Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have seen in the 1980s is a process by which poverty has been redefined as to do with the ‘ inner city ’ . |
| 2 | They ran out of money , and they 've had to be supplemented since to get the job finished . |
| 3 | A decision will also have to be made whether to use a number of smaller local distributors or a small number of large national distributors . |
| 4 | Usually a choice has to be made whether to carry out 100% inspection or some lesser amount on a sampling basis . |
| 5 | Quite often a decision has to be made whether to go for quantity or quality . |
| 6 | ‘ It is better , ’ he concluded , ‘ to be a sheep than a wolf , better to be ruined than to do the ruining . ’ |
| 7 | After consideration of the first set of results , it would be decided whether to abandon the material or to investigate further . |
| 8 | This would give them a period of study and experience abroad after which it could be decided whether to offer them permanent appointments . |
| 9 | There is no greater achievement in geographical Research remaining to be done than to lift the veil from before this unpenetrable and mysterious Continent . |
| 10 | ‘ Sackholders ’ which look like dustbins but lack proper handles which can be grasped are INADEQUATE for loose refuse and MUST NOT be used except to hold tied plastic sacks . |
| 11 | No other address need be shown unless to give an address for service in England and Wales . |
| 12 | There is a sense in which the challenge to convention can become a convention in itself ; it is easier to say that a multitude of views will be tolerated than to put it into practice . |
| 13 | Where there is a contractual right to the costs , the discretion should ordinarily be exercised as to reflect that contractual right . |
| 14 | It is easier to fit an extension to the inlet of a narrower radiator so the pipes can be reconnected than to alter the pipework to cope with a wider one . |
| 15 | The execution of letters rogatory is governed by the law of the state of destination , though special procedures or formalities requested by the issuing authority may be observed if to do so would not be contrary to that law . |
| 16 | For example , breathing may fail again , and the decision will have to be taken whether to put the patient back on to the ventilator . |
| 17 | A decision can then be taken whether to revert to oral agents or continue with insulin . |
| 18 | Better to be fired than to look bad . |
| 19 | No decision has been taken whether to use MAC or ‘ stretched ’ PAL . |
| 20 | Subjects were told whether to produce an active or a passive sentence to describe the picture , and production latency was measured . |
| 21 | Charles Bosanquet assured his readers that ‘ the London poor are accustomed to the notion of being visited and more inclined to complain of being neglected than to look on a visitor as an intruder ’ . |
| 22 | The funding , was a matter of assessing priorities , and each time , when that assessment came , the police were prioritised as to receive the funding that was thought correct to undertake the duties that they do in this county . |
| 23 | " that it is desirable that before anything is done as to interfere in the internal arrangement of the School , that application be made to the Goldsmiths ' Company for an additional grant . " |