Example sentences of "[noun sg] to be [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a meeting in the Rummer Tavern ( which still exists in rebuilt form a few doors from Cottle 's former bookshop ) he was persuaded by ‘ sundry Philanthropists ’ and opponents of the war to begin publication of a periodical to be called the Watchman . |
| 2 | However , there is another reason for the assailant to be christened the ‘ New Fox ’ for the 6-year-old girl ‘ told a woman detective last night how her attacker 's car was littered with empty Fox 's Glacier Mint wrappers , paper and carrier bags ’ . |
| 3 | But six days before its due to be screened the film is at the centre of a row . |
| 4 | The American public wanted this new President to be given a chance to try out his programs . |
| 5 | Therefore he restated his belief in the discipline of enforced spending caps , called for congressional authorization for the elimination of 246 federally funded spending programmes , and repeated earlier calls for the President to be given a line-item veto in order to " end the annual ritual of filling the budget with pork-barrel appropriations " . |
| 6 | On the formation of a library it was resolved " that this library in conjunction with the News Room is instituted to form one Institution to be called the Port Ellen Mechanics Institution . " |
| 7 | They concluded that the goals for the new programme were ambitious , maybe too ambitious , but that this was a programme to be taken every bit as seriously as its predecessor . |
| 8 | We called for a code of practice to be given the force of law . |
| 9 | Presumably he is taking the intention to be to charge the trust only if it is not an unduly great burden on the trustee . |
| 10 | Guy Krenzer , senior sous chef at the Ritz , has become the youngest chef to be awarded the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France ( MOF ) . |
| 11 | Mr Martin Holgate , formerly chief scientist at the environment department and now director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources based in Geneva , will summarise the possible action to be taken a role which he performed brilliantly at the recent London ozone conference . |
| 12 | Vernon Bogdaner a reader in government at the University and a Fellow of Brasenose College , says he too is in favour of P R , and wants the electorate to be given the chance to vote on the issue . |
| 13 | The protocol , which was subject to ratification by the governments of the states concerned , effectively marked a compromise between those countries which favoured the eventual opening of Antarctica to mineral exploitation ( notably the United Kingdom and the United States ) , and those which supported proposals for the continent to be declared a " world park " ( which included Australia and France ) . |
| 14 | The 50-year ban , which now needs to be ratified by the governments of the 26 " voting members " of the Treaty , was a compromise between those nations which favoured the eventual opening of the Antarctic to mineral exploitation ( notably the USA and UK ) , and those which supported proposals for the continent to be declared a " world park " ( led by Australia and France ) . |
| 15 | But there it encountered another ruined project , a work to be called The Drunks of which only a tiny fragment survives , and the marriage of these two constitutes the success of Crime and Punishment . |
| 16 | I did n't trust the old girl to be telling the truth — though I think she is . |
| 17 | The Council of Nicaea was the largest assembly of bishops hitherto , and though the great majority of the members were from the Greek East , the presence of Roman legates and the prominent role played by the sees of Alexandria and Antioch made it possible for the council to be given the title ‘ ecumenical ’ . |
| 18 | Unable to come in for a presentation , Archie was visited at home to be given a retirement gift from the company and one from his colleagues . |
| 19 | The most favourable attitudes were found amongst those subordinates who perceived their boss to be exercising the consultative style . |
| 20 | For his day 's exploits , he became the first American in the war to be awarded the Légion d'Honneur . |
| 21 | What was feasible general practice , and whether that was the best place to be contacting the local people . |
| 22 | Having established the tone , Procul Harum duly yielded their place at the top of the charts to the Beatles , who settled on the essence of that summer with ‘ All You Need Is Love ’ , to be followed by Scott McKenzie 's ‘ San Francisco ’ , which was , millions of radios announced , the place to be to skip the light fandango , and where all one needed was love . |
| 23 | As Bishop Thomas Brinton of Rochester said when preaching at the time of the Black Prince 's death in the summer of 1376 , it was part of a knight 's duty to help his king in time of war ; failure to do so meant loss of the right to be called a knight , which was both a sign of honour and a mark of responsibility which had to be lived up to . |
| 24 | Well to-do visitors would have taken it as their right to be given a tour of the house and gardens as they travelled the country in past centuries — today visitors from all over the world come to Blenheim — their entrance fees paying for its up-keep . |
| 25 | It was as if a woman who thus lowered herself disowned her right to be considered a person , a soul ; as if it would be no sin to take advantage of her lust because one could not possibly soil her any further . |
| 26 | Furthermore , modernism created a considerable degree of misery and frustration by insisting that only one particular dominant style had the right to be considered the appropriate form for the expression of socialism . |
| 27 | It assumes that he has a right to be paid the fees , charges , and disbursements , but provides that he shall not bring an action to enforce that right until certain preliminary requirements have been satisfied . |
| 28 | It is convenient to consider the third and fourth issues together : has the prisoner the right to make representations before the Secretary of State sets the date for the first review , and has he a right to be told the judicial view of his tariff ? |
| 29 | If , in order for the creditor to obtain an unimpeachable security , the law requires the surety to be given an explanation of the effect of the security documents , the creditor is placed in an invidious position . |
| 30 | It seemed a hideous unthinkable accident to be born a man , so you would have to become a soldier . |