Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the agreement , the industrialized countries would establish a US$160,000,000 fund , with an additional $80,000,000 to be injected once India and China had acceded to the protocol . |
| 2 | too wide , was n't it ? , it was wider than the , the thing itself , so you want , it 's got to be cut down width wise |
| 3 | ‘ Darlington must be one of the last towns of its size to be bringing in pedestrianisation , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The temperature needs to be kept below 400°C , which compares with a figure of 1200°C for thermal oxidation of the other main semiconductor , silicon . |
| 5 | The morning 's milk was poured , still warm , into a large pan and set by the fire because the temperature had to be kept around 93° . |
| 6 | Strange to be seeing still things , Jed thought . |
| 7 | It is , as my colleague in the Establishment Division remarked , shaking his head sagely , when I made application to him , ‘ a difficult time to be setting up home ’ . |
| 8 | MOSCOW ( Reuter ) — Armed insurgents were reported yesterday to be setting up camps in the hilly terrain of Nagorny Karabakh as tensions between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |
| 9 | Do you want it to be blown up darling , to play with ? |
| 10 | Now we used to clean the bottom up cos used to be a big boiler in the dredger and erm we used to close down every six weeks , which they used to call blow the boiler down , that mean that they open the valve and the heat used to take all the water into the river , so er , that used to be blown down Friday night , come Saturday morning we 'd start at six o'clock and chip all the fur off inside the boiler , cos the boiler was made with all and what we call the crown , that used to be the two furnaces , cos they 're double the big boiler were a double furnace and we had to chip all that fur off them , well it used to take us now from six o'clock in the morning or say seven when we got there had to go down the tug and er go down the tug and erm , then we go aboard and strip off . |
| 11 | Because of these complexities , friendships with the Willses tend to be built up step by step and to become all the more valued because their qualities are seldom revealed all at one time . |
| 12 | The disadvantage of the latter system is that there is a tendency to stuff all the envelopes in a section with the material simply because it is easier than going through m all , and because the gaps will have to be made up envelopes wasted if only a few are to left out of one section . |
| 13 | The carrier Bulwark had to be sailed hastily north from Mombasa with an infantry battalion embarked to establish a forward base at Aqaba on the Red Sea , through which supplies could be despatched to Amman by road . |
| 14 | One more now , as long as they do go out because erm Oh I 've got one that will be coming back from the careers service soon , erm he 's supposed to be ringing tomorrow morning . |
| 15 | He was clever in a bubbling , sideways way that Masklin distrusted ; he always seemed to be bottling up excitement about something , and when he spoke the words always rushed out , with Nisodemus putting ‘ ums ’ in the flow of words so that he could catch his breath without anyone having the chance to interrupt him . |
| 16 | Such were the treasures to be seen when Philip Miller arrived at Oud-Poelgeest in 1727 and he reported on many rare shrubs and gathered seeds from curious plants . |
| 17 | But it remains to be seen how Japan 's culture responds to a collapse in asset values . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen how Taggart 's vision stands up to the floodlights — and the driving rain . |
| 19 | It remains to be seen how Customs will react to any challenges to its position . |
| 20 | If the court does not feel entirely satisfied , it may adjourn the application for the parties to be given further opportunity to negotiate . |
| 21 | India 's openers produced their first half-century stand of the series , but they lost three wickets before reaching three figures , and another at 102 , when Vengsarkar , stretching down the pitch , was unamused to be given out lbw to Hughes 's slower ‘ googly ’ . |
| 22 | There are two important questions that need to be asked where alcohol abuse is suspected . |
| 23 | It is thought to be exploring how insurance risks compare and fit in with the other financial risks it already manages routinely for customers . |
| 24 | The examples of practice in this book especially Mrs R. ( case study 5:1 ) show a social worker continuing to be involved once admission to care has taken place , and this kind of practice should be encouraged . |
| 25 | But there are often insurmountable practical difficulties in doing this given that , under most random sampling procedures , it is individuals who have to be contacted not types of individuals who satisfy the quota controls as in quota sampling . |
| 26 | For that reason you would have had to be silenced once Graham was in custody . |
| 27 | And if these stories are to be believed then Jesus was a walker too , liking nothing better that a hearty stroll in the beautiful Mendip Hills in Somerset . |
| 28 | For instance , on a fast slalom type board , with only a little tail lift , the foot will have to be placed further back than on a wave board where the rocker line resembles a banana . |
| 29 | Superman ( Christopher Reeve ) himself was sometimes hung by wires ( the disadvantage of which is that they might have to be matted out frame by frame by hand ) or supported on a hydraulic arm that came out of the screen at 90° and which , like his shadow , was hidden by his body . |
| 30 | We are also establishing a regional presence in the Middle East and Graham Hillier is soon to be taking up residence in Dubai to promote our activities in this region . |