Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] be [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swabs are taken from up to 60 birds and five dead birds must be sent to a ministry laboratory for testing , at the producer 's expense . |
| 2 | Purely in order to minimise costs , drafting meetings should be kept to a minimum and should wherever possible be restricted . |
| 3 | Disruption of normal activities should be kept to a minimum . |
| 4 | Secondly , if a worker does not want that to happen , sufficient funds may be transferred to a commercial company to enable it to continue to pay pension entitlements , including index linking . |
| 5 | ( 4.7 ) unc The sequential composition of a pair of assignments to different lists of variables may be reduced to a single assignment using this law with 3.2 and 3.3 . |
| 6 | Trimmings should be matched to a colour in the design of your fabric . |
| 7 | In many parts of the Kandyan Kingdom both civil and criminal disputes could be taken to a gamsabhava , or village council which attempted to bring about an amicable settlement . |
| 8 | ( If more volume really were needed then the direct outputs could be fed to a stereo power amp and then to additional speakers , but I 'm sure Marshall have aimed the S80 at a specific player who would find its volume adequate and who , if he or she needed more , would probably upgrade to a more powerful Marshall product . ) |
| 9 | He promised that any job losses would be kept to a minimum . |
| 10 | And on the Thursday , jazz fans will be treated to a comedy cabaret show at the Alton House Hotel , courtesy of Otis B. Driftwood . |
| 11 | All finalists will be invited to a spectacular winners ' reception in London in September . |
| 12 | All finalists will be introduced to an appropriate book-keeping system , enabling them to monitor and control their businesses in a professional manner . |
| 13 | The garment shapes will be saved to a default directory called SHAPES and the stitch patterns will be saved to a default directory called COLPATS . |
| 14 | The user 's privileges can be changed to a subset of your privileges by overtyping with Y or N. Initially , for a new user , no privileges are allocated . |
| 15 | Hand signals can be developed to a greater extent to train a dog which is deaf , although there is always the problem of attracting its attention in the first instance , particularly if it runs off . |
| 16 | In every one of the cases to which your Lordships have been referred where such dicta appear , the source from which the evidence sought to be excluded had been obtained has been the defendant himself or ( in some of the search cases ) premises occupied by him ; and the dicta can be traced to a common ancestor in Lord Goddard 's statement in Kuruma v. The Queen [ 1955 ] A.C. 197 which I have already cited . |
| 17 | Whilst constructs and elements may be supplied to a respondent , this is contrary to Kelly 's original theory which emphasizes the individual elicitation of both . |
| 18 | This largely stems from the current government 's reluctance to intervene in the workings of the market because , intervention by public authorities in lawful commercial transactions should be kept to a minimum , since broadly speaking the free commercial decisions of private decision-makers result in the most desirable outcomes for the economy as a whole . |
| 19 | waiting periods should be kept to a minimum ; |
| 20 | The French and German Environment Ministers , Ségolène Royale and Klaus Töpfer respectively , have agreed that fuel consumption on cars made in their countries should be cut to an average of 55 miles per gallon by 2005 . |
| 21 | Thus it was a natural step that in 1875 the Probate , Divorce , and Admiralty jurisdictions should be entrusted to a single division of the High Court . |
| 22 | The opposition Civic Forum earlier described the talks as constructive , amid growing opposition optimism that the Communists would be reduced to a minority in the new government . |
| 23 | It looked as if the Elves would be slain to a man . |
| 24 | The outcome of the talks remained unclear but leading figures in the opposition Civic Forum were optimistic that the Communists will be reduced to a minority in the new coalition government . |
| 25 | And visitors will be treated to a spectacular show with thousands of pounds worth of fireworks on display . |
| 26 | So everything from a 25lb turkey to a full complement of 50 fairy cakes will be done to a turn . |
| 27 | As always , proceeds will be given to a local charity . |
| 28 | There will be a comedian , bar , free raffle , and another raffle from which the proceeds will be donated to an AIDS awareness charity . |
| 29 | Visits will be made to a small number of contrasting forces for a fairly prolonged period . |
| 30 | In the larger firms , determination of profit sharing ratios will be entrusted to a committee whose conclusions all partners would be bound to accept or would be put into effect pending any contrary decision of the partners . |