Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of the UST operations are to be joint ventures with local Unix systems houses , with ownership split in favour of USL . |
| 2 | If signs are to be effective for user orientation , they must be carefully planned with regard to position , content and presentation . |
| 3 | Owners of historic houses are to be exempt from the revaluation for tax purposes included in measures covering commercial property . |
| 4 | Earlier research has shown that if projects of this kind are to be successful , management needs to make organisational changes , as well as technical ones . |
| 5 | PLANS for one of the most ambitious civil engineering projects envisaged for the North West are to be left gathering dust . |
| 6 | PLANS for one of the most ambitious civil engineering projects envisaged for the North West are to be left gathering dust . |
| 7 | The golden rules are to be polite , persistent and to personalise the conversation as much as possible . |
| 8 | ‘ Two small sections of Wychwood are to be left standing . |
| 9 | It also suggests that this is vital if traders are to be convinced that trading across frontiers is no more strange than doing business with the shopkeeper next door . |
| 10 | While the expert clause itself may lay down that the parties are to be responsible for the fees and expenses of the expert in equal shares , which is quite common , or that they are to be met by some other party ( see 8.12 ) , the clause itself may not be sufficient to establish the expert 's entitlement unless its terms are clearly incorporated into the expert 's contract to conduct the reference . |
| 11 | According to Dr Moore , that is unrealistic if computers are to be able to recognise thousands of words . |
| 12 | If Town Halls are to be successful as enabling authorities , then they must make it possible for all their communities ( both residential and business , their fellow agencies , and also their own Councillors and Officers ) to engage in the free trade of information . |
| 13 | Paradoxically however , the breakdown in value consensus that generated the accountability movement might seem to require a new form of consensus if accountability demands are to be satisfied . |
| 14 | These schools were to be non-denominational and open to inspection . |
| 15 | Local schools were to be free to buy in the services of private organisations to inspect their standards . |
| 16 | What was done to achieve this elusive parity of esteem which was required if the new schools were to be acceptable to parents and pupils ? |
| 17 | Indonesia 's trade and economic relations with Taiwan were to be unaffected by the resumption of ties , although the memorandum noted China 's appreciation that Indonesia had " consistently " recognized the administration of the People 's Republic as the sole government of China , of which Taiwan was an integral part . |
| 18 | In spite of some very idealistic pronouncements and general high hopes , it soon became apparent that the best efforts of the League of Nations were to be frustrated with ease by the fundamental and unresolved differences of opinion as to the exact meaning of Free City status . |
| 19 | In 1850 his eldest son David became a partner and soon six brothers were to be involved in the firm in various capacities . |
| 20 | The basis of lateral thinking is to be provocative with your ideas and to put them forward however bizarre or ridiculous they sound on first hearing . |
| 21 | Looked at from a White House perspective , it is clear that if a president is to be effective in achieving his objectives he needs unity and discipline within the executive branch . |
| 22 | To be without emotion is to be unfeeling , to have no contact with the human condition . |
| 23 | If antiracism is to be effective in education , it is therefore necessary to take a hard and perhaps painful look at the terms under which we have operated so far . |
| 24 | If a lavatory seat is to be responsible then it is more likely to be the male who suffers . |
| 25 | ‘ If a PR programme is to be effective , then it is vital that its objectives be defined ; that means of achieving them shall then be determined … and that progress , success and failure be reviewed . ’ |
| 26 | If the search is to be successful , the user will learn about the subject and its literature during the searching process . |
| 27 | If the instrument is to be resonant the apparently solid finger board needs to be hollowed out from underneath , leaving about 6mm of wood top and sides and openings cut through the soundboard ( face ) to link this space to the interior of the instrument . |
| 28 | The most common fault is to be stuck halfway through the tack , head to wind , the boat 's right in the middle of the no go zone and the sail 's flapping . |
| 29 | In advertising the purpose of research is to be able to plan the campaign so you know to whom you are talking , what you should be saying , which idea will best convey your message and , finally , whether that message is having the right results . |
| 30 | Let us assume that we already know the size of sample , the type of respondent ( child , housewife , air traveller , etc. ) , whether or not questions are to be asked on more than one occasion , whether there are likely to be seasonal fluctuations , whether the study is to be factual or attitudinal or both , and so on . |