Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mori Bokharas may also be referred to by a number of alternative names ( including Jaldar , Kafkazi — pl. 28 — and Serapi ) , and it is not unknown for them to be marketed under the name of the gul most prominent in their design . |
| 2 | Thus , an engineer trained in Germany may now be admitted to the profession of Chartered Engineers in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | In the late seventies and early eighties , travel to Cosford could sometimes be likened to a cross-polar expedition as athletes and spectators battled through blizzards and packed snow , up or down the M6 and along the A5 , or up the A41 from Wolverhampton . |
| 4 | He predicted that the percentage of foreign nationals in Kuwait would eventually be reduced to less than half the population . |
| 5 | He and Jonathon Alleyne were close friends — some said business associates , though technically Alleyne could not be tied to any commercial ventures . |
| 6 | They rushed back to the North , staying with the Hutchinson family at Sockburn -on-Tees , Yorkshire ; it is significant that the poem quoted above continues with an image of domestic love — Wordsworth would soon be married to Mary Hutchinson . |
| 7 | But Ruth would not be drawn to an old man . |
| 8 | Another request was made by the NVALA that Thorsen should not be admitted to the country , and he was indeed excluded ‘ on the grounds that [ his ] exclusion [ was ] conducive to the public good ’ , when he tried to enter early the following year . |
| 9 | No other substance at the enormous pressures that must exist at even relatively shallow depths in Jupiter could possibly be compressed to so comparatively slight an average density . |
| 10 | Bloody hell , I 'd even settle for a monthly but Punch should n't be allowed to just expire . |
| 11 | ( Civil cases in Singapore could only be taken to the Privy Council in London if both parties agreed in advance of hearings at the Court of Appeals . ) |
| 12 | That plan has not been mentioned recently , ( although it must still be a live prospect ) mainly because New Zealand are not yet convinced that rugby in South Africa will soon be integrated to the satisfaction of all sporting groups in the Republic . |
| 13 | His father sold off some copyrights in 1969 when , as Wilson 's lawyers now claim , Brian could not be claimed to be of sound mind . |
| 14 | HSDU will hereafter be referred to as ‘ the Unit ’ . |
| 15 | But Birmingham wo n't be asked to hand back the money . |
| 16 | Neal will thus be alerted to the impending failure of his battery . |
| 17 | The country is the first in Eastern Europe to be investigated , but the organisation expects that Hungary , Czechoslovakia and Romania will also be revealed to be importing toxic waste , albeit in some cases unwittingly . |
| 18 | Completed SPRs should then be sent to the SST offices in Chippenham . |
| 19 | ‘ Thirty months have not elapsed since you first determined that the noble bequest of the late Mr. Whitbread should not be lost to the County of Bedford . |
| 20 | A dangerous junction in Darlington could soon be closed to motorists after a series of accidents . |
| 21 | The emphasis on the exclusion of outside powers from Southeast Asia could also be linked to the search for a comprehensive political settlement of the Kampuchean dispute , which would enmesh Indo-China into the arrangement reached . |
| 22 | ‘ Chairman and chief executive Paul Myners claims that Gartmore would only be sold to a party acceptable to the management . |
| 23 | The Metromedia interests in New York would subsequently be sold to LIN at no profit to McCaw , bringing an entire New York licence under one roof . |
| 24 | Final submissions to the inquiry in Glasgow will now be presented to the sheriff on Monday . |
| 25 | Does he agree that Turkey should not be admitted to the European Community until its human rights record is rectified ? |
| 26 | The already-widespread incidence of scabies in India can certainly be attributed to inadequate supplies of water and fuel . |
| 27 | Starving Somalis , and now it seems , starving Bosnians , and many others have reason to be grateful that the generous conscience of America can still be roused to action , often at major risk to American lives . |
| 28 | The solution procedure for TRPs can obviously be applied to TPs but certain special features arise from the extra structure . |
| 29 | Apart from its direct interpretation , the TSP can also be applied to problems that have nothing to do with towns and salesmen . |
| 30 | The Prince of Wales could hardly be said to be a good luck symbol at the moment . |