Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Bingham Report recommended a statutory duty for auditors ‘ to report to the Bank any information or opinion which the auditor knows or should reasonably know to be relevant to a bank 's fulfilment of the criteria in Sch 3 of the 1987 [ Banking ] Act ’ ( ie the criteria for being licensed as a bank ) , auditors ' reactions varied from the totally relaxed to the slightly concerned , but no one positively opposed the change . |
| 2 | A patio does n't need to be grand to be attractive |
| 3 | This search for increased value would probably need to be subject to constraints reflecting ‘ soft rationing ’ and the need for balanced growth , which are already implicit within strategic portfolio analysis . |
| 4 | The practice would need to be able to accurately check the blood glucose , weigh the patient , examine the eyes and record the results . |
| 5 | This too would necessitate a new political system where traditional party politics would need to be subordinate to a national will for reform and the consequent reduction of democratic rights . |
| 6 | Do you need to be near to something e.g. schools , college , work , family , medical services ? |
| 7 | The health authority is entitled to object and does object to being subject to an order of the court with penal consequences in the event of disobedience when it does not know precisely what is required of it . |
| 8 | The three questions in the centre concern the proper focus of RE , attending to what religious people may consider to be central to religion : the questions of definition , integrity and truth . |
| 9 | In addition , why the controlled group chooses to be compliant , or why it may choose to be resistant to any process of control , is also ignored . |
| 10 | We are left with only five texts in which the linguistic confusion does not appear to be attributable to textual interference . |
| 11 | It should be noted that the same definition of " in the course of a business " would appear to be appropriate to the second limb of the definition , concerned with the status of the supplier ; the Court of Appeal in R&B relied on decisions concerned with the meaning of supplies " in the course of business " under the Trade Descriptions Acts ( see Davies v Sumner [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 831 ; Havering LBC v Stephenson [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 1375 ) . |
| 12 | This may not be immediately obvious , and in some cases in may even appear to be contrary to what one would normally regard as " common sense " . |
| 13 | Many of the events do not appear to be amenable to prevention . |
| 14 | Therefore , the day-by-day changes in the timing of rhythms seen in the aged do not appear to be due to day-by-day irregularities of habits , and this suggests an internal cause due to the body clock . |
| 15 | The fear , whether justified or not , undoubtedly enhanced the influence of a politician , for evenhanded justice would therefore appear to be due to his favour . |
| 16 | It would appear to be due to the strength of these preferences that prime borrowers have frequently been able to raise funds more cheaply by making a eurosterling rather than a domestic issue . |
| 17 | At one of the interviews where both an arts adviser and an administrator were present , differing views were expressed , but surprisingly , the ambiguity of this did not appear to be apparent to either interviewee . |
| 18 | Does it apply to a public utility which may or may not appear to be similar to a local government ? |
| 19 | The prisons do not appear to be full to overflowing as in so many European countries . |
| 20 | For example , it would appear to be open to the senior officer to inform the organisers of the meeting in question that the numbers of the meeting are too great , and require the organisers of the meeting to assist the police in dispersing the mob . |
| 21 | This would appear to be unique to man . |
| 22 | Pregnancy itself does not appear to be harmful to women with HIV infection . |
| 23 | The husband would appear to be liable to capital gains tax on any increase in value of his share of the former matrimonial home between the date of the transfer into settlement and the date of the deferred sale . |
| 24 | Yet just as racism itself views black settlers as an external , alien visitation , antiracism can itself appear to be tangential to the main business of the political system as a whole . |
| 25 | If any further immediate description of qualification is sought , we can only say that it introduces an element which the speaker does feel to be relevant to identification of a property or an entity , but subject to the constraint that the element so introduced is not actually equivalent to the item qualified . |
| 26 | the resources which he could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and |
| 27 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 28 | And he did not look to be equal to the formidable task of escaping the net that had been spread for him . |
| 29 | The qualifying condition , however , in this particular instance , was that Mrs Beattie and Mrs Friar could hardly be classed as neighbours and even the most cock-eyed optimist would never even hope that they might even begin to be pleasant to each other . |
| 30 | Do n't you dare to be insolent to me again . |