Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pinnae usually face forward but can be swivelled round to concentrate any sound which might signal danger or food . |
| 2 | Their huge pinnae , which can be swivelled round to scan the air , gather the echoes of the sound into the earholes . |
| 3 | The quality , calibre , extra capability and extra commitment that they give are well worth any time that may be given up to volunteer reserve service . |
| 4 | To identify and measure the trade-offs that exist between economic objectives so that the policy-maker is made aware of how much of one must be given up to get more of another , e.g. 2 per cent more inflation or 0.5 per cent less unemployment . |
| 5 | He says back in 1963 the trough was due to be broken up to make way for a path . |
| 6 | Proposals are that a union vote should be broken down to reflect the divergent views in a union 's membership and apportioned accordingly . |
| 7 | Plans for the wetland , which represents a quarter of Tokyo 's remaining natural shoreline , to be filled in to provide a refuge for local people in the event of an earthquake are being opposed by local campaigners . |
| 8 | In eight or nine rounds the referee should be stepping in to rescue the younger man , unless he is knocked out . |
| 9 | The memo continues by stating that if the group who were to be part of the first squadron returned by road , they would waste too much time and should therefore be flown back to collect the new vehicles and supplies needed at Kufra . |
| 10 | But … the growth in net exports ( of ) services and food can not be relied on to replace the loss of manufacturing and oil net exports and secure further growth sufficient to achieve full employment ’ ( p. 139 ) . |
| 11 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 12 | The graph of the cratering rate for the Moon ( Figure 8.1 ) can only be relied on to give a very general indication of the ages of the various cratered regions on the other terrestrial planets , even if considerable care is taken in adapting the data to these planets . |
| 13 | ‘ I just wish clients could always be relied on to behave likewise . ’ |
| 14 | His brothers aged 8 and 10 , whose school was a long walk in the opposite direction , had to be relied on to take this responsibility when their father could not . |
| 15 | " Auntie Eve " could always be relied on to take an interest in their studies , or come up with something exciting such as a picnic or a day in the bush when they were home from boarding school . |
| 16 | THE only way men could be relied on to take the proposed male contraceptive pill would be if it enlarged certain parts of their anatomy in the way the female pill enlarges breasts . |
| 17 | Thirdly , thorough cooking and rapid cooking will usually destroy pathogens although it can not be relied on to destroy spores or preformed toxins . |
| 18 | From time to time the Tanganyika government proposed excision of parts of Masailand for the use of other tribes , and Masai District Officers could be relied on to oppose these proposals . |
| 19 | Dr Wyn had told his friends that Lydia could be relied on to say something awful , or to sink , senseless , under the table . |
| 20 | Nothing in soft conventionalism guarantees , or even promotes , the ideal of protected expectations , that past decisions will be relied on to justify collective force only so far as their authority and their terms are made uncontroversial by widely accepted conventions . |
| 21 | The real McCoy is made up in loose linens , which can be relied on to hang stylishly on even the stickiest of summer days . |
| 22 | More and more armies were becoming reliable though still very cumbersome machines , mechanisms which could be relied on to perform competently on the battlefield the evolutions in which they had been trained , and to stand enemy fire without flinching . |
| 23 | As well as seeking to eliminate the old technicalities , in which it has , I think , been largely successful , the new code made one radical alteration in the nature of the evidence which could be relied on to prove the offence . |
| 24 | The EC is far from sure that the Greeks can be relied on to get their financial house in order . |
| 25 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 26 | The court can not be relied on to imply a term that the parties should co-operate in the appointment of a replacement : see 8.17.4 . |
| 27 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 28 | But where there 's a will a bet ca n't be far behind and the local bookmakers can be relied on to provide ante-post prices the day before . |
| 29 | The recognised or nominal leaders of such groups may be relied on to produce an initial list of individuals who are presumed to have power in community affairs ( leaders ) . |
| 30 | While direct participation in government by personnel from big business has characteristically declined in modern liberal democracies ( except in the USA ) , the state apparatus remains staffed overwhelmingly by strata of society who can be relied on to adopt pro-capitalist stances on economic and industrial issues — for example , members of professions , lawyers , accountants and farmers . |