Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their huge pinnae , which can be swivelled round to scan the air , gather the echoes of the sound into the earholes . |
| 2 | But … the growth in net exports ( of ) services and food can not be relied on to replace the loss of manufacturing and oil net exports and secure further growth sufficient to achieve full employment ’ ( p. 139 ) . |
| 3 | As well as seeking to eliminate the old technicalities , in which it has , I think , been largely successful , the new code made one radical alteration in the nature of the evidence which could be relied on to prove the offence . |
| 4 | His mere re-election can be relied on to revive the market and solve those problems — without costing the public purse one penny . |
| 5 | Tell-tale themes — which emerge in repeated use of phrases such as , in the case of a motivated talent for management , ‘ I took care of … organised … got people together ’ — can be added up to reveal the interviewee 's motivational pattern . |
| 6 | In the case of bulk packages from which the product is likely to be removed in successive quantities over a period of time , separate tests should be carried out to assess the effect of storage in partly filled containers . |
| 7 | Following your letter of 3 October , I am pleased to be able to tell you that the Transportation Committee agreed on 2 November that a new independent study should be carried out to assess the costs and feasibility of a half-hourly passenger service on the South Suburban route . |
| 8 | The Snooker Tables A variety of work requires to be carried out to improve the quality of both the snooker tables . |
| 9 | The Snooker Tables A variety of work requires to be carried out to improve the quality of both the snooker tables . |
| 10 | Now another survey is to be carried out to establish the amount of damage and the expected costs of maintenance . |
| 11 | The Mersey Tunnel Authority will close the flyovers for two months in the autumn so that detailed traffic surveys can be carried out to measure the effect on traffic movement in central Birkenhead and the impact on the operation of the tunnels . |
| 12 | The Mersey Tunnel Authority will close the flyovers for two months in the autumn so that detailed traffic surveys can be carried out to measure the effect on traffic movement in central Birkenhead and the impact on the operation of the tunnels . |
| 13 | At the outset , the plaintiff may be slow to contact a solicitor , negotiations for a settlement may drag on , the extent of the plaintiff 's injuries may not become clear until the end of a lengthy period of treatment , investigations may have to be carried out to ascertain the evidence , expert opinions may have to be obtained , communication and action by both sides may be poor and slow , the advice of counsel may be taken , pleadings are often extended , the length of time spent waiting for the trial to begin can be substantial , and errors may be made by the professionals involved . |
| 14 | I remember that at primary school we had to keep a diary , and from time to time someone would be picked out to face the class and read it aloud . |
| 15 | BCG also argued that a company with a balanced portfolio of products would use cash flows generated from the cash cows to invest in selected problem children , which would be built up to become the stars of the future . |
| 16 | These pollutants are held in the mud at the bottom of the Broad and must be pumped out to give the Broad a chance to recover . |
| 17 | Anything learned from crashes will be fed through to improve the design of safety seats . |
| 18 | This is not all ; for if any unwanted change in the output occurs and this change can be fed back to modify the duty cycle ratio in the proper sense , the output can be stabilized at some desired value , any deviation from that value being automatically corrected . |
| 19 | Bankings which have been torn apart over the last two centuries and then rebuilt and rebuilt again may have to be moved back to take the sting out of the pile-driving force of the river in spate . |
| 20 | I think we have to be freed up to have the choice to bring children into a society where that we can go to work , that we can do , you know fulfilling |
| 21 | In short , the ventilation system needs to be thought through to minimise the chance either of its being ineffective or defeated or of its actually making things worse . ’ |
| 22 | In fact , it seems no ship without a charter party could be loaded ( ’ freighted ’ ) ; and bills of lading were supposed to be drawn up to declare the nature of the cargo and to bind the master of the vessel to deliver in accordance with the charter party . |
| 23 | Astrologers , psychics and crystal-ball gazers ministered to the North Shore passion for prophecy , and elaborate charts detailing the movement of the moon and planets could be drawn up to ascertain the prospect of waves on any given day of the year . |
| 24 | Two creditors , the consultant engineers on the project and the architects involved , have applied for a court order that the convent should be sold off to meet the debts . |
| 25 | Two creditors , the consultant engineers on the project and the architects involved , have applied for a court order that the convent should be sold off to meet the debts . |
| 26 | Replacing his spectacles a final time , he looked me up and down once more and said : " You will be going out to meet the public every day , you know . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll be going in to see the manager first thing Monday to sort out my future . |
| 28 | Six months of painstaking work goes into preparing plants for showing … the plants have to be tied up to keep the stems straight … aphids must be brushed gently off the leaves … and the orchids have to be misted regularly to keep up the humidity . |
| 29 | They liked to be first , to be respected , to sit close to the altar , to be called up to lift the scrolls . |
| 30 | Um if you go back to the eighteenth century , early nineteenth century , you find that um I think it was at er Winchester possibly , er some some of you may have heard of this in in History or something , er there was an uprising at Winchester school and the Army had to be called in to quell the rioting pupils because they were rebelling against the harsh conditions . |