Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trucks themselves had to be manhandled down the steep rock-strewn defile and as the men were sweating away at this in the hot sun an Italian aircraft picked them up . |
| 2 | More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down . |
| 3 | Mention is made of how in the viewing of the mountains " … it is to be seen how the very naturall working of those flood falling from the height in winter stormes have broken down & worn such rifts & slitts in the rocks as hereby the dead leaders or mettall finnes or vaine have appeared unto us above ground which before were hid by the earth & stones formerly covring the rocks some 2 or 3 fathomes deep … " |
| 4 | They spend so much time immersed in unglamorous stuff — transient and trivial details that vanish and reappear to be done again the next moment . |
| 5 | Many women say cleaning is boring : you do it one day and there it is to be done again the next . |
| 6 | ‘ They expect servants to be invisible , but they expect the work to be done all the same , ’ put in Ethel . |
| 7 | The ballet was popular enough to be given again the following summer . |
| 8 | Were these to be hit then the extra cost could be passed on to shoppers , causing higher inflation and putting even more jobs at risk . |
| 9 | Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them ! |
| 10 | Following the retirement of Frank Whitehead ( 1982 ) and the early retirement of Alan England ( 1984 ) neither of the posts left vacant has still been filled ; they are unlikely to be filled in the foreseeable future . |
| 11 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 12 | The following information needs to be put on the front page : ( 1 ) The agreement date and the name and address of the seller and the buyer . |
| 13 | The job of choosing the endangered species to be put on the waiting list belongs to the Captive Breeding Specialist Group , set up by the World Conservation Union — IUCN . |
| 14 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 15 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |
| 16 | Earlier , on Feb. 6 , the union leader Ajami had said in London that " pressure will have to be put on the Kuwaiti royal family to honour " decisions taken at Jeddah in 1990 [ see p. 37759 ] . |
| 17 | After the show , Michael Codron ordered the number to be performed exactly the same way for every performance thereafter . |
| 18 | Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance . |
| 19 | IN THE light of the recent debate on defence in the House of Commons , perhaps now is a good time for the people of Darlington to be told where the prospective Labour candidate stands on the issue of nuclear disarmament . |
| 20 | It will need to be updated whenever the direct file is updated if the file is very volatile , and this may require the two files to be on-line together . |
| 21 | In the unpublished ‘ Epilogue ’ to that work , we learn that Shadowfax will be saved too , to be taken on the last ship from the Havens to Aman , simply because Gandalf could not bear the parting . |
| 22 | Clearly the point had arrived in September 1947 where fundamental decisions had to be taken on the American commitment to Korea . |
| 23 | Some of these , along with others to be taken on the lighter mornings will be sent to the Highways Department and to the Edinburgh Evening News with an accompanying letter . |
| 24 | If you have n't got one of these to hand , perhaps we could arrange for one to be taken over the next few months . |
| 25 | But he emphasizes very strongly that in no way does this mean that there is no longer scope for their further development , or that their return to profitability is a flash in the pan , to be reversed whenever the next downturn comes . |
| 26 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 27 | He felt as abject as a convalescent child and had to be helped up the three stone flights to his cell . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , she allowed herself to be helped up the high step and onto a bunk opposite the one on which Robbie was now lying … |
| 29 | He was fortunate to be shown only the yellow card . |