Example sentences of "to be [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students will need to be piloted through the maze of attainment targets , and in the fourth and fifth years particularly they will need advice on which core and foundation subjects to follow to GCSE and which to follow for what the Act coyly describes as ‘ a reasonable time ’ . |
| 2 | The remainder of the forest wastes was in most cases divided between the lords of the manors and the commoners , in proportion to the value of their interests : the allotments were then to be fenced at the expense of the proprietors . |
| 3 | I am sure that they had a twofold motivation : reluctance to be burdened with a teenager who was n't earning a wage , and the consideration of how much he meant to Cis . |
| 4 | A raffle organised by the Triangle Community Association of Grove Hill , Middlesbrough , raised more than £2,256 to be split between the TCA and South Cleveland Hospital 's appeal for a lithotripter machine to break up kidney stones . |
| 5 | The four-party Swedish coalition is likely to be split on the issue , with Environment Minister and Centre Party leader Olof Johansson under strong pressure to drop the project . |
| 6 | VTAM , the Virtual Telecommunications Access Method , is the first application to be split from the network , and with the new 3.4.2 release , it can now run natively over TCP/IP , and comes with support for OS/2-based machines too . |
| 7 | And tomorrow night we 'll be hearing reactions to the possibility of VAT being added to books and newspapers , another area thought likely to be targetted by the Chancellor . |
| 8 | The average ranking of the correct word is only three , and a number of words ( between 5 and 25 ) have to be hypothesized in the hope of including the correct word . |
| 9 | Why it 's cool to be gone with the wind . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect you to be gone by the time I get back . ’ |
| 11 | It occurred to Lyn — fleetingly , to be gone in a moment that most men would have broken such a thing more gently to their wives . |
| 12 | This is not an argument against abortion , but the legitimacy of this procedure needs to be based on a concept other than that a woman may choose how she wishes to use her body . |
| 13 | Rumours got around that a collector in Paris had one in a bank vault in the 1940s ; but this story was recently investigated , and was found to be based on a misunderstanding . |
| 14 | So this account seems to be based on a misunderstanding of what Labov 's work has been about . |
| 15 | The structure plans tended to be based on a survey — analysis — plan approach which required a rather determinist view of the issues which they examined . ’ |
| 16 | No battleships were to be built for 10 years ; and the total tonnage of naval ships was to be based on a ratio of 5-5-3 for the USA , Great Britain and Japan , and 1.7 for each of the others . |
| 17 | When I met my husband , I knew he was the one for me , and I knew that I would have to be honest if our marriage was n't to be based on a lie . |
| 18 | These were to be based on a number of polytechnics and other further education establishments which already possessed strong departments of management and in some cases the designation related to a single establishment and in others to a grouping of two or more colleges . |
| 19 | As far as the institutional structure was concerned , the report called for a rationalization of the present pattern to be based on a network of centres in each region , including an important role for the colleges of education ( technical ) , particularly in developing pilot schemes for professional tutors , of whom there should be at least one in every further education college . |
| 20 | These were to be based on a descriptor with learning outcomes and performance criteria , would be internally assessed , and would be of nominal 40-hour length — just like SCOTVEC modules . |
| 21 | It was to be based on a report which the plaintiff had prepared for the Greek Government . |
| 22 | The event has been revamped and the children 's element expanded , but it will continue to be based on a list of ‘ top 20 ’ titles and a catalogue . |
| 23 | At that meeting it was concluded that while a future conference on unity had to be based on a recognition that some differences of emphasis would always exist , they need not disrupt harmony . |
| 24 | All the candidates agreed that the issue was an extremely complex one and that ultimately , within limits , policy had to be based on a woman 's right to choose . |
| 25 | HM Inspectorate seem to command the respect of teachers , although as Becher et al say , ‘ Sometimes this respect appears to be based on an assumption that inspectors must ( because many teachers rarely if ever see them ) be very busy and therefore very able people ’ . |
| 26 | This has to be based on an understanding of the code of ethics , working to an agreed code of practice and so on , and Ann will be saying more on this . |
| 27 | In the event of the Publisher receiving from other parties payments for exploitation of the Work in any other form or manner then the Publisher shall pay the Author a portion to be based on the Publisher 's net receipts from such other parties . |
| 28 | Criteria for eligibility in criminal cases remains unchanged and will continue to be based on the test of undue hardship . |
| 29 | But a Royal Bank spokesman said : ‘ We would only expect tenders to be based on the cost per hour , not the total cost . |
| 30 | While the ‘ manufacturing critique ’ of DCF presented by Hill ( 1985 ) may be resisted as argued above , he is nevertheless correct in his fundamental message that assessment ( of the cash flows ) needs to be based on the degree to which order-winning criteria are enhanced . |