Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This only serves to emphasise the desirability of stating expressly whether time is or is not to be of the essence . |
| 2 | ‘ Whether the child has arrived or is yet to be born is unclear . |
| 3 | If ever there was any documentation relating to this episode , none appears to have survived or is yet to be unearthed . |
| 4 | Third-person pronouns are frequently used to refer back ( and occasionally forward ) to an entity which has already been introduced ( or is about to be introduced ) into the discourse . |
| 5 | In fact , Kaprun and its neighbour Zell am See have everything that you could need to enjoy a perfect holiday in some of the most beautiful alpine scenery there is , including some excellent bars and restaurants for relaxing evenings and charming coffee houses for afternoon coffee and cake ; an experience that is not to be missed ! |
| 6 | Project members are normally overseen by a Steering Committee , representing relevant expertise that is not to be looked for within the institution itself . |
| 7 | This can be avoided by asking only for condemnations of the path that is not to be taken . |
| 8 | If it is a boiler that is also to be used for central heating , the best position will probably be in the kitchen on an outside wall . |
| 9 | The statement explained that war resistance was appropriate only if the Government engaged in military action unsanctioned by the League — a qualification that is nowhere to be found in Trevelyan 's resolution . |
| 10 | They see only the work that is still to be done . |
| 11 | Whether the production work sharing is something that is still to be decided er at the start of that phase but on the equipment , we were er originally entitled to thirty three percent of the common equipment er when we last gave evidence to the committee the U K work share for equipment stood at some thirty six percent of those that had been selected at that time . |
| 12 | A more effective cry is ‘ Fire ’ because everyone sticks their heads out in case it is their house or car that is about to be burnt down . |
| 13 | Yarns will also be stored there , allowing more production space for the ‘ Templetwist ’ range of carpet that is about to be manufactured by Lyles . |
| 14 | The drawing suggests the type of investment situation that is often to be found in high-technology investment . |
| 15 | Erm so I I 'm confident that the job that 's there to be done , in Greater Manchester West , I will be able to do er to my satisfaction , hopefully to the party 's as well . |
| 16 | I 'm speaking as a bus driver , yes , within a company that 's about to be privatized , and yes of course the bottom line is important and management think that it is vitally important and we know no longer get subsidies from any where including the Government , unlike your erm Local District Council , operated services so its very , very difficult for people in our position to actually keep services on the road if they do n't pay . |
| 17 | It represents a halfway position between jobbing production and mass production , and is mostly to be found in the light engineering industry . |
| 18 | This small fort dates from 1614 and is shortly to be opened to the public as a military museum . |
| 19 | Touching the Rock has been featured in the Sunday Telegraph and on BBC Radio 4 's Sunday and In Touch programmes , and is shortly to be the subject of Michael Burke 's 40 Minutes on BBC2 . |
| 20 | The third processor , an IBM 3031 , is used by the Computer Services Division for development work and is shortly to be replaced by a second 4341 processor . |
| 21 | Despite the lawlessness and corruption , Grigoriev has achieved some notable successes , including Edvard Radzinsky 's book The Last Tsar now a Book of the Month Club choice in the UK and Larissa Vasilieva 's Kremlin Wives , which sold 450,000 copies in Russia and is soon to be published here by Weidenfeld and Nicholson . |
| 22 | But the deal collapsed mysteriously and is yet to be resurrected . |
| 23 | Where * appears , the generic name has been introduced recently and is not to be found in the older sources , while names marked ** are based on Irish exemplars , no Scottish names being known , and have been adapted for Gaelic as necessary . |
| 24 | The actual source of life is not known and is not to be attributed to the God that mankind can worship , that is , a definable God developed with life , and therefore not responsible for its origin . |
| 25 | Though himself a Lancastrian from Morecambe , he is interested in the whole tradition of the race and believes that walking round and round the same circuit would destroy the whole spirit of the race and is not to be contemplated . |
| 26 | Because it always involves raw materials and techniques it is always dependent Upon a context , and is not to be thought of , in humanist vein , as an isolated expression of the essential creativity of human beings . |
| 27 | For rule utilitarianism , in contrast , once a rule is shown to be felicific , it is established as something to be obeyed , unless perhaps in very special cases , and is not to be considered merely as one factor to be weighed against others . |
| 28 | The charter that was drawn up represents , in fact , just such a claim : it was a political weapon in the battle for status and funding and is not to be taken simply at face value . |
| 29 | It must also be emphasised that the honorary degree is in a category all its own and is not to be confused with the degree awarded after successful study ; it is not an alternative . |
| 30 | Such a formulation would require those asking the questions to confront the real problems : the need to understand that the aspiration to the exercise of democratic right and the discharge of democratic responsibility must arise from those who would exercise the right and discharge the responsibility and is not to be thrust upon those who do not want it or induced in those who are indifferent to it ; the need for a form of organisation such that the interests of ownership and labour would be congruent ; and the need to recognise that since accountability , above all , is the test of authentic democracy , then by that same test there will be some circumstances in which the general case for industrial democracy is over-ridden . |