Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | By exploring the world in terms of the actions and their effects , young children come to realise that objects can be acted upon in different ways and that actions often result in objects changing their location ; they may be moved to a new place , positioned with respect to other objects or located on surfaces and in containers . |
| 2 | Most proceedings may be commenced in either court , though they may be transferred to the other court in due course ; of the rest , there are some which should always be commenced in the county court and others which should always be commenced in the High Court ( notwithstanding that the county court has jurisdiction to hear the case ) . |
| 3 | It is initially intended to launch these schemes in Germany and Switzerland but they may be extended to other countries later . |
| 4 | No other warranties or conditions to such effect may be implied except insofar as they may be annexed to the contract by custom or trade usage ( s14(4) of SGA 1979 , ss4(7) , 9(7) of SGSA 1982 ) . |
| 5 | RSI , by the use of an infrared ( IR ) line scanner , microwave radiometer , radar scatterometer and two sophisticated versions of the familiar optical camera offered a complete range of airborne remote sensing techniques , particularly as they may be applied to natural resources management . |
| 6 | When such changes are induced in the germ cells , they may be transmitted to descendants of the irradiated persons . |
| 7 | If adjustment to these constraints appears ( on the basis of psychological and/or physiological evidence ) to be innate rather than learned , they may be said to be ‘ built in ’ , or ‘ hard-wired ’ . |
| 8 | To the extent that these parts of the social structure are based on the same values , they may be said to be integrated . |
| 9 | They may be said to be exercising an administrative function . |
| 10 | Because food chains are simple , minerals absorbed into primary production settle in sediments where , in the absence of decomposers and detritus feeders , they may be lost to circulation . |
| 11 | I must announce to the House that I have not selected either of the amendments on the Order Paper , but they may be referred to during the debate . |
| 12 | They may be attached to a particular school for a single day or even part of a day , or for a substantially longer period . |
| 13 | They may be laid to rest by ringing a bell which has been blessed in church when they are sighted , then burying the bell in one stretch of water and the clapper in another . |
| 14 | All pupils need to be aware of the richness of experience offered by writing in English from different countries , so that they may be introduced to the ideas and feelings of countries different from their own , and so we shall help the cause of racial tolerance . |
| 15 | Then , a few days later , after the pigeons have had time to rest , they may be taken to some other point , perhaps one hundred miles south this time , and they will repeat the trick . |
| 16 | They may be driven to a frenzy by the pains , with a total loss of consideration for others ; they may be quarrelsome , disputative and uncivil . |
| 17 | And it may be argued that centralist solutions are dangerous , not only because in any particular administration they may be used to bad effect , but because in principle they inhibit freedom . |
| 18 | They may also be used in pressurized rural areas as a strategy for concentrating growth in order to relieve congestion in other villages , while in more remote regions they may be used to ‘ intercept ’ or reduce out-migration . |
| 19 | They may be issued to a creditor in exchange for goods and services received , or in exchange for money . |
| 20 | In certain areas of Britain there is also a ‘ tradition ’ of digging out badgers , so that they may be subjected to the same merciless treatment that is meted out to the fox . |
| 21 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 22 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 23 | Indeed , they may be considered to be much more practical than the visions given to us by politicians and hence may be more likely to have support . |
| 24 | Although the range of facilities and services may be smaller , they may be provided to a high standard . |
| 25 | Donations can be made out to SCF and sent to Mrs. Dakin , at 54 High View Road , Guildford , Surrey GU2 5RT — or they may be directed to the charity through the Herald editor , at one of the newspaper 's office . |
| 26 | Please send details of omissions or corrections to the list as soon as possible to Whitaker 's Bibliographic Services so that they may be added to subsequent listings . |
| 27 | Any patient who recurs after the three month check cystoscopy is reassessed going back to the beginning and they may be reassigned to one of the the o o one or other of the groups erm depending on that . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | However , arithmetic can not be done on these byte strings as they stand ; instead they must be converted to a different string data-type , known as packed decimal . |
| 30 | When the forms are returned , they must be sent to various people within the company , and regret letters or invitations to attend an interview must then be issued . |