Example sentences of "[vb -s] to be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although postage has to be charged extra , often visiting teachers , trainers and other ‘ travellers ’ to your area are willing to act as couriers . |
| 2 | Pasha Naiz and his death were evocative in consequential ways ; they were part of an idiom which was largely inexplicit ( though not unstructured ) but which has to be made explicit if it is to be understood by people who do not have it . |
| 3 | Through their wide experience of the stories they have read and hear , they should be helped to increase their control of story form , recognising , for example , that events take place in a setting , which needs to be described , and that the outcome has to be made explicit for the reader . |
| 4 | However , this has to be made compatible with Marx 's claim that knowledge is produced in thought ( it is a thought-object ) a statement which seems to imply that it is , after all , produced by individuals . |
| 5 | for services , information has to be made available so that you know what sort of services are , are available , erm on which to base a judgement about what so , what sort of erm , services you would like . |
| 6 | Therefore , he has to be made aware of his hidden thoughts . |
| 7 | It has to be made clear , to the countries of Europe , to the countries of the East — to the whole world — that this is not just a fight against international communism . |
| 8 | Thus , our holiday video turns out to be a series of boxes within boxes , of shots related to each other within sequences , and sequences related to each other within an overall structure which has to be made clear to the audience . |
| 9 | This pessimistic view , held by such an eminent economist , has to be given serious consideration . |
| 10 | This cutting blade has to be kept sharp to perform its job properly without undue pressure in the hand , and is therefore made from a very hard steel — so hard in fact , that it can be brittle when subjected to a common form of misuse : the correct action with all secateurs is a firm steady squeeze , with no wrenching and definitely no twisting , which can cause the blades to break . |
| 11 | oh course , you know , its , unless you think about it , the stuff has to be kept hot twenty four hours a day and he said a little bloke like me , I mean all these |
| 12 | For these reasons , the Siamese has to be kept calm and healthy if it is to retain its beautiful sealpoint pattern . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's just become more and more difficult to manage — he wanders , and he has to be kept clean … |
| 14 | That is the reason why that option has to be kept open . |
| 15 | Handling of the wounded tissue has to be very gentle and non-traumatic and the knot has to be placed tension-free . |
| 16 | It may be suggested that the window frame or complete door has to be replaced due to damage to the double glazing unit . |
| 17 | Parents know what their children are longing for and will give them what they want , even if every piggy bank in the house has to be broken open . |
| 18 | But what if a large passenger aircraft has to be fuelled ready for flight ? |
| 19 | ‘ So far everything that we 've done we 've done keeping in mind that it has to be played live . |
| 20 | It still has to be used full screen , or at least with a fixed window size . |
| 21 | Rain gusts at the kitchen window and the outer door , its wood swollen by damp , has to be wrenched open . |
| 22 | Where now is the consumer 's demand for weekly one-stop shopping when bread has to be bought fresh daily ? |
| 23 | A first criterion might be that the treatment at least has to be considered acceptable to the majority of the local culture . |
| 24 | This is extremely useful if the office has to be left unattended for any period of time . |
| 25 | ‘ That has to be left alone … ’ |
| 26 | Bitumen requires purpose-built tanks , has to be loaded hot and kept insulated in transit to prevent if solidifying . |
| 27 | Very irritable and wants to be left alone ; slightest motion causes pain , even turning the head ; dry lips and copious thirst for cold water . |
| 28 | The hero of Simon Gray 's comedy Otherwise Engaged ( 1975 ) , in similar fashion , only wants to be left alone to play his new recording of Wagner 's Parsifal , but he is successively interrupted by neighbour , brother and wife , who succeed in disturbing him and fail only to interest him . |
| 29 | He wants to be left alone to get on with the job , including completing Knowsley 's ‘ positive futures ’ programme to develop a direct services system for supporting those in need living in the community . |
| 30 | Perhaps he wants to be left alone . ’ |