Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [be] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) . |
| 2 | Guidance needs to be given on the action to be taken once the possibility of dementia is suspected . |
| 3 | It may not in all cases be sufficient to advise a client that the action which he desires to take is not possible under the existing law ; circumstances may arise in which the proper answer is that if the law does not allow the action to be taken then the law itself should be changed . |
| 4 | ‘ They expect servants to be invisible , but they expect the work to be done all the same , ’ put in Ethel . |
| 5 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |
| 6 | He should legislate now for a referendum to be held once the negotiations at Maastricht are complete . |
| 7 | Such reform would have to be approved by the Djiboutian people in a referendum to be held once the " armed bands operating in the north " had been " chased off national territory " . |
| 8 | It was revealing to note that the single most commonly voiced response to being asked how the library would like to develop its overall programme , was in terms of training officers , or more training officers ’ time , mentioned by libraries of all sizes and types : |
| 9 | After the show , Michael Codron ordered the number to be performed exactly the same way for every performance thereafter . |
| 10 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |
| 11 | He wants the matter to be put on the back burner until the Republic have taken another important step towards next year 's USA finals . |
| 12 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 13 | Will he ensure that sufficient facilities are made available north of Manchester and Liverpool to allow people and freight to be carried on the trains ? |
| 14 | Each of these gates were fitted with a sluice , to enable the space between it and the gate on the tank to be flooded once the join had been made . |
| 15 | Even punk , once the rhetoric about dole queues , anarchy and Sten guns in Knightsbridge had been exhausted , had become just one more uniform to be hung on the clothesrail of British pop culture , to be dusted down nostalgically on anniversaries . |