Example sentences of "[vb -s] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 2 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 3 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 4 | Section 13 of the Theft Act 1968 reads : [ A ] person who dishonestly uses without due authority , or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted , any electricity is guilty of a crime . |
| 5 | The 1360cc 85bhp all-alloy engine is free-revving yet willing in the mid range and , combined with a close-spaced , slick-shifting five-speed gearbox , makes for a car that loves to be driven hard but which is equally at home trickling through town . |
| 6 | PD ( No 1 of 1991 ) issued by the Chief Master , Chancery Division referring to RSC Ord 88 , r 5(2) that a copy of the mortgage deed must be exhibited to the affidavit also requires a copy of any Standard Conditions which the mortgage incorporates to be exhibited . |
| 7 | In the main , notices to be given under the Act can only be given in the prescribed form ( see the Landlord and Tenant 1954 Part II ( Notices ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 8 | It is eluding them , Lee thought , like the swinging end of a bell-rope that has to be grasped before it will ring the bell that will awaken them . |
| 9 | ‘ The nettle has to be grasped , ’ he told a conference of middle-ranking officers in Blackpool . |
| 10 | They limit the amount that has to be grasped in any one utterance . |
| 11 | I will go further , and say that crime itself has to be viewed from the same aspect of society as a balance — a balance that can be lost , like the physiological or chemical balance in an organism , in which cases the organism is destroyed , but a balance which is always there , whether being gained , maintained or lost . |
| 12 | The process of examining thin sections is a painstaking and laborious one , since each slide has to be viewed individually under a microscope and various aspects of appearance judged and recorded . |
| 13 | In the main , Edgbaston pitches help pace and the modest run-scoring record has to be viewed in that light . |
| 14 | Agriculture has to be viewed in an integral way with . |
| 15 | The causal link between effort , performance and outcome has to be viewed in individual and subjective terms . |
| 16 | Finally , as other commentators have observed ( eg. Church , 1988 ) , any evaluation of the impact of the UDCs has to be viewed in the light of co-existing initiatives , boundary definitions and the fact that any assessment is unavoidably interim . |
| 17 | Mosley 's political career in the 1920s has to be viewed in the context of the triumph of economic conservatism . |
| 18 | Administrative receivership has to be viewed in the context of the whole range of remedies now available in situations where a company is , or is likely to become , unable to pay its debts . |
| 19 | The military confrontation which represented this world order has to be viewed not as deterrence but as imaginary war . |
| 20 | ‘ Chance ’ trade is the term used also to describe the business which comes from guests who take meals or drinks in the hotel which are not included in the terms of their reservation and has to be charged to them . |
| 21 | Another effect could be when the debtor falls to pay and the amount has to be charged to the profit and loss account as a bad debt . |
| 22 | If , for example , a UK Courtaulds business supplies a UK customer , VAT has to be charged . |
| 23 | Although postage has to be charged extra , often visiting teachers , trainers and other ‘ travellers ’ to your area are willing to act as couriers . |
| 24 | Love has to grow , be nurtured ; it 's like a delicate orchid , it has to be watered , kept warm … ’ |
| 25 | It has to be watered , water all the time . |
| 26 | The best on road type is the XC type 4 as fitted on 110 vehicles , for more off road use the XCL offers good on and off road manners but is a directional tread pattern and has to be fitted the correct way round . |
| 27 | If they suffer from mild incontinence , they may use a sheath or condom , which has to be fitted correctly to avoid leakage . |
| 28 | It has to be fitted in accordance with the bye-laws erm and we give out advice on where it should be fitted . |
| 29 | There are effects of specific context ( for example , the piece of discourse currently being processed has to be fitted into and has its processing guided by the preceding and already-processed discourse ) ; and there are effects of general context ( for example , the listener/reader can draw upon his background knowledge of what the world is like to guide his discourse interpretation ) . |
| 30 | Any piece of computer equipment which has to be fitted to some other equipment , such as a replacement " card " ( printed circuit board containing integrated circuits ) which has to be a certain shape , or have a certain type of connector , in order to fit into a computer will also fall into the first part of the exception . |