Example sentences of "[adj] people [am/are] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such people are to be pitied . |
| 2 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 3 | When you book you will be asked how many games you wish to play and how many people are to be playing . |
| 4 | It is socialisation that transforms ageing into something that is to be feared , and leads us to believe that older people are to be pitied . |
| 5 | This research shows that there is an urgent need for social policies to overcome widespread age discrimination if older people are to be allowed to play their full role in society and realise their full potential . |
| 6 | ‘ Over the next two years , these same people are to be faced with a rise of 25pc for domestic fuel — VAT at 17.5pc plus 3pc or 4pc price rises each year — then obviously there must be a significant increase in pensions and benefits in order for them to be able to pay . ’ |
| 7 | Wealthy people are to be shielded — by the party 's cast-iron promises that their taxes will be LOWERED . |
| 8 | But the government believes that , not least in the light of what is being achieved in other countries , the standards now generally attained by our pupils are neither as good as they can be , nor as good as they need to be if young people are to be equipped for the world of the twenty-first century . |
| 9 | THREE Middlesbrough councillors who between them have notched up a century of service to local people are to be made freemen of the borough today . |