Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These techniques have been relied on increasingly to evaluate vomiting infants . |
| 2 | Ken Bates , the Chelsea chairman , had been given until tomorrow to pay £22.85 million to Cabra Estates , the property company who are Stamford Bridge 's landlords , as the independent valuation put on the ground . |
| 3 | Arafat , determined to rally Palestinians behind the deal , began the round of meetings on Thursday and has been struggling since then to overcome opposition of at least four of the 12 members attending , Palestinian sources said . |
| 4 | ( Bronislaw Geremek of the Democratic Union , whom he had asked on Nov. 8 , had admitted failure on Nov. 13 , and Walesa had been seeking since then to find another alternative to Olszewski — see p. 38586 — reportedly preferring the reappointment of Bielecki . ) |
| 5 | the trouble is , I mean they 're looking for somewhere to have it . |
| 6 | Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're going in there to observe the effect of Operation El Dorado Canyon , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I think what I 'm gon na do I 'm gon na go and stand in front of everybody while they 're trying to just to annoy them . |
| 9 | Despite the restriction of the survey to schools which had been scheduled at least to have made a start on the review , only four-fifths of the teachers included actually had . |
| 10 | Make sure that all canes of raspberries , blackberries and other fruits are tied in securely to prevent breakage and chafing . |
| 11 | It is imperative that these claims are dealt with discreetly to avoid any distress to the deceased 's relatives . |
| 12 | They 've been coming from afar to pay homage to the king of Carradock Court Stables . |
| 13 | In the public sector the government can be relied upon always to raise through taxation the funds necessary to honour its pension obligations . |
| 14 | The bass trombone can therefore be relied upon now to have a compass from E natural below the bass stave to B flat above the tenor stave . |
| 15 | So , shareholders can not be relied upon necessarily to provide much of a constraint on managers . |
| 16 | And then it twists , and like a small office , and when when I were there , after Michael had shown it me and Colin , he says oh , he says , er I 'm come in here to get get out of way , and you know , he was like telling me , I thought I do n't want to be a fiddle , because it 's alright telling Colin , the boys |
| 17 | All gas and electrical equipment and appliances , wiring , lamp holders , power points and plugs , and particularly electric blankets should be checked for safety and efficiency , and taps , pipes and tanks should be looked at also to see if they are in need of attention . |
| 18 | Even the oilfields which have been discovered and appraised need to be looked at again to determine whether they are still profitable at low oil prices . |
| 19 | I happened to be looking for somewhere to mount a small African sculpture I had bought and came upon De Biasi in Tottenham Mews just off Tottenham Court Toad . |
| 20 | The millions who would soon be looking for somewhere to spend their hard-earned break were his natural customers . |
| 21 | ‘ So I 'm looking for somewhere to live . |
| 22 | What about for local businesses , erm what do you think could be done to actually to attract more businesses to the area ? |
| 23 | In other words , having debited principal and interest for loans raised to operating statements , rates had to be collected at least to cover those repayments ( S. 2 , General Rate Act 1967 ) . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend says that cash is available which could be used at least to make some payment to doctors who had their payments limited by the list size criterion . |
| 25 | An advantage of this technique is that , with glass LC cell walls and transparent electrodes , the displays can be lit from behind to create a luminous image more like the TV we all know and love . |
| 26 | They had to be disposed of quickly to make room in the depôts for the new cars on order to work on the main line . |
| 27 | The water had to be put in immediately to correspond to the sky above it . |
| 28 | If the boy would not listen to poetry , then he should be forced at least to understand some grammar . |
| 29 | Whether the end result will lead to better governmental accounting is impossible to say , but it seems clear that major steps are being taken and will continue to be taken at least to understand the commonalities and differences between accounting for businesses and accounting for governmental units . |
| 30 | If a caution was required , it can not be dispensed with simply to facilitate the operation . |