Example sentences of "and [pers pn] is to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAUDE Alice Rand is 107 today and she is to be wished many happy returns by the Queen , the Queen Mother and the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 2 | The standard has been set by Penny 's monumental work , and he is to be heartily congratulated for his achievement . |
| 3 | Mrs Ashton is a friend of Mr MacConachie 's bank manager , Mr David France , of the High Row branch of Barclays in Darlington , and he is to be best man . |
| 4 | Despite its importance and grade II* listing , the treatment it has received in recent years has been disgraceful , and it is to be hoped a great many lessons will have been learnt about how to deal with irresponsible owners of such important listed buildings . |
| 5 | The roads in this upper part of the valley were designed in medieval times for the occasional passage of horses and carts and have never been brought to modern standards by straightening and widening and it is to be hoped that they never will be . |
| 6 | Common Terns at present nest on an island in the pit , and it is to be hoped that when disturbance is too great for them they will move to the Local Nature Reserve at Rye Harbour , which includes a gravel pit with suitable islands . |
| 7 | In fact what is proposed by Mr Ceravolo in his report to the Parliament is the setting of a timetable for the elimination of lead from petrol and it is likely that this will be on the agenda of the Council of Ministers in June and it is to be hoped that the Council will then call on the Commission to proceed to a new directive on the matter to replace the existing one which determines the 0.15 minimum level . |
| 8 | Vesey slowly unrolls a stale Chelsea bun ; and it is to be feared he is hungry enough to eat it . |
| 9 | AT&T Co says it plans to begin selling its first personal communicator in its phone centre stores this June — but the things are not likely exactly to walk off the shelves , because they will cost between $2,000 and $3,000 : the Hobbit-powered device will incorporate cellular phone , paging abilities , facsimile functions , electronic mail and messaging services and pen-based computing , and it derives from the company 's alliances with EO Inc and General Magic Corp and it is to be built by Eo . |
| 10 | The system costs $4,000 to $18,000 depending on the size of the server and as well as being available on the NCR System 3000 family is also available on the HP 9000 line through Independence Technologies Inc , Fremont , California , and it is to be offered on other non-NCR systems shortly . |
| 11 | The 80486SLC box with 4Mb to 6Mb , disk and facsimile modem , weighs 2 lbs 8 oz , and it is to be launched this week at $2,500 . |
| 12 | The interpretation of this would appear to be within the competence of the state of origin , and it is to be hoped that an interpretation reflecting the realities of the position would always be adopted ; what is important to the defendant is prompt access to the information he needs in order to judge how to respond to the current move by the other party . |
| 13 | This comment was later confirmed by Flying Scotsman Services and it is to be hoped that the long awaited 8F event will be sanctioned . |
| 14 | The runs have captured the imagination of the enthusiasts and it is to be hoped that British Rail will allow these trains to run in 1992 . |
| 15 | An alternative formulation of the characteristic function is evidently unc and it is to be observed that the two formulations imply , inter alia , unc and unc where Theorems II and III of 1.22 have been used . |
| 16 | While the revocation of a parole licence is a relatively rare occurrence , this type of decision in the new scheme will become commonplace , and it is to be hoped that the Court will address the policy questions and give guidance as early as possible after the implementation of the Act . |
| 17 | And it is to be noted that the initial mistake was that of the judge who made his ruling and his reference to the second statement without argument and in unfortunate terms . |
| 18 | The topic of interpersonal distance has a copious literature in its own right ( see Argyle and Cook , 1976 ) and it is to be expected that any effects due to hemispheric asymmetry will interact with social and personality factors in different ways under different circumstances . |
| 19 | The majority of applicants qualify for sickness and disability benefit and it is to be expected that the proportion of manual workers receiving such benefits is higher than their corresponding proportion in the general population . |
| 20 | This has seriously weakened the therapeutic and remedial potential of supervision orders and it is to be hoped that greater priority will be given to this area in the next few years . |
| 21 | Where this is so the question must be asked , what was the real or predominant purpose of the combination , and it is to be answered broadly as by a jury or judge of fact . |
| 22 | The report represents a step forward in thinking about public sector higher education within at least part of the University of Wales and it is to be hoped that its influence spreads widely throughout that body . |
| 23 | Serial composers generally avoid octaves altogether , and it is to be noted that meticulous workers such as Webern always contrive to form unisons when the same note occurs in two parts . |
| 24 | This practice plainly makes Community legislation clearer and more accessible , and it is to be hoped that it will be maintained and developed in the coming years . |
| 25 | How can the Secretary of State conceivably claim that Her Majesty 's inspectorate is to be strengthened when its numbers are to be cut by two thirds and it is to be subject to clear and specific direction from the Secretary of State ? |
| 26 | The relevant legislation ( Schedule 1 , Part 2 , Trade Union and Labour Relations Act , 1974 ) and the provisions of the Code of Practice give little guidance to tribunals as to how they should approach the problem of dismissal following on a conviction , and it is to be questioned whether firm guidelines would be beneficial . |
| 27 | New legislation is ‘ on the stocks ’ and it is to be hoped that politicians will take note of the example of Gothenburg , Emissionsteknik 's home city , where all the buses have recently been equipped with exhaust catalysts . |
| 28 | These management statistics are going to have an increasingly important rôle in determining university funding and spending in the coming years , and it is to be hoped that figures for all disciplines will be available in future . |
| 29 | Its name is PMMLIB.GIMMSPOLYDAT and it is to be opened on unit 12 . |
| 30 | Some failures are due to ischaemia , sepsis , and fistulas in the arly period after operation and it is to be hoped that these complications will become less with further experience . |