Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , it is important that far more thought should be given to creating communal conditions and facilities for those who want them . |
| 2 | Allergies to wood dust can develop in staff and consideration should be given to using dust-free sawdust and to the staff wearing masks when handling the dry bedding . |
| 3 | Urgent attention should be given to developing British Standards for all types of closure so that legislation can be brought into force . |
| 4 | In addition , consideration will be given to translating other SCOTVEC literature , as appropriate . |
| 5 | Thus the Paris Summit in 1972 produced a clear statement that a high priority should be given to correcting regional imbalances which would otherwise interfere with the realisation of economic and monetary union . |
| 6 | Given the protests against inserting the principle of " juste retour " into the EC budget , much greater emphasis can be given to relating national payments to relative GNPs . |
| 7 | Priority , it was argued , should be given to improving industrial investment and increasing productivity and export levels to ensure economic recovery . |
| 8 | Before serious thought can be given to designing general population interventions , there needs to be an accumulation of clear results from experimental targeted interventions for people coping with one particular life event or chronic strain . |
| 9 | During the year under review the highest priority has continued to be given to making printed materials , received from all sources , available quickly for consultation by users of the Library , and to providing bibliographic information about the collections to users at remote locations via the Joint Academic Network ( JANET ) . |
| 10 | In addition attention will also be given to having sufficient purchases to meet the demand of customers . |
| 11 | All the above suggests that serious consideration should be given to abandoning judicial practices which protect the accused from arbitrary or unjust conviction , or which ensure they receive the benefit of the doubt , and exploring alternative judicial principles more relevant to prosecuting ( and convicting ) corporations and their officials ( Friedman 1979 ) . |
| 12 | Titles of National Awards will be of great importance and considerable thought will be given to identifying suitable names which relate to the needs of users . |
| 13 | Temporary Christmas card shops in London , Belfast , Cardiff , Bristol , Manchester and Croydon are being set up by 4C , and 82 per cent of the retail price will be given to leading charitable organisations . |
| 14 | Its task would be limited to ensuring free and fair multiracial elections to a constitution-making body ( a constituent assembly ) . |
| 15 | There are fears that , with its loss of independence , GMAG 's role might be downgraded to preparing general standards of risk assessment and containment , and the major responsibility of assessing each individual project would pass to the HSE . |
| 16 | It is a most precocious breed , commonly calving at two years old or earlier , and many individuals seem to be predisposed to fostering alien calves so that they are good multiple sucklers if the milk is not too rich . |
| 17 | Games theory can equally be applied to characterizing human norms which are instituted against aggression and other non-cooperative behaviour . |
| 18 | In this period of the last decades of the twentieth century there is much evidence of a decline in the standards of human behaviour , and this , unquestionably , can be attributed to faltering human consciences . |
| 19 | These select committees were not intended to be tied to producing particular reports , but were to collect information and let the House and the public know what disputes were going on and what agreements were being reached within ministries , between them and between civil servants and outside pressure groups . |
| 20 | It therefore seemed appropriate that the Fund should be geared to helping interested young people become involved with Medau , e.g. to set up classes , youth teams , and to encourage teacher-training , etc . |
| 21 | John Prescott , Labour 's transport spokesman , made a blistering attack on the Government 's under-investment in rail , and promised that Labour 's transport policies would be geared to preventing environmental damage . |
| 22 | She will be reduced to wearing baggy jumpers and those shapeless monsters , maternity dresses , for the next nine months . |
| 23 | This is an aspect of pastoral development in which small groups meet together principally for Bible study but , in many cases , they may be devoted to promoting other activities as well , such as literacy classes or agricultural cooperatives . |
| 24 | Energy has to be devoted to making sure that the assumptions which lie behind these activities are genuinely shared ; mistaken judgements can lead to ambiguity in the way in which people outside a school view its managers . |
| 25 | The direction in which management will be pushed need not be a more efficient one ( for example , more money might be allocated to controlling conspicuous waste than is justified economically ) , but the potency of the control is fairly obvious . |
| 26 | The new careers service will not be restricted to helping young people — there will also be scope to assist unemployed adults , people faced with redundancy or those seeking a career change . |
| 27 | The low turnover rates may be ascribed to continuing pancreatic cell malfunction after recovery from acute alcoholic pancreatitis and suggest that the decreased amylase secretion rates are partly a consequence of impaired amylase synthesis and not simply because of loss of pancreatic tissue . |
| 28 | Education , too , can be directed to encouraged certain ideals . |
| 29 | However , there is now a wider awareness of the need for greater attention to be paid to changing public attitudes and to the financially unquantifiable effects and social costs of closures to residents ( Hillman and Whalley 1980 ) . |
| 30 | This workshop will be dedicated to making modern products from the woodlands , and while materials for its construction will be traditional , the building techniques will be modern . |