Example sentences of "be [verb] to the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The team studied one aspect of consistency — consistency across time by constructing parallel tests * to be given to the same group of pupils on different occasions . |
| 2 | But he conceded that rising gas prices , while the cost of coal was falling , could mean further developments of gas-fired stations may not be justified to the same extent in future . |
| 3 | At the opposite end of the scale is the barbel , and while he does not require to be outwitted to the same extent as bream , he does make landing him extremely difficult . |
| 4 | It is that two lexical units will be assigned to the same lexeme if there exists a lexical rule which permits the prediction of the existence of the sense of one of them from the existence of the sense of the other . |
| 5 | Similarly , the two lexical units represented by brilliant in John is brilliant and This is a brilliant book are to be assigned to the same lexeme , the evidence being the recurrence of the relation with confused , angry , bitter , etc . |
| 6 | For instance , there is no spectrum connecting the two senses of expire , so their lexical units would not be assigned to the same lexeme . |
| 7 | In such cases , the recurrent relationship must be simultaneously grammatical and semantic if the units are to be assigned to the same lexeme . |
| 8 | A final point worth making in defence of the data is that the observational material can not be impugned to the same degree , because in the flow of action during an incident the exigencies of the situation usually take over , making it difficult for policemen and women to act in ways contrary to what the situation requires or their colleagues demand . |
| 9 | The effect of this endorsement is that in the event of a claim where the sum insured is inadequate , any payment would be limited to the same proportion which the sum insured bears to the value of the property at the time of the loss . |
| 10 | If proceedings have been issued you may be required to contribute to the Defendants ' legal costs , but this will usually be limited to the same amount that you contributed to the Legal Aid Board in respect of your own legal costs . |
| 11 | In the event of such disclosure will obtain from such third parties ' duly binding agreements to maintain in confidence the information to be disclosed to the same extent at least as is so bound hereunder . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) An alternate Director shall be entitled to contact and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director [ but he shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company in respect of his appointment as alternate Director ] . |
| 13 | ( 4 ) An alternate Director shall be entitled to contact and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director [ but he shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company in respect of his appointment as alternate Director ] . |
| 14 | Prepare lists of utterances which may all be said to the same tune , e.g. following example from Portuguese of Brazil : listen to each list in turn listen to pairs , one word from each list , across insert one utterance from list 2 near the end of list 1 , and vice versa , and listen to check that you hear the difference between them standing out clearly |
| 15 | These patterns can be related to the same type of factors as described above for the urban-rural shift . |
| 16 | This suggests that the emergence of the Merovingian dynasty should be dated to the same period . |
| 17 | Although you can only work on one piece of a garment at a time , you can have up to sixteen separate pieces in each garment file , as long as they will all be knitted to the same stitch and row tension . |
| 18 | I would very much hope that other parents would not feel that they ought to be doing to the same thing , unless their circumstances were very similar . |
| 19 | I would very much hope that other parents would not feel that they ought to be doing to the same thing , unless their circumstances were very similar . |
| 20 | To some extent the blame for rural distress was attributed to the fluctuations in world markets , but as the zaibatsu did not appear to be suffering to the same extent , rural discontent was increasingly directed towards the alliance between politicians and industrial financiers . |
| 21 | Class S works on the clear principle that the inputs to A2 must both be driven to the same potential regardless of the input voltage to AL , ie , a virtual earth . |
| 22 | Thus , ME language states , being so variable , should in principle be suited to the same kind of analysis that we use in present-day social dialectology , and by using variationist methods we should be able to explore at least some of the constraints on variation that might have existed in ME . |
| 23 | In practice the simplest solution will normally be followed in that the cost will be allocated to the same period as the payment in the financial accounts . |
| 24 | In assessing the financial relief to be awarded to the former wife of a millionaire after their divorce , pursuant to section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 ( as amended by section 3 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 ) , the court should not calculate the wife 's share solely by reference to her needs , but could take account also of any exceptional contribution she had made to the creation of the husband 's wealth . |
| 25 | The Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) , a leading US pressure group , is calling for all genetically-modified foods to be subjected to the same safety tests currently required for chemical food additives — the strictest under Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) rules . |
| 26 | Relations had deteriorated in September following reports of a speech on Sept. 11 by the US ambassador , Robert Oakley , to the Asia Society in Washington , in which Oakley had suggested that governments between 1985 and 1988 be subjected to the same process of " accountability " as that applied to members of Benazir Bhutto 's 1988-90 government . |
| 27 | All the relevant documents will then be appended to the same computer file , so that whenever a customer rings or when a job is actioned , all pertinent information is immediately to hand — for whoever needs it . |
| 28 | With an emphasis on design and economy the Ministry advised on the density of residential areas , showing how schemes of varying densities could be fitted to the same unit area of land . |
| 29 | Materials procurement and usage must be planned to the same level of detail as labour and plant . |
| 30 | Comments should be sent to the same address by 22 January . |