Example sentences of "[noun] are [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All beginners are required to master the first kata before taking their first grading examination . |
| 2 | Changes to guidance notes are needed to accommodate the Money Laundering Directive currently being implemented through the Criminal Justice Bill and supplementary European Community regulations . |
| 3 | Keeping customers happy is Fluka 's prime objective and their personnel are determined to provide the best possible service . |
| 4 | At the same time , lectures , videos and discussions are used to broaden the students ' knowledge of the sociopolitical aspects of the target language area . |
| 5 | Various reasons are suggested to explain the resurgence in recent years but the weight of opinion is that it is operational problems that are at fault rather than technical deficiencies — for example , poor application of the insecticide rather than resistance to it and organisational shortcomings rather than aberrant behaviour of vectors . |
| 6 | It is well established that objects are perceived to have the same colour despite quite extensive variations in the colour of the light with which they are illuminated and hence the wavelength of the light they reflect back to the retina . |
| 7 | Hostile staff or fellow prisoners are known to use the technique of ‘ winding you up ’ to force a display of feeling , which is then punished or ridiculed . |
| 8 | There the prisoners are encouraged to confront the true nature of their crimes and themselves . |
| 9 | Some modellers are designed to allow the user to perform arbitrary rotational and transformation activities , for the purpose of satisfying various geometric constructions and the generation of auxiliary views . |
| 10 | Finally , and significantly , voting rights exercisable by discretionary portfolio managers are attributed to them ( although member states are allowed to postpone the notification requirement in this last case so that it is tied to general meetings ) . |
| 11 | Special skills are needed to read the signs of dirty water . |
| 12 | Natural enemies then need to be introduced repeatedly , and special skills are needed to produce the ‘ product ’ to sell to farmers . |
| 13 | Sunderland are expected to join the chase for Middlesbrough 's want-away striker Bernie Slaven . |
| 14 | Future cash flow is critical , and the due diligence investigations are designed to address the ability of the new venture to generate cash . |
| 15 | Such policies are designed to promote the efficient allocation of resources through the encouragement of competition , which is seen as the active progenitor of economic efficiency and welfare . |
| 16 | A number of properties of text are known to influence the way in which the reader 's eyes move . |
| 17 | Rebel Barnet shareholders are set to ask the Department of Trade and Industry to investigate the club 's finances in a bid to have Flashman kicked out of Underhill . |
| 18 | In Schutzhund work , fighting instinct and play are used to teach the dog to take the sleeve . |
| 19 | The news was welcomed yesterday by the End Conscription Campaign , which has been running an increasingly effective protest against national service on the grounds that servicemen are used to oppress the country 's majority population . |
| 20 | The news was welcomed yesterday by the End Conscription Campaign , which has been running an increasingly effective protest against national service on the grounds that servicemen are used to oppress the country 's majority population . |
| 21 | It is often suggested in the literature that male migration aggravates environmental degradation as women 's coping strategies are modified to accommodate the fall in labour availability in rural households . |
| 22 | The remaining strategies are designed to decrease the overload and pressure themselves . |
| 23 | Its existence may be conceded to be a matter of political fact , but its normative content is a matter of law : the courts are required to enforce the terms of the most recent statement of Parliament 's will , expressed in the usual form … |
| 24 | Neither distinction can be sustained when the courts are required to determine the limits of parliamentary sovereignty . |
| 25 | All these activities are used to improve the clients ' awareness and in turn hopefully improve their quality of life . |
| 26 | The activities are designed to exploit the motivating and memorable appeal of music to the learner and the author proves his point that ‘ anything you can do with a text , you can do with a song ’ . |
| 27 | Vercingetorix , Boudicca and a few Druids are allowed to remind the schoolboys of the European community that the Celts did exist in the age of the Romans . |
| 28 | The authorities are said to take the view that the Gulf war will distract attention from civilian casualties in Jaffna . |
| 29 | ‘ Where shortages occur , local authorities are advised to increase the housing land supply by expediting planning applications ’ . |
| 30 | Although planning authorities are urged to consider the differential effects of in-town and out-of-town developments , the guidance studiously avoids giving a clear indication of the shopping patterns to be favoured in future . |