Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be [verb] to [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly we propose that the local controllers and supervisors of schools should normally be referred to as ‘ parents ’ . |
| 2 | As an engagement progresses it may be necessary to issue a revised terms of engagement letter which should also be agreed to by the client . |
| 3 | Just one day when I 'll not be dictated to by this thing inside me . |
| 4 | The passage that follows ( very similar to advice given during this period in Infant Care ) comes from the 1928 edition , and might well be subscribed to by Susanna Wesley : the emphasis may be different , but the spirit is the same . |
| 5 | In the book itself he carried through this programme by asserting that theology could not be dictated to by another discipline either about the nature of its object or about the methods appropriate to its study . |
| 6 | Of course , there are internal aspects , such as the semantic cohesion within the lexical field established by my drink , which could also be appealed to in claiming that this chunk of discourse is a unit of some kind . |
| 7 | An indexing language may also be referred to as a retrieval language . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I think that spaghetti should be thin and it may often be referred to as spaghettini — it 's much less like eating long worms ! |
| 10 | Pragmatism may appropriately be referred to as a via media between , on the one hand , an empiricism and positivism that may lead to inhumanism and , on the other , a rationalistic Idealism that may become out of touch with contemporary realities . |
| 11 | We would bring all that together in a strategic authority , which would not be dictated to by Whitehall and the mandarins down here . |
| 12 | Bikenibeu Paeniu , the Prime Minister of Tuvalu , said that the Forum countries had , in accepting the inclusion of Taiwan , decided that they would not be dictated to by outsiders . |
| 13 | If she were a Lady , she would still be referred to as Mrs. X. If the person were a member of the nobility or someone in whom the press had an interest , rumour would start to circulate , and damage could not be avoided . |
| 14 | You would also be expected to for example to prepare for |
| 15 | It therefore seems probable that what the early personality studies of living creative subjects had revealed was their tendency to the schizoidness of which Bleuler writes , and which would now be referred to as ‘ schizotypy ’ . |
| 16 | The boiling point of a liquid at the new standard pressure ( 100 kPa ) would then be referred to as the " baric boiling point " or " b.b.n . " . |
| 17 | For example , a rug made in the Kars region of Anatolia ( Turkey ) in a traditional Kazak ( Caucasian ) design will normally be referred to as a Kars Kazak . |
| 18 | The documents will normally be referred to by the vendor in its disclosures against the warranties . |
| 19 | HSDU will hereafter be referred to as ‘ the Unit ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Louise , ’ her mother burst out in irritation , ‘ I will not be dictated to by that lot up at the Mansion . |
| 21 | Finally , what he calls the ‘ division of labour in detail ’ will here be referred to as the division of labour within the enterprise . |
| 22 | The first and best known of these , which may conveniently be referred to as ‘ horizontal ’ devolution , involves the setting up of a machinery of government exercising jurisdiction over a particular geographical area and having powers , within that area of a semi-autonomous nature . |
| 23 | Teasing by schoolmates and pressure from social workers has , in the eyes of Dr Reid and Mr Fenton , ensured that the child , who can only be referred to as OW , is ‘ away with the fairies ’ . |
| 24 | Although there is much to support this view of the origin of our modern idea of time , it is now realized that it can only be adhered to with some reservations , as we shall see . |
| 25 | A very short separate " Declaration of Trust " ( because such matters can not be referred to in the entries on the Register ) to the effect that the parties hold the property and the proceeds thereof in trust for themselves as tenants in common in whatever proportions may have been agreed between them . |
| 26 | Ramcom 's existing cards can already be read by radio thanks to a built-in transceiver , but the new In-Charge cards can also be written to in the same way . |