Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] be [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elaborate and costly sheep houses were to be found on most farms . |
| 2 | The Scottish Agricultural College did a survey to find out what would happen if the MacSharry proposals were to be implemented in the Borders region . |
| 3 | Haberdashers and provision merchants were to be granted a few houses . |
| 4 | Such a solution has the disadvantage that , if the transput units are to be driven at anything like their full speed , the programmer must scatter test instructions through his program . |
| 5 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 6 | Work in progress relating to long term contracts is to be stated at cost plus attributable profit earned to date less provisions for anticipated losses and progress payments received . |
| 7 | STRUGGLING tycoon Donald Trump 's bedroom secrets are to be plastered all over American TV . |
| 8 | Roughly speaking , the relative merits of research programmes are to be judged by the extent to which they are progressing or degenerating . |
| 9 | In addition the purchaser will need to specify other advisers such as accountants ( particularly if a report or completion accounts are to be prepared ) , actuaries , insurance brokers and bankers . |
| 10 | The most difficult area is agreeing the basis on which the completion accounts are to be prepared and the form they are to take . |
| 11 | The rules would normally specify that the completion accounts are to be prepared in accordance with : ( a ) generally accepted accounting practices or the statements of standard accounting practice ( SSAPs ) in order to give a true and fair view ; ( b ) the same accounting practices as used consistently in previous accounts of the business , normally over a period of several years ; ( c ) specific accounting rules legislated for in the sale agreement . |
| 12 | Costs of industrial waste disposal will rise to discourage waste generation and two research projects are to be set up to consider recycling building and mining waste . |
| 13 | What accounting policies are to be applied ? |
| 14 | Research methods are to be treated as a collection of tools designed and thereby suited for particular jobs . |
| 15 | ( 9 ) The partnership books are to be kept at the place of business of the partnership ( or the principal place , if there is more than one ) , and every partner may , when he thinks fit , have access to and inspect and copy any of them . |
| 16 | Companies hit by labour disputes were to be granted emergency loans and allowed to postpone tax repayments for up to nine months . |
| 17 | In an effort to meet its 1991 inflation target , the government in October 1990 concluded with the UGT ( General Workers ' Union ) and the Employers ' Association a pact for the following year : average wage increases would be below 13.4 per cent ; the working week would be reduced from 48 to 44 hours ; the minimum monthly wage for industrial and farm workers would rise by 15 per cent , as would most pension and social security payments ; labour disputes were to be resolved through negotiation rather than industrial action . |
| 18 | TOUGH Belfast-style stop and search tactics are to be used across Britain for the first time to combat IRA bombers . |
| 19 | The Entry table specifies the relative order in which dictionary entries are to be printed , and provides a key of access to the Text table ( entity and current version number ) . |
| 20 | The Act of 1988 provided for the establishment of a new register in which thereafter all British fishing vessels were to be registered , including those which were already registered in the old general register maintained under the Act of 1894 . |
| 21 | Existing export permits are to be revoked . |
| 22 | A petition carrying 4.5 million signatures collected from the public by ambulance crews is to be placed before Parliament with the help of the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , this week , calling for the dispute to be referred to arbitration , which Mr Clarke still opposes . |
| 23 | Two hydrocyclone separators are to be installed on the Gyda platform next year to more than double the installation 's water handling capacity to 35,000 barrels a day in readiness for an anticipated increase in produced water from the reservoir . |
| 24 | By far the biggest concentration of football boozers is to be found in the streets around Hibernian 's Easter Road ground where players like Alex Cropley , Jimmy O'Rourke and Peter Marinello have all had bars . |
| 25 | US car companies are to be given government help to produce more fuel efficient models . |
| 26 | A new series of trendy Toby mugs are to be launched in time for Christmas . |
| 27 | The great clothing factory that took up most of it had shut down its operations more than four hours back and only a handful of Security guards and maintenance engineers were to be found down here now . |
| 28 | Why is it that the first and second phases of planned underground gasification demonstration plants are to be made in Spain and Belgium ? |
| 29 | In my opinion , the only technique a musician needs is to be able to translate emotions onto an instrument ( a cliché , but very true ) . |
| 30 | MORE than 3,000 United Nations troops are to be sent into war-torn Somalia to protect food supplies , the Security Council decided last night . |