Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a summons dated 10 April 1992 the local authority sought orders against W. and her aunt , who shared with the local authority parental responsibility for her , that leave be given to move her to such establishment as the Official Solicitor might approve and to give her medical treatment without her consent . |
| 2 | In the result , it was agreed between the Commissioners and the defendant that the amount charged upon him should be reduced , and that time should be given to pay it in three instalments ; he gave three promissory notes for the three instalments ; the first was duly honoured ; the others were not , and were the subject of the present action . |
| 3 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |
| 4 | As seen in Fig. 5 , these residues are in the vicinity of the same duplex of DNA as the recognition helix , although adjustments to the model will have to be made to bring them into proper position to interact with DNA . |
| 5 | Something must be done to free her from this grip . |
| 6 | Weber 's approach to inequality was to present a range of descriptive categories that could be used to describe it in any given society . |
| 7 | These general problem-solving strategies can be used to help you through many of life 's problems . |
| 8 | For those nurses relocating from the acute sector to community services , training will be needed to prepare them for new ways of working . |
| 9 | In a news conference on Nov. 9 , however , the Philippine spokesman Rafael M. Alunan appeared to indicate a softening of the government 's stance by differentiating for the first time between " sovereign control " and " operational control " , noting that Philippine personnel would not be fully ready to take over the bases by 1991 and that US personnel would be needed to operate them under Philippine sovereignty for a transitional period . |
| 10 | They can not imagine him as a Prime Minister , and they can not imagine that the British public can be persuaded to elect him to that post . |
| 11 | A Department of the Environment report on the condition of local authority housing in 1985 said that in England alone almost £19 billion needed to be spent to restore it to good condition . |
| 12 | This determines how much money , time and effort should be spent to bring them to acceptable levels . |
| 13 | Reproductive structures should really be found to distinguish it from other , superficially fern-like plants . |
| 14 | Likewise any prisoner with skills in a basic trade will be encouraged to share them with other inmates . |
| 15 | Were Spiritualists going to be forced to do it in strange , and possibly overexciting , positions ? |
| 16 | I 'd love to be forced to do it in strange positions . |
| 17 | And the new line of Mr Ryabov and his allies might be a cleverer tactic than the one used by Mr Khasbulatov : instead of opposing the president , Mr Ryabov might be trying to draw him into protracted haggling in order to dissipate the momentum the president won in the referendum . |
| 18 | Should he mirror his international form at St James ' Park , manager Kevin Keegan may be tempted to restore him to first choice goalkeeper . |