Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 63,000 claims to be withdrawn following investigation by Employment Service inspectors |
| 2 | Second-hand and home-made toys are to be withdrawn from sale in charity shops because of a new EC law . |
| 3 | The ruling overturned a February 1989 civil settlement , whereby criminal charges against UCC were to be withdrawn in return for compensation [ see p. 36466 ] . |
| 4 | They can be withdrawn in cash on demand and are thus also totally liquid . |
| 5 | The remaining twenty-seven were obliged to be withdrawn in consequence of action brought or disputed ownership . |
| 6 | Terms were arranged on which the petition might be withdrawn upon payment of £3,000 . |
| 7 | Length can be obtained by simple means : as one canon ends it can continue by voices changing roles — the following voice becoming the leading one — ; and perhaps register ; the polyphony can be altered to canon by inversion , or the parts move backwards in retrograde or as a crab canon ; we can have episodes where augmentation lengthens note-values or diminution shortens them , and towards the end a ‘ stretto ’ can bring imitations at closer intervals , giving a sense of culmination . |
| 8 | Thus , to the primary objective : the production of a new OED for the twenty-first century ; we must add a second objective : the electronic handling and delivery of the information contained in and added to the OED , so that the latter is able to be altered in response to changes in the language . |
| 9 | This means that it can now only be altered by amendment by leave of the House . |
| 10 | Although the programme could be altered from day to day , it is expected that objectors ' evidence will begin the following Tuesday . |
| 11 | The standard letter below should be used in all cases and should not be amended without reference to CFSU . |
| 12 | Given the inclusion of so many considerations , it is not surprising that standards may be amended from time to time : for example , standards may be made more stringent if new scientific research reveals a lower threshold of effect than was previously believed to exist . |
| 13 | The contents of this handbook may be amended from time to time . |
| 14 | There would be some increase in grant-aid to Responsible Bodies in the next two years ; grant regulations would be amended in line with Recommendation 6 and the Ministry would discuss and review work with Responsible Bodies individually before allocating a block grant for the year to each . |
| 15 | In due course this became a grievance and from early days , no doubt , it could be commuted for payment in money . |
| 16 | Slow , rhythmic or stretching exercises should be undertaken in preference to jogging and jumping-about type exercises . |
| 17 | Any alteration to the pleadings thereafter can only be undertaken by Minute of Amendment and whether or not that is permissible is a matter of discretion for the Court . |
| 18 | This should be undertaken from time to time with assistance in recruiting , training expansion of groups and also with Liturgical experiences . |
| 19 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 20 | The basic requirements for the grant of a patent will now be explained with reference to computer technology , followed by a consideration of the exclusions and their impact , especially with respect to computer software . |
| 21 | This relationship can best be explained with reference to Fig. 4.10 : the shape and position of the curve are determined by the following factors : |
| 22 | I suggested that the latter point could be explained in part by reference to the change in the social composition of the electorate which had been in progress over the '60s . |
| 23 | The positive side of the local sign theory is an expression of the faith that such abilities can be explained by reference to processes ( of inference from observed correlations , and so on ) which are themselves conscious . |
| 24 | The falsification of Kepler 's speculation that the spacing of the planetary orbits could be explained by reference to Plato 's five regular solids does not mark one of the significant landmarks in the progress of physics . |
| 25 | The conclusion to be derived from the above is that the overdevelopment of the bureaucracy in the post-colonial state can only be explained by reference to factors which render other political institutions impotent . |
| 26 | Films had to be delayed for shortage of money , and some cheques bounced . |
| 27 | A SCIENTIFIC probe in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean will be relayed by satellite to Liverpool 's Maritime Museum . |
| 28 | ‘ Someone takes five copies out of Sarajevo where it is faxed through to Geneva , phoned to Zagreb where it can be relayed by fax to London and it is also printed in Tuzla and Zenica . ’ |
| 29 | This year up to fifty children are expected to be referred with cancer to Oxford 's hospitals . |
| 30 | I do not think there is any difference of opinion as to its being a general rule that , where any injury is to be compensated by damages , in settling the sum of money to be given for reparation of damages you should as nearly as possible get at that sum of money which will put the party who has been injured , or who has suffered , in the same position as he would have been in if he had not sustained the wrong for which he is now getting his compensation or reparation . |