Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was no easy task , and heavy equipment had to be manhandled for about a mile from the nearest road . |
| 2 | I believe that the spirit chooses which lessons it is to be faced with during the course of a particular lifetime . |
| 3 | The transport workers , GMB general workers , AEEU manufacturing union , Usdaw shopworkers and UCW postal staff are likely to be joined by at least two others — the Nupe public employees and Cohse health workers — which would guarantee Mr Smith just over 30 per cent of the total vote . |
| 4 | The worst response would be the sort that has already begun to be hinted at for ICI : protecting itself through a tangle of joint ventures . |
| 5 | He purchased of me — the copies left on my hands — and he alone is to be applied to on the point you wish answered . ’ |
| 6 | One resident , Edith Vivian , 66 , said : ‘ It 's quite frightening for us to be broken into like this . |
| 7 | The ball diamond was a sanctuary not to be broken into by philistines . |
| 8 | Such accounts cast doubt on whether an understanding of reality is to be conceived of as the primary goal of science or the actual nature of its achievement . |
| 9 | Even though he said all these things , he is not to be heard of during the final battle . |
| 10 | Lord Simon showed what a difficult concept this is when he reviewed various possible definitions of " quasi-arbitrator " in Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 at 824 G. He said that it could mean ( 1 ) a third party whose duty it is , in deciding a question , to " hold the scales fairly " and who is " likely to be shot at by both sides " this was formulated three different ways ; or ( 2 ) " an arbitrator at common law in contradistinction from one under the Arbitration Act 1950 " [ an obscure conceptpresumably only for oral arbitration agreements or agreements specifically excluding the operation of the Act ] ; or ( 3 ) " a person who is not an arbitrator under the Arbitration Act 1950 but nevertheless acts in a judicial capacity or character or fulfills a judicial function . " |
| 11 | They do n't expect to be shot at in Croatia and Slovenia . |
| 12 | Siemens Nixdorf 's workforce this year is expected to be cut by at least 600 additional people , up from 200 people last year , due to the general decline in demand for computer products . |
| 13 | In Britain various landforms have been said to be exhumed from beneath a covering of Triassic sediments . |
| 14 | Given the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons , is not this a wonderful opportunity to approach the republics , particularly those that want to declare themselves nuclear-free zones — something that used to be sneered at by Conservative Members — in order to eliminate those weapons from the world ? |
| 15 | However , a truly " liberal " or " higher " education could inculcate a higher subjectivity which transcended nature by offering experiences , feelings , and pleasures that were beyond the mindless routines thought to be engaged in by most of mankind . |
| 16 | Attlee did not expect to win the general election held on 5 July 1945 ( though the result was not declared until 26 July , to allow the votes of the Armed Forces to be garnered from around the globe ) . |
| 17 | There were plenty of crumbs to be gathered from around the cheese and scraps of meat and tasty skin to be picked from the carcass of a cooked chicken . |
| 18 | Banana production , the major activity of the region , which provided 35 per cent of world exports , was expected to be disrupted for between two and six weeks . |
| 19 | Otherwise it was a tiny Citroën or a moped , both clapped out , and having to be run with at high speed down the hill and then jumped on with alacrity . |
| 20 | McKim said : ‘ I can take a punch or a kick but to be spat at for no reason is disgusting . |
| 21 | You will be asked to state your preferred days and hours of work , and whether you are willing to be called upon at very short notice to cover for staff absence or other emergency . |
| 22 | Having negotiated the final stages of the pay beds , and the legislation with David Ennals ( now Lord Ennals ) , who had succeeded Barbara Castle at the DHSS , it was gratifying to my vanity to be called upon by him very shortly afterwards for a purpose much closer to my heart . |
| 23 | Er in fact it was put to me as as an option by Superintendent that this could be , if this could be done er at the time er if I recall one of the reasons erm that we were n't able to do it in such a way was that there are numerous exits to the block of flats and each exit would have had to be covered by at least two armed officers we only only had in the region of twenty five officers available to us at that time in the police who were authorised to be armed and to maintain such a surveillance , erm not only would be very costly in the terms of the number of officers . |
| 24 | Marriage today is seen as a matter for the couples themselves and not something to be decided upon by members of some wider kinship grouping . |
| 25 | To fulfil the objective of setting up a serious centre , the new course needs to be supported by at least one new lecturer , and ideally two — a theologian and a development specialist with experience in small-scale community participation projects of the type churches are often involved with . |
| 26 | In order to have my clothing coupons replaced I had to be vouched for by a responsible person , and Leslie 's uncle , who was a K.C. and Sheriff-Substitute of Fife and Kinross , kindly did this for me . |
| 27 | It seemed impossible he would escape detection , and with each yard he covered he expected the alarm to be raised from within the house . |
| 28 | Many of them will want to be cared for at home . |
| 29 | is it easier for you to be cared for at home or in hospital ? |
| 30 | In the October of 1855 Sarah returned to London , just five years after she had left her baby to be cared for in the Foundling Hospital . |