Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A woman whose response to Chernobyl is that only thirty-one people were killed , who can dismiss as unimportant one of the world 's greatest nuclear disasters which put thousands in hospital , exposed a hundred thousand or more to dangerous radioactivity , devastated vast areas of land , and may result in deaths from cancer amounting to fifty thousand over the next fifty years , is totally unsuitable to be trusted to work in an atomic power station . |
| 2 | The Council … believes strongly that a first degree course in Educational Studies lasting three years may be designed to lead to an Honours award … the concept of a three-year degree course in Educational Studies , leading to an Honours or an unclassified degree , will be acceptable provided it combines an adequate period of practical experience in the classroom with a requisite minimum of academic studies . |
| 3 | Butter and margarine are close substitutes , and so any increase in the price of butter would be expected to lead to an increased demand for margarine as consumers substitute the latter for the relatively more expensive butter . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the prison population could be substantially reduced without creating a massive crime wave : if the numbers in prison were cut by 40 per cent , this could be expected to lead to an increase in criminal convictions of only 1.6 per cent . |
| 5 | As with the Faculty scholarships , overseas students will be expected to apply for an ORS award . |
| 6 | As we have already observed ( see ( 35 ) ) , the verb see , in its ordinary uses , can not be expected to occur with an adverbal adjective , but this does appear to be the interpretation needed for ( 41 ) which may be considered substandard but is apparently possible in current British English : ( 41 ) even if the scheme does fail , I 'll see you comfortable Much more often , the idiomaticity works the other way , so that a set of lexical items that could fit the structure of ( 21 ) , with appropriate values , seem to give unacceptable sentences , as in ( 42 ) : ( 42 ) Eva played her opponent exhausted Wendy wiped the floor moist |
| 7 | Teachers and other educationalists can not be expected to come to an adequate understanding of recent trends in multicultural and anti-racist education , nor can they develop an independent critical judgement on recent controversies in this area , without some grasp of the deeper structural and ideological issues that underlie the racial dimension in education , politics and the economy . |
| 8 | With all this in mind , the point of the argument has been reached where an attempt can be made to move towards an integration of the behavioural and strategic perspectives of corporate resource allocation . |
| 9 | She reiterated her view that humans could best be made to behave in an environmentally friendly way through the market , rather than regulation . |
| 10 | Both can be made to vanish by an appropriate coordinate transformation . |
| 11 | There are two different problems , and we all know that in order to gain the confidence of patients , every doctor has to be seen to behave in an impeccable manner . |
| 12 | In this process , art can then be seen to belong to an essentially subjective stage of immediate , concrete picturing ; religion appears at that of objectifying symbols ; and philosophy breaks through to the conceptualisation in which full and genuine understanding is attained . |
| 13 | It is submitted on behalf of the Attorney-General that there was no delay , either in the investigation of the complaint against the respondent or in the bringing of proceedings against him which could properly be said to amount to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 14 | Since even the best attested fact of the history of the past can possess no more than a very high degree of probability and since , by definition , Christian and indeed all religious faith must from the believer 's point of view be absolutely certain and secure , can faith ever be said to depend upon an historical fact , no matter how well established ? |
| 15 | Esther had quite as hard a time of it as Annie , one might feel , but even so , Moore 's spirited novel can be thought to settle for an anodyne poverty . |
| 16 | Describe the methods which could be used to arrive at an annual forecast of sales . |
| 17 | Third-person pronouns typically refer back ( or forward ) to a nominal expression in the text but may also be used to refer to an entity which is present in the immediate physical or mental context of situation . |
| 18 | Strictly speaking , this should be used to refer to an auditory sensation experienced by the hearer . |
| 19 | Twin self supporting light guides can be used to light from an almost infinite variety of angles , and ring lights are available as are focusing lenses . |
| 20 | This Form should be used to apply for an ordinary driving licence and for entitlement to drive Large Goods Vehicles ( LGVs ) and/or Passenger Carrying Vehicles ( PCVs ) . |
| 21 | The other islands followed and had slave majorities by the 1670s , and once they had done so the process was irreversible ; white men could not be persuaded to come to an area where wages were set by the cost of slave labour . |
| 22 | If the VCR 's input socket is for ‘ mic ’ level inputs , the ‘ line ’ signals should be reduced to match via an attenuator lead which is connected into the set-up at ‘ X ’ . |
| 23 | The compulsion to be exercised in the attempt to satisfy the claim of right is not purely or mainly internal to particular societies : it is compulsion to be exercised by some societies against other societies , coercion to be brought to bear upon an international scale . |
| 24 | If urine has been passed recently and there is therefore some doubt about the diagnosis , the patient may be asked to return for an early morning specimen ( EMS ) the next day . |
| 25 | The Speaker can be asked to agree to an emergency debate on a definite matter of urgent public importance . |
| 26 | The child who likes expressing his ideas in words , but who is not so happy drawing and painting , can be asked to write about an interest . |
| 27 | Obviously you will only be asked to come for an interview if you have made an initial approach for a job . |
| 28 | 15.38 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 7 should continue to participate extensively in widely varied group work in a range of groupings where they should now be encouraged to take on an increasingly responsible and , as appropriate , individual or independent role , eg by taking notes of the discussion and checking them with the group , representing group views in plenary sessions . |
| 29 | If the results of assessment are used in the ways intended and if the evidence of research and HMI findings of good practice are heeded , these children should in fact benefit , because their problems with the English language will have been identified and appropriate action can be taken to help at an early stage . |
| 30 | It should be noted that where the grounds for revocation be serious detriment to the amenity the area , any disposal operation will be allowed to continue pending an appeal under s. 10(2) . |