Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In strong winds we do n't want beginners to be overpowered and so we reduce the sail area , that 's known as reefing . |
| 2 | It is the county council 's responsibility to bring forward proposals to enable progress to be made . |
| 3 | Assessment of both performance and educational achievement could benefit senior house officers provided that it occurred sufficiently early in the post to enable improvements to be made . |
| 4 | There was also growing support for legislation to impose a seven-day waiting period to enable checks to be made on prospective gun purchasers . |
| 5 | The Aztecs did not have a term for ‘ fine arts ’ , nor did they speculate about aesthetics , nor make objects to be contemplated for their beauty alone . |
| 6 | Writing is a motor skill which ensures that the same words written by different people are distinct — allowing signatures to be used as verification of identity . |
| 7 | ‘ How can he be a Copt and bring money to be given to a Moslem for the Moslem to use against the Copts ? ’ |
| 8 | Indeed , many questions are planted by friendly MPs , from the back benches on the minister 's own side , to enable activities to be advertised . |
| 9 | In Britain we 're never very far from roads , phones , taxis , buses and trains , allowing plans to be changed pretty painlessly . |
| 10 | I do n't want pictures to be used that I 'd be ashamed of now . |
| 11 | You say you do n't want Mo to be hurt , but she 's bound to be if this goes on . ’ |
| 12 | After all , the postal map of London S.W.1 had been drawn with a special excrescence to enable Harrods to be included in it and thus avoid the ignominy of falling within the outer darkness of S.W.3 or 7 . |
| 13 | Very occasionally he also made designs to be carried out by others — and if acting in an architect 's supervisory capacity only he would charge the 5 per cent fee which was normal at the time — while at Ditchley he was , remarkably , employed as both ‘ surveyor ’ , receiving his 5 per cent , and mason contractor . |
| 14 | A further significant change in political religious attitudes occurred with the liberalization of legislation prohibiting contraceptives to be bought or sold , or even imported into the state . |
| 15 | Because of cultural , family or personality factors many people may suppress their grief , but allowing grief to be expressed often reduces its intensity or duration . |
| 16 | However , a simple router table , allowing stock to be passed over a static cutter , is a fairly essential next step after purchasing a router . |
| 17 | The local authorities cited so far can be described as having assimilated the care programme approach , they take it into account and perceive opportunities to be gained , but they do not appear to have changed themselves in any significant way to accommodate it . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman will have read and re-read circular 7/91 which contains the exceptions policy , allowing homes to be provided on sites not normally designated as residential so long as they are aimed at local people . |
| 19 | On April 16 the Cabinet approved the introduction of a bill reducing the age at which individuals could be sold condoms from 18 to 17 , and allowing contraceptives to be sold in pubs , discos and supermarkets as well as by chemists and doctors . |
| 20 | Instead " the clause must be limited and modified to the extent necessary to enable effect to be given to the main object and intent of the contract " ( per Lord Denning in Sze Hai Tong Bank Ltd v Rambler Cycle Co Ltd [ 1959 ] AC 576 ; see also Alexander v Railway Executive [ 1951 ] 2 KB 882 ) . |
| 21 | No matter how wide the terms of the clause , the courts will limit it and modify it to the extent necessary to enable effect to be given to the main object and intent of the contract . |
| 22 | to enable entries to be selected on a ‘ next requiring attention ’ basis . |
| 23 | It is sometimes useful to encourage meetings to be set up as a form of ritual . |
| 24 | They also want funding to be made available from new sources responsible for unemployment , to help the CAB cope with unemployment related stresses . |
| 25 | It originally provided ducks to be eaten by the aristocracy at Berkeley Castle . |
| 26 | The Kurdish leaders reportedly asked for an arms supply route to be opened through Turkey to assist the Kurdish insurrection in northern Iraq . |
| 27 | Jean-Claude told me that is was here he had wished Montaine to be laid , not in the familiar old churchyard within a stone 's throw of the house . |
| 28 | We want houses to be haunted and they never are . |
| 29 | It is absolutely clear that many Labour Members want taxes to be raised but are not prepared to say so . |
| 30 | Group personnel departments have sent out booking forms to be filled in and anyone interested will be given a time to attend the clinic . |