Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The violence appears to been started by an offensive against the UDF by Zulu warlords which began in the early hours of Saturday morning . |
| 2 | The reform of the legal system ( 1864 ) was explicitly modelled on advanced western practice , and laid down that the law was to be overseen by an independent judiciary . |
| 3 | HM Inspectorate seem to command the respect of teachers , although as Becher et al say , ‘ Sometimes this respect appears to be based on an assumption that inspectors must ( because many teachers rarely if ever see them ) be very busy and therefore very able people ’ . |
| 4 | This has to be based on an understanding of the code of ethics , working to an agreed code of practice and so on , and Ann will be saying more on this . |
| 5 | To specify that a new DC is to be based on an existing DC , and to update the information to suit the new DC . |
| 6 | to specify that a new DC is to be based on an existing DC , and to update the information to suit the new DC . |
| 7 | If the new DC is to be based on an existing one , all the information which was supplied for the original description will be displayed here , and can be updated for the new DC ; otherwise , any existing details for your DC will be displayed . |
| 8 | to specify that a new SPR is to be based on an existing SPR , and to update the information to suit the new SPR . |
| 9 | to specify that a new SSR is to be based on an existing SSR , and to update the information to suit the new SSR . |
| 10 | If such a duty was to be owed it would have to be based on an express or implied term in the contract of employment . |
| 11 | The established professions are said to be based upon an underlying logic which is essentially instrumental ; the individual is seen as an instance of a general category . |
| 12 | 3.21 The Working Party 's Guidelines are expressed to be based upon an analysis of cases reported up to September 1991 . |
| 13 | There is much to be said for an extension of the mental element in rape to cover this type of case , and it may be that this was the Committee 's intention . |
| 14 | There 's a lot to be said for an up-market Scottish education but in retrospect you can come away with some pernicious ideas , particularly the idea that thought is superior to action . |
| 15 | The UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd , however , said on Dec. 17 after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers [ see pp. 37931 ] that " I do n't think there is much to be said for an entirely separate meeting " . |
| 16 | There is something to be said for an industry ombudsman , who would certainly command greater respect than the in-house prefects appointed by some proprietors . |
| 17 | That is , written and spoken language have to be taught through an awareness of Swedish Sign Language and the perspective this creates for the learning task . |
| 18 | One recurring kind of reason against accepting the authority of one person or institution is that there is another person or institution with a better claim to be recognized as an authority . |
| 19 | Coaching is also beginning to be recognized as an essential tool which has to be developed systematically , not left to chance or the interest of a few concerned managers . |
| 20 | In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before . |
| 21 | We 've also included in there , on item twelve , a net bill item , but does need to be recognized as an addition to your total spending , and that is , you 've been involved for many years with the health authority in arranging for the discharge of people from long-stay hospitals , and their absorption into the community , and each of these are a provider of many services , and daycare services to those particular individuals . |
| 22 | A digression , but this is also why the motor tax disc is round ; the law previously required them to be displayed in an external , weatherproof holder . |
| 23 | Because of the large amount of information to be displayed in an adequate route map , there is no hope of one that is not complex . |
| 24 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 25 | I had warned my men overnight to be prepared for an early start , and a little before sunrise , leaving them to pack up and follow me , I said good-bye to my friends at Dalkania and started on the two-mile climb to the forest road on the ridge above … . |
| 26 | At some point in the second half of next year , and perhaps even earlier if President Mitterrand decides to bring forward the abolition of French controls , the Government is going to be faced with an inescapable decision . |
| 27 | It 's a problem that we had to face , and we had to take it , because otherwise we were going to be faced with an enormous bill , erm for ourselves , because it was down to us . |
| 28 | Does the Minister think that it is satisfactory for the people of Teesside to be faced with an application for a power station , another for a gas plant for the power station , and a separate application for the overhead line ? |
| 29 | Despite its eulogistic tone Oldershaw 's memory seems more credible than E. C. Bentley 's half-humorous , half-invented sketch of Thomas aged sixteen during his first half-year at St. Paul 's : ‘ It was Walker [ Frederick Walker , the High Master ] too , who had made this possible by clearing the ‘ History Eighth ’ , the first recruits to which included my friend Oldershaw and myself , soon to be joined by an exceptionally reserved and quiet boy who usually had in his pocket a rat or so , and a few snakes , which he would shut in his desk with books , and occasionally peep at stealthily — Edward Thomas the poet . ’ |
| 30 | It displays the contents of the package and allows the user to mark the modules to be transferred with an ‘ E ’ ( for Enter ) or a ‘ R ’ ( for Read ) . |