Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Why should observations through a telescope be preferred to naked-eye observations ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | To what extent can these findings from the British civil service be generalised to other occupational groups ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And could British Rail be sold to British Rail ? |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So how can protecting the environment be left to individual conscience ? |
| 14 | Identifying as unquestionably spontaneous whatever can not even on the most indulgent interpretation be ascribed to considered choice , what will be the place of spontaneity in our model of the rational man ? |
| 15 | Now more than ever , an increasingly mobile and multi-racial society demands that consideration be given to sociocultural factors in communicating . |
| 16 | The Director of Education suggested that as the teacher was due to retire soon , consideration be given to possible amalgamation of this school with that at Green Haven , about five miles away . |
| 17 | Would not a massive increase of jobs ensure that training be integrated to economic revival and be more productive in finding work ? |
| 18 | Can a pension be paid to other dependants ? |
| 19 | For the idea put forward is not merely that " pluralistically committed " relational properties are not as basic as qualitative properties , but that all properties and relations can in the end be assimilated to qualitative properties of one sort or another . |
| 20 | Will this principle be extended to other areas of the company 's operations ? |
| 21 | In practice , you might , for instance : ( a ) Broaden your essay 's conclusions , so that they could in principle be applied to other books , or an author 's work as a whole . |
| 22 | In many of the Sussex levels pumped drainage schemes are being installed to give greater control over the water levels so that the water table can be gradually lowered , permitting the permanent pasture to be improved by ploughing and re-seeding and allowing a longer grazing season ; some will no doubt be converted to arable . |
| 23 | So far as concerns professional regulation , the Law Society requires that the membership of each such company be confined to qualified solicitors , retired partners and the dependents of retired or deceased partners . |
| 24 | In practice , as Rowe describes , it can be used with varying degrees of grammatical marking and would in fact be introduced to mentally-handicapped children in telegraphic form , slowly building to full English linguistic structure : e.g. ( 1 ) HALL , ( 2 ) GO HALL , ( 3 ) GO TO HALL , ( 4 ) GO TO THE HALL . |