Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] be [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some taxes were to be increased , the government would be freed of its obligation to buy Argentinian goods and services , and some barriers to foreign investment were removed . |
| 2 | He quotes the words of Francis Bacon in the sixteenth century : " Some books are to be tasted , others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested . " |
| 3 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 4 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 5 | The next few decades were to be a period of accelerating changes for the mills of the area as Hicks , who in 1806 became Lord of the Manor , systematically extended his empire . |
| 6 | To have a paper laying out clearly what our priorities over the next few years are to be would help to provide the firm direction that an organisation like ours needs to have . |
| 7 | [ … ] In the course of attempting to account for such market phenomena as quality differentiation , advertising , or markets in which few producers are to be found [ … ] neo-classical theories were led to conclusions which grossly misinterpret the significance of these phenomena . |
| 8 | The birch existed , particularly in the older public and grammar schools , nor was it absent from some of the newer schools , if the denunciations of some publicists are to be believed . |
| 9 | With this sort of evidence in mind , we were invited to answer the question , ‘ Why is it when women have had the vote for 50 years , so few women are to be found in politically powerful positions ? ’ |
| 10 | Male employees predominated , though some women were to be found , poorly paid , in these occupations ; but the greater proportion were established , unsurprisingly , in the world of dressmaking and domestic service . |
| 11 | Although frequently the recipients of special grants , such schemes are understaffed and poorly funded , given the enormity of the resources which would be needed if women in such groups were to be genuinely compensated for their massive economic disadvantage and their political powerlessness . |
| 12 | Such contracts are to be interpreted in a commonsense and practical manner , bearing in mind the purpose or intention of the rules , their authorship , and the readership to which they are addressed . |
| 13 | The alternative voting system at least possesses the virtue of requiring that if such policies are to be persisted in , the doctrine in which they are grounded must have been at least minimally acceptable to , if not the first choice of , a majority of voters . |
| 14 | It will be recalled that by and large this body of legislation provides that such warranties are to be implied into the relevant contracts unless the contract itself expresses a contrary intention . |
| 15 | Where no such warranties are to be given , or even in addition to such warranties , the tenant should consider including the following clause , even if subsequent negotiations with the landlord result in some watering down : |
| 16 | All such styles were to be seen at the exhibition , but classically based designs predominated . |
| 17 | Gift exchange will still be necessary if the rights and duties which are inherent in such relationships are to be activated , but the nature of the exchange will be quite different from that which validates the impermanent relationships in my two right-hand columns . |
| 18 | One can represent the subject " Surgery of the stomach " by combining these symbols , and Ranganathan 's scheme provides , a " preferred order " by which such combinations are to be made ( its explanation would take up many pages and the reader is therefore referred to basic textbooks on library classification , including Needham 's already cited , if he is intrigued to know ) ; the result is L24:4:7 . |
| 19 | Since such inclusions could be needle- or disc-shaped and since such shapes are to be found in semi-crystalline polymers we shall give an account of his method , although for greater detail the original papers should be consulted . |
| 20 | ‘ Such matters are to be examined at our leisure . |
| 21 | It will pay them to settle in advance how such matters are to be resolved and to make appropriate provision in the partnership agreement . |
| 22 | It was enacted that offenders were to be brought before a member of the King 's Council or a Justice of the Peace for examination ; hunting in disguise or by night , and wilful concealment of such offences were to be punished as felonies — that is , by death and forfeiture of property . |
| 23 | And , if specific hypothetical examples of such computations are to be of any interest to students of biological organisms , they should be able to distinguish reliably ( though not necessarily infallibly ) between equivalent changes in the real-world environment . |
| 24 | Such applications are to be made in such form as the board may prescribe , by the applicant or his agent , and lodged with the clerk to the licensing hoard at least five weeks before the first day of the meeting at which the application falls to be considered ( subs . |
| 25 | Such individuals were to be the standard-bearers of an agricultural revolution based on a farming system which overcame the limitations of African soils by the scientific rotation of crops and their integration with livestock . |
| 26 | If such advances are to be made and put into practice by the people working the land , then higher soil losses can be ‘ tolerated ’ . |
| 27 | Davis went on to say , ‘ Chemical Engineering deals with the construction of plants … for the utilization of chemical reactions on the large scale without in any way specifying the industry in which such plants are to be used . ’ |
| 28 | The truth of such statements is to be established by careful observation . |
| 29 | If such problems are to be grappled with it is necessary to bear in mind all that has been written above and in other parts of this book , but work with the child may not have any direct sexual content whatever . |
| 30 | This latter category may form the raw material or foundation for comparisons , but such studies are to be regarded as preparatory , rather than being fully comparative , since the questions asked of the data are at best implicit and few analytical statements are drawn from them . |