Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year , 30,000 of the porpoises were taken , despite the International Whaling Commission 's insistence that the total catch should be limited to one-third of that number . |
| 2 | There is no reason why the ability to use a washing-machine or a pressure cooker should be limited to one person per household ! |
| 3 | The Democratic caucus in the House decided in 1971 that members should be limited to one sub-committee chairmanship thereby making it possible for many more congressmen to hold these coveted posts . |
| 4 | Bronchoscopy is a time-consuming , hospital-bound procedure ; ideally the technique should be limited to high-risk patients . |
| 5 | For example , the first constitution of independent India in 1947 laid down that foreign ownership should be limited to less than half in oil , and in certain other restricted sectors . |
| 6 | Emphasis must be placed on certain steps and their qualities which appear to be particular to one country and dances should be limited to those which can be recognised . |
| 7 | We therefore agree that the use of diagnostic dilatation and curettage in young women should be limited to those in whom important disease is suspected and that the procedure is necessary it should be accompanied by hysteroscopy . |
| 8 | There was some support from respondents from all types of practice for applying the requirement to every firm , whilst others argued it should be limited to smaller firms and/or those in breach of the rules . |
| 9 | Antonio Navarro Wolff , president of the April 19 Movement Democratic Alliance ( AD/M-19 ) , announced on May 21 that he would call on the government to hold a plebiscite on whether an amnesty should be granted to former M-19 guerrillas who had participated in an assault on the Palace of Justice in the capital , Bogotá , on Nov. 6-7 , 1985 , during which 106 people were killed [ see pp. 34152-53 ; 34804-05 ] . |
| 10 | The 1977 white paper , Policy for the Inner Cities ( HMSO , 1977 ) , argued that additional powers should be granted to local authorities to enable them to assist industry . |
| 11 | But independent councillor Tony Moore said : ‘ We should be looking to private business to help bail out the museum . |
| 12 | The legal debate in involuntary manslaughter is over the lower threshold of homicide liability — where to draw the line between manslaughter and killings which should be ascribed to mere accident . |
| 13 | Fig12 Your feet should be adjusted to this position immediately before you set off . |
| 14 | If the sample volume is smaller than this it should be adjusted to 0.5 ml with water and transferred to a 1.5 ml microfuge tube . |
| 15 | The resulting system has come to be referred to as ‘ neoclassicism ’ — a retention of the assumption of free will , but with an allowance that it is sometimes freer than at other times and that the proportionality of punishments should be adjusted to these varying degrees of freedom . |
| 16 | Where there is a personality clash , the learner should be re-allocated to another clinical teacher . |
| 17 | The conceptual basis for judicial review over the conditions of jurisdiction has already been examined , and reference should be made to that discussion when reading what follows . |
| 18 | Mr Howell said no legal opinion had been sought before entering into the transactions , although a council memo suggested that visits should be made to other local authorities . |
| 19 | However , it seems unlikely that it was intended that less disclosure should be made to private customers than to professionals . |
| 20 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
| 21 | Whatever is good in the writings of others should be copied , and constant reference should be made to such books as an English grammar , Roget 's Thesaurus and a good dictionary . |
| 22 | ‘ Did you then suggest to the management team that , although the administrative assistants were arguing for party with the statistical clerks , reference should be made to similar groups in the private sector ? ’ |
| 23 | Also I think that in criteria nine , that reference should be made to unacceptable coalescence being avoided . |
| 24 | What response should be made to these infamous but slightly irritating counter-examples ? |
| 25 | Reference should be made to some of the following topics : — structural semantics , lexis , semantics and grammar , componential analysis , generative semantics , universal semantics . |
| 26 | Some printed solutions contain supplementary matter not dealt with in the lesson notes or course of reading , and reference should be made to this on the student 's attempt at the question . |
| 27 | Initial enquiries about the content of the data and access to them should be made to either Professor John Fox at City University or Ken Fogelman at the National Children 's Bureau . |
| 28 | In cases where clients are reluctant to accept our standard letter , and for further advice generally , reference should be made to Corporate Financial Services Unit . |
| 29 | In cases where clients are reluctant to accept our standard letter , and for further advice generally , reference should be made to Corporate Financial Services Unit . |
| 30 | The cumulative effect of unemployment should be demonstrated to this and successive governments by drawing on bureaux experience which highlights the correlation between unemployment and multiple debt , matrimonial problems and fuel debts , etc . |