Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capacity of a watercourse and the tolerable limits of polluting effluent are calculated according to a mathematical model , which ideally should be applied routinely and objectively to all dischargers regardless of their means , the costs of treatment , their prior efforts , or the demands made of their competitors . |
| 2 | This meeting and a subsequent schedule of talks at the ministerial level are intended to lead to a global convention on climate change by 1995 . |
| 3 | For Hayek , law consists of rules of just conduct ; that is , of ‘ purpose-independent rules which govern the conduct of individuals towards each other , are intended to apply to an unknown number of further instances and , by defining a protected domain of each , enable an order of actions to form itself wherein the individuals can make feasible plans ’ Hayek suggests that law is coeval with society . |
| 4 | Discussions with ( Educational Advisor ) are expected to lead to a new support network for LCCIEB centres . |
| 5 | Girls are expected to conform to a stricter morality , by their parents in particular . |
| 6 | From the 1985 White Paper through to the 1988 Cecchini Report , it is evident that the projected benefits resulting from the SEM programme are expected to result to a large extent from the exploitation of potential scale economies . |
| 7 | Students are encouraged to present their data at scientific meetings both in Britain and abroad and are expected to contribute to a lively programme of intra-departmental seminars and journal clubs . |
| 8 | KnowledgeWare Inc , Atlanta warns that it expects to report non-recurring charges of $20m for its fiscal third quarter to March 31 from acquisitions and restructuring and expansion of product lines , and that this will lead to a loss for the quarter and for the year ; it also says that lower revenues combined with operating costs associated with the acquisitions are expected to contribute to a third quarter operating loss ; it looks for growth in European revenues . |
| 9 | Louis B. Wright 's Middle-Class Culture in Elizabethan England is welcomed by C. Bowie Millican on the grounds that it confirms a healthy trend in literary research whereby antiquarian , statistical , and editorial work are made to contribute to a broader and more comprehensive " cultural synthesis " : " it is the proper evaluation of such information … that leads to perspective and reveals literature to be both a continuum and a truthful mirror of life . |
| 10 | The reason why we 're having to go to a higher figure now is there are two major areas of land , er one is the land behind the railway station , the British Rail land , and the other is the land at a a location called St Nicholas Field , a former household waste site , both of which we are taking steps to bring forward for development . |
| 11 | Some of these have been shown to bind to a specific octamer DNA motif ( 2 , 16-18 ) . |
| 12 | use the new schedules to classify new stock , and also reclassify the old stock , which has usually been classified according to an earlier edition of the scheme . |
| 13 | The gems are thought to belong to a female member of an Arab royal family . |
| 14 | Once a complete sentence has been processed , the semantic scores are normalised according to an appropriate scale ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 15 | A special US committee has been convened to come to a final decision about the fate of the spotted owl and its habitat of old growth forests in south-west Oregon . |
| 16 | On the other hand , with both unique and repetitive sequences , if they are known to map to a certain chromosome , it may be possible to locate them approximately using unbanded marker chromosomes to identify that chromosome . |
| 17 | They have been known to swim to an offshore tern colony and kill dozens of chicks and adults in a single night . |
| 18 | And , although he had recently been known to talk to an invisible giant white rabbit and peek at his neighbours through binoculars , neither of these traits were deemed enough to blacken him in the eyes of the electors . |
| 19 | Odours from the following activities have been found to amount to a private nuisance and the remedy of an injunction and , or damages granted : odours from a fried fish shop , in close proximity to a dwellinghouse ; odours from stables ; odours from smoke and effluvia from a factory chimney ; odours from a gasworks affecting the plaintiff 's plantation of trees ; odours from a sewage disposal works , and odours from the spraying of cars and the burning of tyres . |
| 20 | In measuring tasks the difficulty factors have been found to relate to a fragile understanding of basic concepts such as fractions and decimals , and number scales . |
| 21 | Central government subsidies are to be calculated according to a complicated formula that takes into account house prices in each area . |
| 22 | The main exception to the procedures for statutory and common law assignments is where the benefit to be assigned relates to a personal contract ( see above ) . |
| 23 | To this end , the material will be reorganised according to a single system and an index and guide will be created . |
| 24 | This may be expected to lead to a purposeful action , purposeful inaction or indifference . |
| 25 | Butter and margarine are close substitutes , and so any increase in the price of butter would be expected to lead to an increased demand for margarine as consumers substitute the latter for the relatively more expensive butter . |
| 26 | Teachers and other educationalists can not be expected to come to an adequate understanding of recent trends in multicultural and anti-racist education , nor can they develop an independent critical judgement on recent controversies in this area , without some grasp of the deeper structural and ideological issues that underlie the racial dimension in education , politics and the economy . |
| 27 | Each of these premises can be seen acting to a greater or lesser degree in the siting of any particular settlement . |
| 28 | In February 1988 , the Church of the Stork 's Nest , on the corner of Stirbei Voda and Strada Berzei , not far from the shell of the new National History Museum , could be seen moving to a new resting place in order to improve the angle of the street . |
| 29 | Why should n't I be seen talking to an old mate , eh ? ’ |
| 30 | This may be said to amount to a mutual exercise of the individuals ' rights of self-determination . |