Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , I promised to be confirmed when all became clear . |
| 2 | I behaved with the arrogance of a lady , and when one of them got a little — fresh ? — I pretended to be insulted and amazed that he could compromise his uniform and position that way . |
| 3 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 4 | James studied the title page and for twenty seconds pretended to be fascinated by the contents of page one . |
| 5 | This was enough to make many come , and among them they brought before me many women who pretended to be possessed ( as is their habit when they want to leave their houses to meet with their lovers ) and it was hoped that I could deal with them . |
| 6 | He , man-like , pretended to be engrossed with his tea cup . |
| 7 | He pretended to be engrossed in making notes until the actors had left the room . |
| 8 | She pretended to be engrossed in exploring the room , and managed to keep a foot or so away from him as he followed , making her uncomfortably aware of the wall of his body close behind her while she ran her hands over the antique furniture with an assumed interest . |
| 9 | Cameron pretended to be affronted . |
| 10 | The Act empowered the Secretary of State to put a limit on the amount if in his opinion the amount proposed to be raised was ‘ excessive ’ according to principles he determined which were to be the same for all authorities falling within the same class . |
| 11 | It might , for example , seek to imprison for contempt either a working-class ‘ hero ’ organising lawful opposition outside the House to legislative proposals under consideration in it ; or an employer determined to extract his pound of flesh under legislation considered to be oppressive and proposed to be repealed as soon as possible . |
| 12 | Under the general law a surety is expected to satisfy himself or herself of the extent of the risk proposed to be undertaken . |
| 13 | A creditor does not , in general , owe any duty to a proposed surety to explain to the surety the effect of the proposed suretyship transaction or the effect of any security proposed to be given . |
| 14 | Any financial assistance proposed to be given as part of the scheme would need to meet with the approval of the court . |
| 15 | to exercise the power contained in Article 134 ( B ) of the Articles of Association of the Company so that , to the extend determined by the Directors , the holders of Ordinary Shares be permitted to elect to receive new Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company , credited as fully paid , instead of all or part of any dividend declared or proposed to be declared at any time prior to or at the next Annual General Meeting of the Company ; and |
| 16 | Section 68(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1938 ( the interpretation section ) defines a trade mark as : a mark … used or proposed to be used in relation to goods for the purpose of indicating , or so as to indicate , a connection in the course of trade between the goods and some person having the right either as proprietor or registered user to use the mark , whether with or without any indication of the identity of that person . |
| 17 | The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the authority under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services . |
| 18 | As I understand the position , the condition proposed to be included in the order after [ In re O. ] would only apply to ‘ disclosure made in compliance with ’ the order sought and therefore not prevent the Crown Prosecution Service/Hampshire Constabulary utilising the material held and/or other material obtained independently of the present proceedings in the High Court . |
| 19 | As I understand the position , the condition proposed to be included in the order after [ In re O. ] would only apply to ‘ disclosure made in compliance with ’ the order sought and therefore not prevent the Crown Prosecution Service/Hampshire Constabulary utilising the material held and/or other material obtained independently of the present proceedings in the High Court . |
| 20 | ‘ As I understand the position , the condition proposed to be included in the order after [ In re O. ] would only apply to ‘ disclosure ’ made in compliance with the order sought and therefore not prevent the Crown Prosecution Service/Hampshire Constabulary utilising the material held and/or other material obtained independently of the present proceedings in the High Court . ’ |
| 21 | The courts will not make an order with these consequences unless they are satisfied that the evidence proposed to be taken is genuinely material to the issues in the case . |
| 22 | I 'm not saying that they are uneconomical , but there may be the odd one or two cases , like the of Berwick St James is a fine example , when it became uneconomical to maintain that school for the number of pupils which were attending , or proposed to be taken in the near future , and it was a sensible option for those children , and economically to close that school . |
| 23 | ( 5 ) Because of the exemption for anything done in pursuance of a scheme of arrangement under s153(3) ( e ) , it should in theory be possible for financial assistance proposed to be provided as part of the Court Scheme to be implemented immediately ( because the target is bound by the scheme when it becomes effective ) without the need to wait for the target to be re-registered as a private company and the private company exemption procedure followed . |
| 24 | The resolution authorising the purchase will not be effective if the shareholder proposed to be bought out votes in respect of the resolution and the resolution would not have been passed if he had not done so ( s164(5) ) . |
| 25 | Planning Ward v Secretary of State for the Environment ; CA ( Woolf , Nicholls , Staughton LJJ ) ; 25 Sept 1989 A private garden was capable of being an ‘ open space ’ and something that should be taken into account when deciding whether a development proposed to be carried out in a conservation area would preserve or enhance the area within s 277 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 , as substituted , and of Circular No 8 of 1987 issued by the Secretary of State . |
| 26 | In addition to that , it might interest you to know that er in excess of a further one hundred and sixty hectares of land is in our U D deposit version , U D P proposed to be released on greenfield sites on the edge of the built up areas . |
| 27 | Then faster and faster , as she rose to be joined with him in every sense of the word . |
| 28 | Results show a much greater variation of readings at stone circle sites compared with the control locations , but , for the patterns and cycles involved to be defined , long-term continuous monitoring at numerous sites will have to take place . |
| 29 | I can understand that with competitions it is correct for employees of all companies involved to be excluded from entry , but surely there is not a problem in selling Hovis to your employees , or any other product for that matter ? |
| 30 | In February the European Commission proposed a directive requiring waste producers , handlers and the governments involved to be informed of the details of each shipment , a measure with which the European Parliament , on 14 April , roundly agreed . |