Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] be [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Where warranties are to be given the following additional clause may be contained in the agreement :
2 The other area of controversy was in the kitchen , where cupboards were to be installed by John Saunders , a friend in the business .
3 Our advice is that , where hedgerows are to be replaced , they should not be substituted just with a row of quickthorn between two strands of barbed wire , but with a mixed , proper , traditional hedge — which would be much better for the environment and habitat .
4 Where trees are to be retained on site , or are outside the site boundary and therefore can not be removed in order to avoid possible subsidence in clay or similar sub-soils , part of the site may be sterilised ( designated ’ unusable ’ ) in order to keep buildings at a safe distance .
5 Does the Prime Minister accept that we are pleased that the United Kingdom is signatory to a treaty that commits it to an ever closer union among European peoples , where decisions are to be taken as close to the citizens as possible ?
6 Where pipes are to be angled across walls , they should be cut into 1m lengths and a connector/support fitted between lengths .
7 Where assets are to be acquired , Newco has the opportunity to finance these by way of rental payments under finance leases rather than by direct acquisition .
8 It is most useful where records are to be sampled by computer from an unknown number held on , say , a magnetic tape .
9 Where photographs are to be produced it is usual to ask the other parties to admit their authenticity .
10 Although differences were to be found — especially comparing the arts and sciences — the highly creative were frequently described in similar terms as : sceptical , aloof , radical , self-sufficient , independent , bohemian , often introverted and usually more open to experience .
11 There 's a lot to be done if cases are to be taken to court , but the last thing Thames Water will want during the run up to privatisation is a long , drawn out damages claim where the point at issue is the safety of the water in the tap .
12 If cases were to be properly judged in Aquitaine , kept out of the Paris Parlement or adjudicated successfully by ad hoc commissions in either Gascony or ( if a petition to the king in parliament had been made ) in England , then knowledge of tenurial conditions , rights , duties and privileges was essential .
13 An understanding of the occupational structure for women is essential if policies are to be formulated which ensure equality of opportunity with men ; it also forms an important foundation for policies concerned with unemployment and with the prediction of changes in women 's participation in paid employment .
14 Corporatism needs ‘ hegemonic ’ agencies , rather than bureaucratic competition , if policies are to be enforced nationwide .
15 If signs are to be effective for user orientation , they must be carefully planned with regard to position , content and presentation .
16 The most obvious of these was that if fonts were to be provided with any application , it was better if they could be shared by others , and the Typographics fonts supplied with early versions were , if not exactly grotty , not up to the standard users would expect of , say , TrueType or ATM fonts .
17 At present special requests have to be submitted and justified if calls are to be made ; they are made in the presence of an officer and they are charged at far in excess of the ‘ normal ’ rate because of the need to ask the operator to ring back with the cost — for which a surcharge is made .
18 If employers are to be expected to meet the cost then they ( and the Department of Health ) will have to be convinced that moneys invested in providing programmes will have a worth-while outcome in terms of better recruitment and retention of staff .
19 In his speech er in that debate the honourable member for Edinburgh central and the bench er in his place today , er welcomed the government 's acceptance of Sir Thomas ' and the select committee 's recommendation and agreed er that it was in his words , important that the statutory duty of auditors ought to be clear so that er to use his colourful phrase , if whistles are to be blown they 're to be blown without doubt .
20 If solutions were to be found they would be of a technological nature .
21 However , two of the most important chapters in this book address the area of immunochemical technology , its benefits and pitfalls , and the barriers to be overcome if immunoassays are to be adopted in the analytical laboratory .
22 Managers and proprietors soon realized that if halls were to be half full they might as well be totally full and so every ingenious method was used to maximize attendance .
23 If funds are to be raised for more space , then the gallery must decide what that space would be for .
24 Section 2.1.4 details a proposed project for piloting the creation of an image database which could begin in 1992 , if funds were to be made available .
25 If schools are to be better managed , the making of decisions in the course of managing has to be understood and shared by as many people as possible .
26 If animals are to be sent abroad all the necessary documentation must be arranged prior to shipping and the necessary papers must travel with the animals .
27 If animals are to be imported into the UK an importation licence issued by the Ministry of Agriculture under the Rabies ( Importation of Dogs , Cats and other Mammals ) Order ( 1974 ) is required .
28 According to Dr Moore , that is unrealistic if computers are to be able to recognise thousands of words .
29 It also suggests that this is vital if traders are to be convinced that trading across frontiers is no more strange than doing business with the shopkeeper next door .
30 In most cases the length of I provides a useful assessment of the mean diameter , and if determinations are to be made in the field this diameter provides a useful measure of average size .
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