Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The body segments of an insect are grouped together to form three usually well-defined regions or tagmata — the head , thorax and abdomen ( Fig . |
| 2 | We need to be satisfied that the cost and delays that would be involved in such a course are justified both to resolve this matter and to provide the assurance that all the issues have been fully examined . |
| 3 | Emmenthal and Gruyère are mixed together to make a Swiss cheese fondue . |
| 4 | On the CDC 6600 computer certain values of the floating-point exponent are set aside to represent zero , infinite , and " indefinite " operand values , and rules are given for arithmetic operations on these quantities ( for example , the difference of two infinite operands is indefinite ) . |
| 5 | She felt the tight leather skirt being wriggled upwards to bare her scorching behind , and when his cool fingers touched her hot flesh she realised just how hot she was for him . |
| 6 | Irony is used here to mock an emotional response , identified as always female , always stupid . |
| 7 | It is absolutely vital that the transformer is wired correctly to avoid any unpleasant occurrences ! |
| 8 | The adviser is trained always to check information in the files . |
| 9 | A hopper boat is used alongside to catch the dredgings . |
| 10 | Detailed analysis of the increasingly sophisticated mechanics and fiscal ramifications of inter-solicitor and multi-national groupings would form the subject of a book in itself and no attempt is made here to deal with such matters . |
| 11 | Only a lightly sketched attempt is made here to place the ‘ kinship defenders ’ and the ‘ society-as-parent protagonists ’ in the context of broader viewpoints and sets of values ; a thorough analysis could be a very lengthy exercise . |
| 12 | No attempt is made here to provide a comprehensive survey of the literature ; the intention rather is to introduce the basic experimental techniques and to summarise some of the principal findings and theoretical issues . |
| 13 | The panel pattern template is wanted primarily to enable you to mark the ripstop . |
| 14 | The concept of the testator 's intention is used merely to establish the likely meaning attached by him to the words , and this is a technique applied as much in civil-law dispositions as in trusts . |
| 15 | Its newly established corporate sales force is intended only to drum up demand among the Fortune 1000 . |
| 16 | Its newly established corporate sales force is meant only to drum up demand among the Fortune 1000 . |
| 17 | However , where such a term is used simply to define the consequences of breach of an express term in the contract it can not be regarded as an exclusion clause . |
| 18 | Its main exponent is Wallerstein ( 1974 ) , but the term is used here to describe a slightly broader group ( including writers like Amin ( 1976 ) and Frank ( 1967 ) ) whose work shares some similarities with Wallerstein 's . |
| 19 | Before we can carry out a detailed examination of the organisation in order to produce a data model which will then be implemented on a database , the analysts need to gain a general appreciation of the business ( this term is interpreted broadly to include all types of organisation in the public and private sectors ) . |
| 20 | A more thorough review is expected later to comply with the draft European Directive on the Hygiene of Foodstuffs . |
| 21 | Alongside our desire to see new legislation , we believe that it is essential that positive action is taken immediately to tackle all existing minerals permissions . |
| 22 | ‘ EC money and other action is needed urgently to build , repair and maintain sea defences . |
| 23 | Elsewhere , it was stressed that no one wished to interfere with the ‘ responsible and competent parent ’ , but where they were not so , ‘ action is needed either to reinforce the consciousness or replace the incompetency ’ . |
| 24 | Blood is needed primarily to detect the presence of antibodies to the treponeme of syphilis , which may indicate either present or past infection . |
| 25 | Another agent was employed instead to try to apprehend Tyndale , who once more had to disappear underground . |
| 26 | It was as though his mind was disposed only to preserve enough details of his history to make the present plausible . |
| 27 | A cupboard in the cell was moved aside to reveal the rope and the trap only a few feet away beyond an open door . |
| 28 | Thus the Labour government 's nationalisation programme was intended also to facilitate post-war regional policy . |
| 29 | Last year , after publicity about Mead missing the English Schools Championships , the rule was amended slightly to say that a county champion could be excused missing the Inter Counties but no-one else . |
| 30 | Fifteen years on , the actor most famous for playing Dirty Den was invited here to open an exhibition of Picasso etchings . |