Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christmas trees decorated by lights and ornaments are also to be found in many homes . |
| 2 | Notes that you can consult are of great value , but much of the fundamental interpretation of your subjects must be based on an effective memory when notes are not to hand . |
| 3 | Your notes are not to be imperishable works of art , but merely businesslike tools to help you in your studies and in reaching the standard required by examiners . |
| 4 | The position is summarised in Rex v. Bishop of Chester , 1 W.Bl. 22 , 25 , by Lee C.J. : ‘ Certainly , if a visitor is in his jurisdiction his acts are not to be inquired into ; if out of it , his acts are void . ’ |
| 5 | Her reasons are not to be and were not dismissed lightly , but during the hearing the situation changed dramatically . |
| 6 | Though if he took his own life , as everyone has always supposed , and as we are still likely to be supposing after the present rumours have been scotched — if the balance of his mind was disturbed , that curious disruption which accompanies a man 's election to end his life , but never any other procedure , no matter how eccentric or irrational — then reasons are not to be looked for . |
| 7 | Businesses in the area are being advised to make sure their accounts are up to date before tough new rules on VAT come into force . |
| 8 | References in other provisions of the Act to laying of accounts are then to be read as references to the sending of copies under section 238 . |
| 9 | He has a feeling that his womenfolk are up to something . |
| 10 | Many are still led by their founders whose skills are yet to be tested in a tougher economic climate . |
| 11 | The skills are there to be bought : the problem is that many farmers have an exaggerated notion of the kind of worker that they can obtain for the money they are willing to offer , as well as an outdated conception of what the farm worker 's skills would fetch in industry . |
| 12 | Group B is tight with Crusaders and Distillery level on four points each at the top ; Crues are away to Coleraine while the Whites visit Omagh knowing defeat will let in the Tyrone men . |
| 13 | The Germans are more to be trusted with maintaining the value of European money than would be a Central Bank with votes for inflationary countries like Greece , Britain or Italy . |
| 14 | In this sense , social policy is a field in which disciplines are there to be used in order to enhance the development of policies , and policies are about changing the way things are now . |
| 15 | But it should be remembered that these two policies are not to be treated as mutually exclusive : the fiscal position often has important ramifications for the conduct of monetary policy . |
| 16 | What have printmakers been up to in what was recently called the USSR ? |
| 17 | If the argumentative aspects of attitudes are stressed , then attitudes are not to be viewed solely as individual evaluative responses towards a given stimulus object . |
| 18 | Vegetables are not to be outdone . |
| 19 | Those projects are still to be selected . |
| 20 | Her normal hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm daily except Sunday and Wednesday when the shop is closed all day . |
| 21 | True , unemployment has reached a record one-in-ten high , marital splits are up to one-in-three and the pound has been devalued . |
| 22 | Creative activity , if its meanings are not to be wholly absorbed within the status quo , must be understandable , for Hewison , as confrontational activity . |
| 23 | In those circumstances , my right hon. Friend 's proposals are greatly to be welcomed , to ensure that Tamils who are genuine and need asylum can be properly considered . |
| 24 | The difference was that although the three ploughs were alleged to have been laid up , ‘ the houses are up to now standing and occupied ’ ; precisely what Greville had done is obscure , but whatever it was it had undoubtedly achieved a dramatic increase in productivity without uprooting the tenants . |
| 25 | ‘ In fact , ’ said Liz , ‘ I 'd better go and see what the butlers are up to . |
| 26 | Taxes are thus to be distinguished from voluntary contributions . |
| 27 | Once the light values are back to normal , the mirror simply adjusts back . |
| 28 | Make sure the plans are up to date and include all buildings . |
| 29 | What checks are there to be on the reliability of the information . |
| 30 | ‘ Rules are there to be obeyed , and it does not matter if you do n't happen to like them . |