Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It provided for the unimpeded movement of foreign exchange and gold into and out of the country by both Philippine residents and overseas investors , and removed the requirement that foreign exchange earned abroad by Philippine-based commodity and service exporters be sold to Manila-based banks . |
| 2 | Public sector tendering will in future be opened to all European Community firms with a requirement to advertise tenders and award contracts without discrimination . |
| 3 | The government announced on Dec. 2 , 1989 , that the value of the metical would in future be linked to that of a basket of currencies , of undisclosed content , rather than to the US dollar as had been the case since Jan. 31 , 1987 . |
| 4 | When gamma equals one all the weight is given to last year 's price all the weight is given to last year 's price okay right , so past history , all past history is ignored apart from the price at T minus one right and the closer that gamma is our expectations co-efficient , closer gamma is to one , the more weight be attached to last year 's price , relative to the previous history of prices okay right . |
| 5 | The European Commission has recommended that taxes on biodiesel be limited to 10 per cent of the level on fossil fuels , making it competitive in some European countries . |
| 6 | Now the United States is on the verge of bombing Iraq on the pretext that Iraq refuses to destroy its ‘ weapons of mass destruction ’ — when , in fact , Iraq has asked that some of its military industry be converted to civilian production laid waste by allied bombing . |
| 7 | Authorities decided the only possible means of completing the transfer on time would be from a proper docking facility and requested the carrier be moved to nearby Glasgow for loading . |
| 8 | For example , the investors may accept that the managers be severally liable for the warranties ; that the warranties be restricted to their actual knowledge ; that the maximum claim to be brought against any of the managers be limited to one or two times salary ( significant enough to concentrate minds ) ; that a high de minimis be accepted ; and that the time period of warranty claims against management be limited to twelve months after completion . |
| 9 | At the same time , it proposes that duty on biofuels be cut to one tenth of that on petrol and diesel . |
| 10 | Why should observations through a telescope be preferred to naked-eye observations ? |
| 11 | It can be argued that true liberalization of standing rules requires not only that applicants be accorded standing to represent interests which they share with many others ( the old test of ‘ genuine grievance ’ achieved that ) but also that standing be accorded to genuine representatives of interested persons even if the only interest of the representative is to further the interests of the represented . |
| 12 | To what extent can these findings from the British civil service be generalised to other occupational groups ? |
| 13 | This does not mean that we thought , and still less required , that in no circumstances should J. be subjected to mechanical ventilation . |
| 14 | The ACDA text reported that the main areas of continuing disagreement between the negotiating teams consisted of ( i ) definitions of and counting rules covering air-launched cruise missiles ( ALCMs ) : the USA wished only to include nuclear-armed missiles with a range in excess of 1,500 km with the assumption that a specified average number of missiles be attributed to each bomber , while the Soviet Union included " dual-capable " ( conventional/nuclear ) missiles with a range in excess of 600 km with the assumption that the maximum number of missiles be attributed to each type of bomber ; ( ii ) whether submarine-launched cruise missiles ( SLCMs ) should be limited under START ( or under a separate agreement , as had been suggested by the USA ) and if so whether on-site SLCM verification procedures should be deployed ( as the Soviet Union was suggesting ) or " non-binding declarations ' of numbers be issued ( as proposed by the USA ) ; and ( iii ) a " ban on the production , flight testing or modernization " of existing types of heavy ICBMs ( suggested by the USA ) , although a ban on new missile development was agreed , as were warhead and missile sub-limits in this category . |
| 15 | The ACDA text reported that the main areas of continuing disagreement between the negotiating teams consisted of ( i ) definitions of and counting rules covering air-launched cruise missiles ( ALCMs ) : the USA wished only to include nuclear-armed missiles with a range in excess of 1,500 km with the assumption that a specified average number of missiles be attributed to each bomber , while the Soviet Union included " dual-capable " ( conventional/nuclear ) missiles with a range in excess of 600 km with the assumption that the maximum number of missiles be attributed to each type of bomber ; ( ii ) whether submarine-launched cruise missiles ( SLCMs ) should be limited under START ( or under a separate agreement , as had been suggested by the USA ) and if so whether on-site SLCM verification procedures should be deployed ( as the Soviet Union was suggesting ) or " non-binding declarations ' of numbers be issued ( as proposed by the USA ) ; and ( iii ) a " ban on the production , flight testing or modernization " of existing types of heavy ICBMs ( suggested by the USA ) , although a ban on new missile development was agreed , as were warhead and missile sub-limits in this category . |
| 16 | The circulation may on occasion be restricted to certain defined and known developers who are most likely tore-instruct the agent for the sale of the projected development . |
| 17 | For example , the investors may accept that the managers be severally liable for the warranties ; that the warranties be restricted to their actual knowledge ; that the maximum claim to be brought against any of the managers be limited to one or two times salary ( significant enough to concentrate minds ) ; that a high de minimis be accepted ; and that the time period of warranty claims against management be limited to twelve months after completion . |
| 18 | And could British Rail be sold to British Rail ? |
| 19 | Can the table and standard lamps be used to better advantage by moving them to different positions ? |
| 20 | What may in the first instance be attributed to physical causes and treated by an herbalist may , if it persists or grows more severe , be redefined as caused by mystical forces requiring treatment by a diviner ( see Horton 1970 : 142 ) . |
| 21 | The US Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972 stated that : ‘ … it shall be the immediate goal that the incidental kill or serious injury of marine mammals permitted in the course of commercial fishing operations be reduced to insignificant levels approaching zero morality . ' |
| 22 | Thus , if on the one hand the ‘ civilizing ’ role of the Russians in Siberia should not be belittled , neither should too much credence be given to nationalistic claims put forward in Russian accounts of the subject , whether before or after the 1917 Revolution . |
| 23 | The committee had recommended that the age of majority be reduced to 18 generally . |
| 24 | Once such a formulation is proposed then it can of course be applied to other phenomena ( other than those originally used ) and these are explained as additional instances of the abstractions that have been established . |
| 25 | It maddened Adam , his misuse of this word , which could n't of course be applied to guiding anyone on land , coming as it did from the Latin navigare and thence from navis , feminine , a ship , and agere , to drive or guide . |
| 26 | However , a new approach to the question of remedies available for breach was occasioned by Diplock LJ in Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [ 1962 ] 2 QB 26 ( at p70 ) : There are … many contractual undertakings of a more complex character which can not be categorised as being " conditions " or " warranties " , if the late 19th century meaning adopted in the Sale of Goods Act , 1893 , and used by Bowen LJ in Bentsen v Taylor , Sons & Co be given to those terms . |
| 27 | Discussing the use of the 18-foot ( 5.5 metre ) perch for measuring plots , the fiscal assessment in Domesday Book and the 1284 Kirby 's Quest knights ' fees , she examined in detail the plans of Hemingborough , Thornton le Beans and Upper Poppleton , and showed that the plans of these and other villages seem co be related to early feudal arrangements . |
| 28 | Because of that the reactors had to undergo a licensing procedure from Nuclear , Now that survey , which they have been carrying out for a number of months now , almost certainly would require that a number of major improvements be made to those reactors , and they just have n't got the money to do that at the moment . |
| 29 | So how can protecting the environment be left to individual conscience ? |
| 30 | In addition the draft proposed that the size of the Commission be reduced to one member per country ( France , Germany , Italy , Spain and the UK currently having two Commissioners ) . |