Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 I think the time has now come for the National Heritage Memorial Fund to be split and a separate body established for Scotland .
2 Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders .
3 It is to be observed that a proceeding under section 7(5) in no way precludes a defendant who is remanded in custody from making an application for bail either to the justices , or to the Crown Court , or to a judge in chambers , whichever tribunal is appropriate .
4 For this reason it was felt in Washington that the occupation had to be extended and a peace treaty deferred .
5 ‘ Now , in point of law , it is not to be disputed that a release to one of several joint debtors releases them all .
6 An inventory of boreholes is to be compiled and a survey of dug wells will be made .
7 You will , however , be doing them a service if you collect your specimens from a field about to be cut for hay , from a hedgerow bordering a field about to be sprayed or a site being cleared for building work .
8 So the test that has to be applied before a health authority refuses an ECR is that the decision must be ’ wholly unjustifiable on clinical grounds ’ .
9 ‘ I would go myself if I thought it would serve any purpose to be killed before a blow had been struck .
10 And I 'm not setting that up as a record to be broken or a
11 More than five million 10p shares in the Scottish football champions are at stake in the row but a judge decided that evidence would have to be heard before a final decision was reached .
12 It is rare , if not unknown , for the same voices to be heard if a sentence is too severe , although the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal frequently reduces sentences for just that reason .
13 Meanwhile parents like Gwen Watkins just want their voice to be heard and a clearer understanding of a tragic chain of deaths .
14 An accurate record of her progress needs to be kept and a check made on the experience she has gained .
15 However , it also came to be recognised that a sale can be by description even though the buyer has seen the goods .
16 Subsequent benefactions by George and Harry Wills enabled the principal buildings to be constructed and a cousin , the first Lord Dulverton , generously contributed to their repair from damage suffered in the Second World War .
17 Not all contexts allow such careful choice , however , and it has to be decided whether a set of radiocarbon results using less than ideal samples provides better dating evidence than the archaeology alone .
18 The Select Committee on Capital Punishment , 1929–30 , recommended the abolition of capital punishment for an experimental period of five years , and an amendment in this sense is likely to be moved if a new Criminal Justice Bill is introduced .
19 It 's not likely to be moved until a specialist breakdown vehicle is brought in tomorrow .
20 Therefore , it seems to be warranted that a treatment aimed at bacterial eradication should be considered in all patients with H pylori associated gastric ulcer disease severe enough to contemplate further treatment options ( for example , frequent ulcer relapses , ulcer complications ) .
21 A silver candlestick was waiting to be lit and a tiny bowl held red rosebuds .
22 Hall , at that time , also urged that an exhibition of the plans should be held to enable the public 's reaction to be obtained before a Commons Committee considered them .
23 The Abortion and Sterilisation Act of 1975 stipulates that written consent of the person who in law consents to an operation has to be obtained before a sterilisation is performed .
24 Quotations for the removal need to be obtained and a contractor chosen .
25 A licence has to be obtained and a deposit paid in advance to cover charges for a reasonable time .
26 It is no easier for evidence to be obtained where a man is cohabiting with a woman , yet rape is a crime in these circumstances .
27 Although there are some dissenters , it seems to be accepted that a lifetime of attachment to one company together with seniority promotions and group bonus schemes for all workers did not become a common practice until the 1950s .
28 Any thought of what was to happen to his family home in Belfast had to be shelved until a joint decision could be reached with his brother when he next came home on leave .
29 No sooner than formally constituted , the Standard reported the links would become a great boom to the town , although before January 1907 was out , a Leader article read as follows , ( doubtless written by either Charles Luker or a member of the Club Committee ) — ‘ It is to be hoped that a commencement of the projected new golf links at Henley will not be long delayed .
30 It is to be hoped that a longer , sequential text will eventually be discovered : a piece of poetry or prose would test the hypothesis conclusively .
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