Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | These powers are : ( i ) to make any compromise with creditors or persons claiming to be creditors ; ( ii ) to bring or defend proceedings ; ( iii ) to carry on the business of the bankrupt so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up of the estate ; ( iv ) to accept payment in the future on the sale of any property comprised in the estate . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's always lots of advertisements in the Veterinary Record — fully trained nurses or girls wanting to be trained . ’ |
| 3 | What is certain is that he carried the legend of a king or emperor waiting to be reborn for several centuries , just as the British King Arthur has done . |
| 4 | We could not include such a group because of practical difficulties and limited medical manpower ; also there would be inevitable concern that individuals agreeing to be part of such a control group would be self-selecting members of a group with additional risk factors . |
| 5 | The Environment Department said that families claiming to be trapped by the housing market slump would not be able to appeal . |
| 6 | In order for strategic planning and decision making to be effective , a different set of values needs to be held by senior officials . |
| 7 | This sum is inadequate and , even with rigorous prioritisation , will lead to some patients and clients having to be supported in the community when their needs could be met more adequately in residential care . |
| 8 | Few will tire of the vast range of activities and attractions offered by these resorts , but for a change , the incomparable beauty of Venice — Italy 's unique waterways city of stunning mirror image landscapes — attracts like a magnet few will resist , and further afield , Veneto unfolds a host of other magical towns and monuments waiting to be explored . |
| 9 | Recognising significant aspects of the replies and matters needing to be addressed was relatively easy but the staff were distinctly apprehensive . |
| 10 | From other Regional Commissioners came stories of mattresses , bed linen and clothing having to be destroyed , so infested were they with evacuated lice . |
| 11 | Segmentation based on usage contexts is held to be particularly efficient because it permits product and marketing planning to be based on customer perceptions of what is required of , or desirable in that product . |
| 12 | It is a concentrated , fleeting moment of ambiguity and irony ( irony and ambiguity tending to be intrinsic to transgressive reinscription and alien to humanist transgression ) . |
| 13 | The problem is that , the further one goes into it , the more involved the science and mathematics become , with new rules and caveats having to be brought in to explain away apparent discrepancies . |
| 14 | Now , once more looking at the small boy , she said briskly , ‘ Come , make up your mind quick , Bobbie ; I know you 've bought a shipping order tonight but there 's this lady and gentleman waiting to be served . ’ |
| 15 | The nagging question recurring in my mind , to which no one paid attention , was where , oh where , are the jobs for boys and girls going to be ? |
| 16 | If propositions purporting to be about fictional things are to be accepted as meaningful , then it is only on condition that they can be paraphrased into propositions about non-fictional things ; for example , into propositions about persons who are thinking , alleging , claiming , etc. something fictional . |
| 17 | More secure accommodation for the most persistent young offenders , both on remand and after conviction , is certainly required , not least to overcome such nonsense as the case of a teenager from Tyne and Wear having to be sent to a unit in Essex . |
| 18 | We found that the pattern of boys ' attitudes to the police were consistent with those of adults , Blacks and Whites tending to be similar , and Asians slightly more favourable than the others . |
| 19 | Now , they 're of two sort , there are the administrative staff , the financial staff , in other words , that have to do the physical assessments er , financial assessments which by the way are more complicated now than they were previously , because there 's all sorts of different elements and agreements having to be reached with individuals , or charitable institutions or whatever . |
| 20 | Now there are garages stuffed full of clothes and food waiting to be driven to the former Yugoslavia by Mike and his crew in November . |
| 21 | How far apart are Manchester and Carlisle going to be ? |
| 22 | Further sub-systems of the module will enable automatic circulation of new issues to members of staff , recording of binding information , and subscription accounting to be undertaken . |
| 23 | Such a picture is of necessity tragic , and this " tragic " dialectical interaction between the objective social forces crushing men and women in their everyday lives , and the dynamic subjective response of those same men and women refusing to be crushed , has as its counterpart a " tragic " dialectical interaction between revolutionary writer and oppressed reading public . |
| 24 | The cupboards would be filled with linens , the beds made , the kitchen equipped with pots , pans , kettle and toaster , the ashtrays in place in the majlis , books on the shelves and a row of tapes and videos waiting to be played . |
| 25 | How long are Eileen and Tony going to be over there for then ? |
| 26 | Driving through the New York night , Bickle views the city 's excesses as diseases waiting to be wiped out . |