Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case the context-dependency can be traced to specific deictic expressions or indexicals . |
| 2 | It is true that the increasing scale of certain enterprises in post war Britain can be traced to speculative financial considerations ( primarily among those which Channon identifies as ‘ acquisitive diversifiers ’ ) , and that many such enterprises have failed to exploit economies of scale and have shown a poor record even in terms of profitability . |
| 3 | It was decided that , because of the specialized nature of patents and SSL 's lack of resources , detailed patent enquiries should , for the time being , be referred to other specialized agencies in Scotland . |
| 4 | But fears that it would be given to poorly educated women or ethnic minorities , without their informed consent , led the Health Minister , Kenneth Clarke , to refuse the drug a full licence last year . |
| 5 | this would change the interpretation to be given to particular statutory provisions ; or |
| 6 | If the gutter is to be joined to existing cast iron guttering ( next door 's , perhaps ) , the appropriate connector will be needed . |
| 7 | You know , we , it might be alright to be a nice , to be likened to nice little furry lambs and all the rest of it , but to be likened to a sheep is not a compliment , it 's a bit of an insult , because there 's no more helpless , stupid creature harpi , God ever created than sheep ! |
| 8 | Since Ulpian is the only source for this , conclusions must be limited to late classical law , although it is not unlikely that the same applied earlier . |
| 9 | Electrophysiological assessment should not be limited to programmed ventricular stimulation but should include a comprehensive evaluation of sinus node , AV node , and His-Purkinje function . |
| 10 | If this is the case , then it suggests that an important aspect of skilled reading is to avoid attending too closely to what is being fixated at any one moment , and to allow our eyes to be attracted to nearby interesting meanings . |
| 11 | The discussion will be confined to rational-deductive strategic and economic analysis . |
| 12 | Prunes can be added to other dried fruit to make a fruit compote , or to a muesli ; add pumpkin , sunflower or sesame seeds to provide further vital nutrients . |
| 13 | One might quibble with these distinctions , but the proposal is simple : BSL is a language for conveying information and will be optimal where accurate and immediate knowledge is the goal ; methods imposed on this medium will be tailored to specific educational goals and these will be a function of the priorities of teachers , parents and society . |
| 14 | It is an excellent example of the way in which thorough research methodology can be applied to complex human experience and provide useful and thought-provoking results . |
| 15 | For example , Prentky , in his book Creativity and Psychopathology , tabulates the probable psychiatric diagnoses that could be applied to certain eminent writers , artists , scientists and composers . |
| 16 | Both of these methods will be discussed briefly , but it 's important to remember that any particular grouping should only be applied to individual recognizable phases of an eruption , and that it does n't necessarily apply to the whole thing . |
| 17 | Lessons learned need to be applied to other historic sites . |
| 18 | It is to be hoped that this can be applied to other similar situations of deadlock . |
| 19 | The Broad Sanctuary houses were common-place and unattractive , and it was ‘ an important question of principle ’ if this style was to be applied to other public building . |
| 20 | If speed reducing measures such as humps were to be applied to other residential roads , then all manner of surface treatments for safety and environmental improvement — including shared spaces where appropriate — become feasible . |
| 21 | In addition the laser methods are so powerful that they can be applied to excited nuclear states . |
| 22 | Additions could be made to existing New Towns around London , particularly Stevenage and Harlow , but also at Basildon , Crawley and Hemel Hempstead , and also to a dozen other towns in the South-east , all of which offered scope for an expansion of at least 30,000 population : Aylesbury , Banbury , Bedford , Chelmsford , Colchester , Hastings , Maidstone , Medway Towns , Norwich , Poole , Reading and Southend . |
| 23 | Mr Howell said no legal opinion had been sought before entering into the transactions , although a council memo suggested that visits should be made to other local authorities . |
| 24 | In cases where clients are reluctant to accept our standard letter , and for further advice generally , reference should be made to Corporate Financial Services Unit . |
| 25 | In cases where clients are reluctant to accept our standard letter , and for further advice generally , reference should be made to Corporate Financial Services Unit . |
| 26 | By the late seventies some British academics were displaying a wary but sympathetic interest in early or classical structuralism , particularly as it was expounded in Culler 's widely read Structuralist Poetics , a lucid , urbane work which suggested that structuralism might , without too much difficulty , be adopted to existing academic practice . |
| 27 | Additionally , it is hoped that the block student membership scheme , being piloted at De Montfort University will be expanded to other interested schools in the near future . |
| 28 | Spare capacity would be resold to other British Telecom units , which could offer a variety of services over the network . |
| 29 | Some records may be transferred to other appropriate media at this phase . |
| 30 | With the benefit of hindsight er could the tornado programme have been made more efficient with the lessons that you 've learnt so far , er from er Eurofighter an and secondly , perhaps more difficult , er the lessons you have learned from tornado and certainly from the current project , could they be transferred to other complicated collaborative er project , programmes like cobra and ? |