Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must have been agreed , as on 22 February , Major-General Galloway of MEHQ wrote to Eighth Army Headquarters to inform them that after the next series of operations , L Detachment would be withdrawn to re-form up to strength and be retrained as a parachute unit . |
| 2 | Tape speed is fixed to run at 3 ¾ips , which is twice normal cassette speed , but by engaging the tape speed select switch it can be altered to run up to 20% faster or slower , or take its speed from a SMPTE controller . |
| 3 | They 're going to be competing to get in , ’ he said . |
| 4 | An inquiry into British energy should be undertaken to weigh up the arguments and to give the UK a national strategy for the years to 2012 and beyond . ’ |
| 5 | I beg to move , That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend exemption from prescription charges to , and to make further provision for , persons in receipt of certain categories of benefit ; to exempt from prescription charges the chronically ill and those over 60 ; and to exempt those over 60 from certain dental and optical charges . |
| 6 | I beg to move , That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for certain descriptions of shops in England and Wales to be open for trade on Sunday , subject to their being registered with the local authority ; to impose a general prohibition on the opening on Sunday of other shops , extending this prohibition to certain business premises which on week-days are open for the service of customers ; to provide protection for persons employed in or for the purposes of a shop which is , or is to be , registered for Sunday opening , where they have conscientious or other objections to working on Sunday ; to make consequential and other repeals in the Shops Act 1950 ; and for connected purposes . |
| 7 | The motion was : ’ That leave be given to bring in a Bill to end distinctions between the various types of educational institutions that cater for people over 18 years of age , and to provide for a genuinely comprehensive system of higher education under democratic control . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Any help the public can be given to clear up after their dogs can only be applauded . |
| 9 | A working party is to be formed to draw up opposition to the plan , for presentation to the Welsh Office . |
| 10 | Instead of going to parties , I 'd be out at night looking at badgers , and I 'd always be scheming to go off birdwatching or botanising . |
| 11 | Relax and enjoy your garden on this pine bench which can be painted to blend in with the surrounds . |
| 12 | D5 should glow red ( ‘ Reset ’ mode ) and operating switch S1 to ‘ Start ’ should change D5 to green and the relay should be heard to click in . |
| 13 | Although a term like dog may be over-extended to pick out cats , sheep , and horses , it is also used to pick out dogs ( e.g. , Clark , 1973a , 1983b ; Leopold , 1949 ; Pavlovitch , 1920 ) . |
| 14 | RECORD books will have to be checked to find out when Liverpool Angling Society were not on top of the Wirral Winter League table . |
| 15 | Any Macintosh can be designated to back up the network . |
| 16 | This option requires the name of the package , the name of the LIFESPAN user to be designated to carry out the approval , and the date by which the approval decision is required . |
| 17 | Meanwhile the also sympathetic but Grahamly maddening Tim is struggling to move into a flat on the row , while supposing himself to be struggling to come out of the closet . |
| 18 | As the sky faded to orange over the sea of felltops , it became clear that not only was Rib and Slab out of the question but we would be struggling to get back to Wasdale before nightfall . |
| 19 | Sanitation : A special task force shall be assigned to clean up all vacant lots and trashed areas throughout the deprived areas . |
| 20 | If , for instance , a certain portion of a design includes a number of long , narrow , shapes ( eg tree branches ) then the grain in those components should be arranged to run along , rather than across , the strips ; just commonsense , but keep an eye on it . |
| 21 | If machines could be taught to plan over a chessboard , maybe they could do it in a factory as well . |
| 22 | Maybe with lots of training and effort , they can also be taught to roll over , fetch and play dead . |
| 23 | Japan , especially , is likely to be pressured to take on more of the burden sharing . |
| 24 | This approach thus represents an extension of the hierarchical system and can be considered to simplify down to such a system when each of the superior states are considered in turn . |
| 25 | Gordon MacGregor , of Inverness , said he did not believe the unit would be re-opened to carry out the function conference wanted . |
| 26 | ‘ The right type of facilities need to be built in the area before companies can be attracted to set up in business . |
| 27 | it will not run on unleaded and can not be modified To find out which category your car fits into , ring a franchised dealer or agent for your particular vehicle . |
| 28 | Such people obviously can not be approached to fill in a questionnaire ! |
| 29 | Mr Hamilton will be approached to find out the format of this event . |
| 30 | After years of assuring everyone that China could be trusted to carry out the 1984 British-Chinese agreement on Hong Kong in good faith , the colonial administration found itself after Tiananmen Square presiding over a population which knew that China could not be trusted at all . |