Example sentences of "[vb past] to [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mr. Secretary Hunt , supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. Secretary Lilley , Mr. David Mellor , Sir Wyn Roberts and Mr. Nicholas Bennett , presented under Standing Order No. 48 ( Procedure upon Bills whose main object is to create a charge upon the public revenue ) a Bill to increase the financial limit in section 18(3) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 4 . ] |
| 32 | Mr. Secretary Lang , supported by Mr. Secretary Rifkind , Mr. Secretary Clarke , Mr. Michael Forsyth and Mr. Francis Maude , presented a Bill to make new provision about further and higher education in Scotland ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed . |
| 33 | Mr. Secretary Hunt , supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. David Mellor , Sir Wyn Roberts and Mr. Nicholas Bennett , presented a Bill to provide for the construction by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation of a barrage across the mouth of Cardiff Bay with an outer harbour and of a tidal lagoon and for related works ; to make provision for the acquisition and use of land for the works ; to make provision about the operation and management of the barrage , the outer harbour , the water impounded by the barrage and the lagoon ; to make provision for dealing with property damage resulting from any alteration of groundwater levels which may occur in consequence of the construction of the barrage ; to enable other protective provisions to be made ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed . |
| 34 | Mr. Secretary Lilley , supported by the Prime Minister , Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. Secretary Wakeham , Mr. Secretary Brooke , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lang , Mr. John Redwood and Mr. Edward Leigh , presented a Bill to make provision with respect to standards of performance and service to customers in relation to the telecommunications , gas supply , electricity supply , water supply and sewerage service industries ; to make provision with respect to complaints by , and disputes with , customers in those industries ; to make provision with respect to the powers of the regulators of those industries and with respect to related matters ; to make provision with respect to the payment of deposits by customers of certain telecommunications operators ; to make further provision for facilitating effective competition in certain of those industries ; to make provision with respect to mergers of water or sewerage undertakers ; to make provision with respect to compliance orders against public gas suppliers ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Monday next and to be printed . |
| 35 | Mr. Tony Benn presented a Bill to provide for the establishment of a Commonwealth of Europe ; and for purposes connected therewith : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 17 January and to be printed . |
| 36 | Mr. Conal Gregory , supported by Mr. Anthony Coombs , Mr. Simon Coombs , Mr. Douglas French , Mr. Archy Kirkwood , Sir Richard Luce , Mrs Marion Roe , Sir Gerard Vaughan , Mr. Alan Williams and Mr. Robert Wareing , presented a Bill to amend the law relating to cheques : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 17 January and to be printed . |
| 37 | And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 7 February 1992 and to be printed . |
| 38 | And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 7 February 1992 and to be printed . |
| 39 | Mrs. Alice Mahon accordingly presented a Bill to extend exemption from prescription charges , and to make further provision for , persons in receipt of certain categories of benefit ; to exempt from prescription charges the chronically ill and those over 60 ; and to exempt those over 60 from certain dental and optical charges : And the same was read the First time : and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 6 March and to be printed . |
| 40 | Mr. Secretary Newton , supported by the Prime Minister , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. Secretary Brooke , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lilley , Mr. Secretary Lang , Mr. Nicholas Scott and Miss Ann Widdecombe , presented a Bill to make provision for requiring , in certain cases where interest on a loan secured on land is payable by a person who is entitled , or whose partner , former partner or qualifying associate is entitled , to income support , the applicable amount in respect of which includes a sum in respect of that interest , that a part of the benefits to which any of those persons is entitled under the enactments relating to social security shall be paid directly to the lender and applied towards the discharge of the liability in respect of the interest ; and for purposes connected therewith : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed . |
| 41 | The 1333–5 secession from Oxford , firstly to Northampton and then to Stamford , is factual , but the group of teachers and students was never sufficiently large or established to be considered a proper university . |
| 42 | She was also estranged from her only child Nicolas , from her marriage to Charrier , and looked to be facing a lonely old age . |
| 43 | ‘ I never thought to be thanking a white girl , ’ he said . |
| 44 | The Pussy Posse accepted a four-day challenge to road test this new friend , but the hard part proved to be finding a hard part . |
| 45 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 46 | From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono . |
| 47 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
| 48 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess , at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding … morally it did not seem quite so bad as might be inferred by the definition of the activity itself . ’ |
| 49 | Great plates of sticky , sweet cakes and pastries were being consumed with tremendous gusto , and one man appeared to be eating a huge slab of pizza . |
| 50 | Mr Gerrish appeared to be making a full recovery . |
| 51 | Terry appeared to be having a nervous breakdown ; her mother was foolishly trying to be everything to everybody and only succeeded in adding to the confusion . |
| 52 | That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time . |
| 53 | Behind him I could see my mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley , who appeared to be carrying a large sheaf of corn . |
| 54 | One faction of the National Front appeared to be adopting a pro-Zionist line . |
| 55 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 56 | The very young inmates at Bohorok had to be taught a surprising number of basic skills , such as how to climb and walk upright on a branch , things they would normally have learned from their mothers . |
| 57 | All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’ |
| 58 | ( b ) The agreement had to be given a purposive construction . |
| 59 | Held , dismissing the appeals , ( 1 ) that , on its true construction , section 6(3) ( a ) of the Act of 1980 had to be given a literal meaning ; that where a school was over-subscribed compliance with the preference of all the applicants would necessarily prejudice efficient education , and in such circumstances the school had to have an admissions policy , which would inevitably result in defeating the preference of some applicants , whatever criteria were adopted ; and that , accordingly , since the school was over-subscribed , there was no duty on the governors to give effect to the applicants ' preferences ( post , pp. 100H — 101B , 106H , 107G–H , 108A , G–H ) . |
| 60 | B argued , however , that the definition had to be given a narrower definition either as regards the Regulations as a whole or those relevant to the instant case : the Regulations contemplated an actual employment relationship between employer and employee , and the definition in Reg 2 could not be applied literally . |