Example sentences of "be [verb] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most comprehensive studies of the results of randomization trials that has been reported was due to Kaimann . |
| 2 | The green left sleeve brassard carries a red-on-yellow rampant Lion of Scotland patch , which we are told is special to the CO and his crew . |
| 3 | But though everyone acts for himself , his knowledge of what others are doing is supposed to be generally sufficient to prevent him from taking a lower or paying a higher price than others are doing . |
| 4 | The detection rate of cryptosporidiosis in the one year in which it was possible to be calculated was similar to the finding of 1.4% reported by Baxby and Hart . |
| 5 | Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered . |
| 6 | The first point to be made is that to is not , strictly speaking , part of the infinitive : the latter is a verb , whereas to is a dematerialized preposition whose use is called for in certain contexts because of the meaning it expresses . |
| 7 | The necessity for the function to be characterised as ‘ judicial ’ before procedural constraints would be imposed was integral to this approach , because only bodies exercising such functions would be suited to adjudicative procedures . |
| 8 | In both cases , the conditions under which liquor may be sold are subject to the provisions of subs . |
| 9 | The terms which are to be used are likely to be specified , and synonyms recognized and probably eliminated ( for example , Packaging may be indicated as preferable to Wrapping ) . |
| 10 | And in so far as it , as the question arises erm of what kind of , of provisions erm are you going to find if you go abroad , erm then I think we can say that within the European Community , erm citizens of one member state are entitled to what the citizens of the member state in which they happen to be staying are entitled to . |
| 11 | That such a stage could be reached was due to the work of three men . |
| 12 | When the number of steps to be executed is equal to the number of deceleration delay circuits the downcounter produces a pulse , which switches off the clock and also triggers the first deceleration delay , T1' . |
| 13 | First , Marx and Engels argued that one of the reasons why capitalism would be destroyed was due to the internal contradictions of the system itself . |
| 14 | It is the belief of at least some hypnotherapists that the inability of some patients to be hypnotized is due to their subconscious fear that they will be unable to cope with what may come up and that they might go to pieces . |
| 15 | Prices for the first properties to be released are likely to be from just £49,995 . |
| 16 | In particular , the significance of the small number who say their work has been deskilled is open to question . |
| 17 | The sacrifices they are making are crucial to the freedom of millions … as is the sacrifice you contemplated . |
| 18 | The probability of a constituency being selected was proportional to its size . |
| 19 | are the ones estimated in January 1985 , the method being employed is similar to that of the Laspeyres index described above . |
| 20 | Wood arrived at the conclusion that the compass error they were experiencing was opposite to the error they had found coming south over the Timor Sea , and decided he had to trust Darwin 's bearings implicitly . |
| 21 | The few AEs who were distracted were unsuited to their roles in any case . |
| 22 | The rise in the number of rectal isolates of N gonorrhoeae in men reported for England and Wales in 1990 is not attributable to an increase in the number of reporting laboratories , and the marked shift in the male to female ratio of cases from which these isolates were obtained is unlikely to be caused by changes in the catchment population . |
| 23 | The number of new books being published is relevant to funding needs . |
| 24 | Elizabeth Mowbray gave a deep sigh as if the words that were to follow were unpleasing to her . |
| 25 | According to that document , non-fundholding practices such as the one to which I am referring were entitled to reimbursement of computer costs from April 1990 . |
| 26 | And of course And anyway , we got there , it was alright , and erm I had to fill this tractor , where it was , of course they 're going to make fun of me again , first morning I 'd got to get the tractor ready , and you know them , five gallon five gallon , things can happen at the time , and I have been had been supposed to be to get the hole at the top of the can , and not spill it you see . |
| 27 | Some time before the inception of the project , the area in which the school is located was subject to a reorganisation in which the sixth form was lost to a newly created tertiary college . |
| 28 | No figure can be put on the number of years for which such a procession must have been held to qualify for the exemption ; any figure that is imposed is likely to be arbitrary . |
| 29 | Of course , any plan that is made is liable to be disrupted by supervening events , but at least there will be a plan and a more systematic approach to the management of the project . |
| 30 | Well then , two infinitely large metal plates to which a constant voltage is applied are equivalent to two oppositely charged sheets . |