Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question was whether , in the harsher climate of the late 1970s and early 1980s , the fragments could be welded together to form a new force in British politics . |
| 2 | The three different unit sizes can be arranged together to form a natural stone effect . |
| 3 | The photograph on the facing page shows various ways in which miniatures can be grouped together to make an effective display . |
| 4 | But they could be expected especially to move a religious audience committed to a divine order comprehending all men . |
| 5 | It is then possible that a sequence both of coordinate transformations ( 12.19 ) and Ehlers transformations ( 12.20 ) in the potential space can be applied alternately to generate a further class of solutions with an infinite number of parameters . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , a start needed to be made somewhere to build a cumulative and objective body of knowledge of the relationships between the properties of social phenomena as a prelude to the formulation of substantial theoretical laws . |
| 7 | Thus , by selecting the right ‘ task ’ , we have constrained a system we know , because we designed it that way , to be organized redundantly to give a double dissociation . |
| 8 | There are a number of variables against which a language can vary , e.g. time-span , geographical origin , gender of author , discourse type , subject area , etc. , and the sources from which the corpus is compiled must be selected carefully to maintain a representative balance . |
| 9 | This can reduce the tax liability on the estate , and can mean that money which might otherwise go to the taxman will be used instead to support a worthwhile cause of your choosing . |
| 10 | It is very unlikely that a Labour Prime Minister would be deprived of his seat in this way , but it deserves to be noted that , however unwittingly , a piece of machinery has been created which could be used locally to deprive a Labour Prime Minister of his seat . |
| 11 | The mould-pieces are removed , and in principle can be used again to produce an identical statue , but there is little evidence for this being done in Greece . |
| 12 | These can be used both to complete an on-exchange contract by substituting an off-exchange contract , and to bring an off-exchange contract on-exchange , to be completed by immediate offset or through the exchange clearing system . |
| 13 | Both the border and the single motifs can also be used upside-down to give a solid edge at the bottom and an irregular edge at the top . |
| 14 | This traditional-style comfort room shows how plains , patterns and stripes can be used together to give a lived-in look . |
| 15 | It expects a non-Russian contractor to be commissioned soon to construct an international terminal at Domodeovo . |
| 16 | The unwanted side strips can then be peeled away to reveal a perfect seam . |
| 17 | In other words , she is someone who might have difficulty with spelling as she grows , but could be helped now to become a competent speller . |
| 18 | A wyvern without a rider can be employed either to launch an early attack on your enemy 's artillery or on a powerful character . |
| 19 | I asked for you to be brought here to do a specific job . |
| 20 | A further elaboration of this technique is the use by the respondents of computer-linked handsets that can be simply manipulated to show their response throughout the commercial : they can be asked simply to indicate an overall favourable or unfavourable response or to reflect some more specific description of the film — ‘ exciting ’ , ‘ funny ’ , ‘ tasteful ’ , etc . |
| 21 | The answer to these doubts is that not one of these three measures is adequate on its own , and that all three should be taken together to give a proper guide to costs . |