Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to be [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thom 's theoretical analysis was based on the work of S.R. Broadbent , a statistician whose quantum hypothesis allows the extent to which data are quantised to be assessed objectively . |
| 2 | The poems are intended to be read aloud as in the late middle ages , a period to which Darras is keenly attracted because national and linguistic boundaries had not yet hardened . |
| 3 | Apart from other considerations , it is manifest that the words of section 6(1) of the Act of 1978 are intended to be interpreted widely , hence the use of the words ‘ whatever the basis of his liability ’ and the emphasis added by the word ‘ otherwise ’ at the end of the enumerated causes of action . |
| 4 | The resolutions , which have recently been published , call for a more just media environment in the Philippines in particular , but are intended to be used worldwide . |
| 5 | This may be linked to : ( a ) structures of the subject being taught ; ( b ) progression in the number of components of the subject pupils may be expected to have learned in the course of their instruction ; ( c ) the degree of difficulty of typical test items ; ( d ) sequences which correspond to the teaching approaches of the designers of a graded assessment scheme ; 4 all of the items in a test are at a similar or the same level of difficulty ; 5 tests are intended to be taken only when pupils are ready for them ; 6 performance on tests is described in terms of " pass ' and " fail " , rather than a mark or grade . |
| 6 | Similarly , normal copying programs which come with a computer operating system are within the law because they are designed to be used legitimately , to take back-up copies of programs and data files . |
| 7 | Oxford primary readers are designed to be used very flexibly . |
| 8 | ‘ Train services between Darlington and Hartlepool have been drastically reduced and are expected to be withdrawn completely later this year . |
| 9 | UK dates are expected to be announced shortly . |
| 10 | Typical projects are expected to be split fairly evenly between hardware , software and services . |
| 11 | Typical projects are expected to be split fairly evenly between hardware , software and services . |
| 12 | To try to divert it , 30 concrete blocks , each weighing two tons , are expected to be lowered today from Black Stallion helicopters belonging to Nato . |
| 13 | Its main conclusions are expected to be published later . |
| 14 | Cabinets for the spirit collection are expected to be delivered soon . |
| 15 | Negotiations with Holland and Sweden are expected to be opened soon . |
| 16 | As long as the limitations are recognised and understood and those who allocate are seen to be acting fairly and using socially accepted criteria such as equity and efficiency , the use of rough , though conceptually sound , mechanisms ( for example , the original RAWP formula ) is most probably as good as we can get . |
| 17 | There is not much comfort for the museum in the knowledge that celebrated works are impossible to fence ; the idiosyncratic choice of stolen works strongly suggests that one buyer 's taste was being followed and that they are destined to be hidden away in a private collection , possibly in South America or Japan . |
| 18 | Scripts for real broadcasts are written to be read aloud — sometimes to be read as though they were spontaneous speech . |
| 19 | In this book authorities are said to be limited also by the kinds of reasons on which they may or may not rely in making decisions and issuing directives , and by the kind of reasons their decisions can pre-empt . |
| 20 | Up to twenty thousand a day are being allowed to cross into Jordan from Iraq , but thousands more are said to be waiting just across the border . |
| 21 | church in the Strand , so named because various Danish Kings are said to be buried there . |
| 22 | They 're expected to be allowed home tomorrow , counting themselves very lucky . |
| 23 | There are some things in this that obviously we can support , the delete or reduction in the contingency pros p provision to a hundred thousand pounds , we 're going to be moving later on to delete even that amount but it 's surprising you were telling us you 've been telling us for years you have to have two hundred thousand pounds in the contingency . |
| 24 | I said to myself , ‘ this is ridiculous , of course you 're going to be fed properly ’ , but I was still afraid . |
| 25 | that one on your graph because it 's a real application that will apply to your work and it 's the sort of thing you 're going to be plotting anyway . |
| 26 | Right , well you know you 're going to be disqualified eventually for this offence if you 're convicted . |
| 27 | Right well you know you 're going to be disqualified eventually for this offence if you 're convicted ? |
| 28 | I mean of course you 're going to be judged adversely perhaps , but i in a church you are being listened to by people who are of like mind , and therefore willing you to have something of value and interest to say to them . |
| 29 | So he 'd say , ‘ I 'd like you to imagine going into a recording studio , you 've never met the band in your life , you 're going to do a session for them and you 're going to be paid very well and they 're all on Acid and they 're playing rockabilly . |
| 30 | ‘ They 're going to be recruited centrally from now on , that is by the respective Whips ’ Offices , ’ said Evans . |