Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To raise revenue ; the annual Finance Acts are passed to give legislative authority to the Chancellor 's Budget . |
| 2 | The use of strategies such as ‘ party penetration ’ , where politically chosen personnel are appointed to key organizational positions to prevent any frustration of party policy by unsympathetic or parochial bureaucrats , is only one example . |
| 3 | The Hochland colours of red and green are shown here in conjunction with a black plume — the colours of plumes and ribbons are used to indicate individual regiments . |
| 4 | If Japanese accounts are redrawn using American methods , the p/e ratios fall by 30–50% . |
| 5 | Their accounts are prepared using accrual-type concepts . |
| 6 | States are expected to submit annual reports on issues such as pollution control , biodiversity conservation , trends in health , poverty and population . |
| 7 | In this the Commission is charged with keeping all State aids under continuous review , and member states are required to provide prior notification of any plans to grant or to alter aid . |
| 8 | Clearly the President 's enemies are itching to believe unsubstantiated stories that could hurt him . |
| 9 | All too often , policies are introduced to solve particular problems of the day . |
| 10 | First , the discussion of policy making in the later part of the last chapter suggested that many new initiatives stem from the recognition that older policies are failing to meet desired goals . |
| 11 | More than ever before , imagination , insight , understanding of new media and enthusiasm for the processes of ongoing change are going to become essential ingredients to effective librarianship . |
| 12 | Particular skills and attitudes are needed to make voluntary agreements workable and fair . |
| 13 | Other electrical frequencies are known to have specific effects on the body . |
| 14 | Various strategies are developed to handle potential conflicts that can not be overcome because people keep meeting each other . |
| 15 | This is so because , if courts are empowered to make authoritative determinations of the fact that a rule has been broken , these can not avoid being taken as authoritative determinations of what the rules are . |
| 16 | One photographic technique , called photogrammetry , is sometimes used to supplement or even replace plans by taking vertical photographs of the site from a constant height , in much the same way as maps are produced using aerial photography . |
| 17 | Local authorities are required to take reasonable steps to ascertain entitlement to discount , but in the absence of firm information they can send out an undiscounted bill . |
| 18 | Under these provisions local authorities are expected to provide Intermediate Treatment , which is designed to replace attendance and detention centres . |
| 19 | This is by no means an easy task when so many types of movement classes and fitness pursuits are competing to attract potential members . |
| 20 | The law is continually changing , and solicitors are required to undertake continuing education as long as they practise . |
| 21 | Two Christian solicitors are needed to represent young people in Wolverhampton and six voluntary organisations are in danger of going under because they need an accountant . |
| 22 | Attempts are made to improve existing courses , either as a result of personal observations , or from discussions with participating students . |
| 23 | The court will usually impose a requirement that appropriate attempts are made to trace lost shareholders at reasonable intervals , often by advertisements . |
| 24 | Students following the MA(Honours) course are expected to study Islamic History and the Modern History of the Middle East during two of their four years . |
| 25 | Many of his proposals are intended to help British industry and in themselves these are welcome . |
| 26 | This is when , under positions of market shortage of liquidity , discount houses are invited to offer eligible instruments for sale . |
| 27 | The former Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan is planning several projects to modernise its telecommunications system and agreement has been reached with Turkey for the installation of a 200-line telex exchange , and NEC Corp and Mitsui & Co are working to modernise existing telecommunications in the country ; the Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications is also looking into buying in payphones that will be able to handle international calls . |
| 28 | The development of high quality open learning texts is expensive and those that already exist in chemistry have in major part been produced using public funds . |
| 29 | This approach , which had earlier been used in relation to other fields such as architecture ( Knowles , 1974 ) embraces population ecology , system ecology , the city as a habitat , and then energy and material transfer in cities are used to highlight spatial contrasts within the city and between cities and also to differentiate cities from rural environments . |
| 30 | First , since the ICC is not a lawmaking body it can not formulate rules of a mandatory character ; indeed , its rules are intended to encapsulate proper practice rather than to distribute legal liability . |