Example sentences of "[verb] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
2 | It was only a week since , in this very room , she had wished to be rid of Gareth Davis ; now he was dead . |
3 | ‘ Then I 've never wished to be captured , ’ she returned bluntly . |
4 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
5 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
6 | Section 13 of the Theft Act 1968 reads : [ A ] person who dishonestly uses without due authority , or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted , any electricity is guilty of a crime . |
7 | Some of the borders are designed to be cut out and appliquéd on to a host fabric , while others are an integral part of a plain background material . |
8 | The kitchen was transformed with pine units cleverly designed to be fixed to the walls so that one could have them at the height best suited to whomever was to use them , and then the dishwasher was installed . |
9 | She is designed to be handled by a minimum crew and her huge Mediterranean-style cockpit is both comfortable and secure . |
10 | For all its underground samizdat quality , this document is designed to be discovered in order to draw the attention of the police authorities to the strength of rank-and-file feeling . |
11 | These charming first class stamps are designed to be sent on greetings cards . |
12 | Above : Specially designed to be wallmounted outdoors , the Mazda 2D GEM is a versatile , rainproof light , ideal for porches , drives and paths . |
13 | So Spenser wrote to Sir Walter Ralegh in a letter almost certainly designed to be printed with the poem . |
14 | In some cases , the units which make up the SVQ are designed to be assessed in the workplace by the candidate 's immediate workplace supervisor ; in other cases , the flexibility and responsiveness of the National Certificate system have allowed the Lead Body Standards to be built into National Certificate Modules . |
15 | The SVQs are designed to be assessed in the workplace , or , where this is not possible , in simulations which enable assessment to be undertaken to demonstrate consistent , comprehensive performance under workplace conditions including difficult and stressful circumstances . |
16 | Japanese Gardens are not designed to be absorbed as a whole , but as a series of harmonious elements that can nevertheless be appreciated in isolation . |
17 | Because this one is designed to be tightened up from outside the guitar , it can be used on guitars without conventional round soundholes by pulling the jack through the endblock with a piece of wire . |
18 | To aggravate all this further , the records all sound as though they were designed to be played on compact disc . |
19 | Parts are designed to be made of single materials only , making separation during recycling much easier . |
20 | He replied that although the PVQ was designed to be completed easily , the JMU was always open to suggestions for improvements . |
21 | Personal protective equipment is defined as all equipment designed to be worn or held to protect against a hazard . |
22 | Designed to be worn either way out this is truly two garments in one , equally at home on the ski slopes , hills and the bar . |
23 | These seem to have been designed to be worn on the finger , although the oval design-disc was so big as to he unwieldy ; possibly they were normally worn on a string round the neck , or simply reserved for a leisured elite . |
24 | Designed to be worn under a jacket to protect face and neck from midges and mosquitoes . |
25 | The dragons were for the procession , and were designed to be raised upon the shoulders of pairs of bearers . |
26 | Although many compound feeds are designed to be fed on their own with pasture or hay , ( ie not mixed with other cereals ) some manufacturers make ‘ balancers ’ . |
27 | However , some commuters are designed with micro-instruction formats much more similar to normal machine code instruction formats , especially those computers which are designed to be microprogrammed by their users . |
28 | GMPTE is now launching a pilot project in Bolton for a smartcard based fare scheme which is designed to be expanded as an ‘ electronic — purse ’ so that the cards can also be used for telephones , car parks , taxis and leisure facilities . |
29 | As the kites are designed to be flown with verve and pulled through sharp manoeuvres , they buzz like a horde of hornets . |
30 | Disability arts , on the other hand , where , for example , sculpture is designed to be touched as well as seen , and songs are written about the world as we see it , can redress the balance and engage a lot of people in questioning assumptions that their exclusion from society is a fact of life . |