Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a bargain has been struck the TOPIC ( " Teletext Output of Price Information on Computer " ) price displays are altered to show the last trades made . |
| 2 | Today reasons other than those voiced by Hale are given to justify the marital rape exemption . |
| 3 | Figures for 1971 are available on both bases and are given to indicate the potential disparity . |
| 4 | These details are given to emphasize the enormous difference of scale between any problem Howard dreamed of and the problems facing recent TDC directors . |
| 5 | The very existence of Article 23 was regarded as indicating that the Convention was not mandatory , on the rather tortuous argument that if the Convention had been intended to replace the broad discovery powers previously exercised by the United States , acceptance of Article 23 ( which enables other States to refuse to operate the Convention in this area ) ‘ would have been most anomalous ’ . |
| 6 | It had originally been intended to include the Independent Women 's Union , which had campaigned jointly with the Green Party , but the two parties split after the Independent Women 's Union unsuccessfully demanded a larger share of the eight seats the list had won . |
| 7 | It had been intended to number the main service 109B and 109W , for Blackfriars and Westminster respectively , as had been done in the case of the Wimbledon services , but there was a change in heart at the last minute and the buses were delivered with blinds numbered 109 only . |
| 8 | A significant detail is the forked ends of the severed heads which may have been intended to suggest the immediate growth of two replacements , as in the classical version of the myth . |
| 9 | Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens claimed the recordings might have been leaked to blacken the Royal Family and warned that ‘ evil forces ’ could be at work . |
| 10 | Furthermore , if investment has been undertaken to improve the competitive position , then it may be desirable , during the manager 's stay in the SBU , to assess the likely performance of that investment by reference to early signals of a change in the competitive position . |
| 11 | A feasibility study has been undertaken to determine the future development strategy for the BGS deep-tow boomer and plans are now being developed to enhance the performance and flexibility of the system . |
| 12 | Never think that April is not a good month for skiing , as it has repeatedly been proven to have the best snow . |
| 13 | This section of line is now double track and the station platforms have been altered to serve the middle roads on this picture . |
| 14 | Now to the second of our reports from HMS Gloucester , which has been helping to enforce the United Nations sanctions against Serbia . |
| 15 | Along with with Robin Harris , past director of Conservative research department , who is joining the Downing Street policy unit , John O'Sullivan , editor of the US National Review and Sir Ronald Millar , playwright , Mr Patten has been helping to write the Prime Minister 's speech for today 's keynote address . |
| 16 | In this general context , handheld media are increasingly offering the same utilities which are helping to build the electronic information market globally , together with portability , an ingredient new to electronic media but for long one of the most cherished advantages of the printed word . |
| 17 | Does that mean that we are helping to subsidise the German coal industry while shutting pits in this country and throwing people out of work ? |
| 18 | The presentation of comparative figures has been adjusted to reflect the new standard . |
| 19 | The residuals from the fitted line can be thought of as values for a variable which have been adjusted to take the explanatory variable into account . |
| 20 | Before calculation of the explained variance , both simulated and observed temperatures have been adjusted to have the same 1861–1900 mean . |
| 21 | Family routines are adjusted to accommodate the worsening disease . |
| 22 | Many organizations are struggling to harness the creative energies which it releases . |
| 23 | The neighbouring grammatical categories are examined to determine the possible grammatical transitions . |
| 24 | It is the aim of this study to investigate the determinants of unemployment and the behaviour of wages and prices in interwar Britain , using as a starting point models which have been developed to analyse the current unemployment problem . |
| 25 | Advanced computer modelling techniques have been developed to simulate the refining process . |
| 26 | Three tests have been developed to estimate the risk-adjusted performance of portfolios : |
| 27 | In addition to pioneering ‘ green ’ techniques in areas such as pest control , a number of new businesses have been developed to meet the increasing concern for the environment . |
| 28 | It has been developed to meet the particular needs of the school . |
| 29 | Cider makers and drinkers have been gathering to find the best farmhouse cider in Britain . |
| 30 | The roads leading to these houses are guarded to prevent the general species of mankind from entering ; and I felt a slight twinge of sorrow for these rich people who have isolated themselves in these strange colonies and deprived themselves of the society of humble and unpretentious men who add the savour to human society ; for it is only in such men that the real spirit of joy , and freedom resides . |