates closer to unity , and hence the effects can not be attributed to confounding . |
| 16 | I can remember doing my Mick again from The Caretaker and for Shakespeare I did an outrageous choice of Cardinal Wolsey from Henry VIII , which I do n't think I shall ever be suited to playing . |
| 17 | In addition attention will also be given to having sufficient purchases to meet the demand of customers . |
| 18 | The method may also be applied to breaking rock or concrete on sites where the application of explosives would be impracticable or undesirable . |
| 19 | Since they involve the same Ernst equation , it is clear that all the solution generating techniques that have been developed for stationary axisymmetric space-times in recent years can also be applied to colliding plane wave situations . |
| 20 | You should also be introduced to attending and advising committees of the council . |
| 21 | If it was n't for the Great Video Game in the sky , I 'd probably be reduced to watching The Young Doctors . |
| 22 | Tactile clues will also be important , but will probably be restricted to shaking hands . |
| 23 | If selection is difficult then more attention should probably be paid to generating further alternatives which are more attractive or combine features . |
| 24 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 25 | Games theory can equally be applied to characterizing human norms which are instituted against aggression and other non-cooperative behaviour . |
| 26 | If the post is a pivotal one , consideration should even be given to advertising it in the local press and community newspapers . |
| 27 | ca n't be bothered to going out again boy . |
| 28 | As regards the substantial outside assistance to the Western Isles , one wonders whether a small part of it might not usefully be redirected to subsidising the high costs of transport between them and the mainland . |
| 29 | Subsequent research will then be devoted to determining its range of applicability and subjecting it to still further tests . |
| 30 | Portugal had only agreed to participate at the last minute , reportedly fearing that the summit would otherwise be geared to increasing the influence of Spain in the region . |