Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing to be said to that was said eight years ago by Michael Kinsley , a Washington journalist , when the Democrats had the same plank in their platform for the American elections . |
| 2 | For Schein , it is ‘ the pattern of basic assumptions that a given group has invented , discovered , or developed , in learning to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration , and that have worked well enough to be considered valid and , therefore , to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive , think and feel in relation to these problems . ’ |
| 3 | When emeralds began to be cut , lapidaries found that their qualities were likely to be displayed to best advantage by step-cutting , and this method is still widely used for this stone , though brilliant cutting is sometimes applied . |
| 4 | If the gutter is to be joined to existing cast iron guttering ( next door 's , perhaps ) , the appropriate connector will be needed . |
| 5 | He said that from 1991–1992 there were only five times when intensive care patients had to be transferred to other hospitals in the region , but in April and May this year alone there had been five cases . |
| 6 | Procedurally , the machinery could no longer be operated since no provision had been made , in 1922 , for functions relating to the organising of elections and previously discharged by the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown in Ireland , to be transferred to new officials , and those offices had been abolished . |
| 7 | Three-quarter-inch cassette formats : U-matic Low-Band — widely used in industry and in institutions ; U-matic High-Band — acceptable for broadcast , better quality than low-band , needs to be transferred to low-band to play back on that standard but will playback on low band equipment as black and white picture of variable quality . |
| 8 | If the judge or district judge is satisfied that any proceedings can be more conveniently or fairly dealt with in some other court , he may order the action or matter itself to be transferred to that court ( Ord 16 , r 1 ) . |
| 9 | His heart sank , perversely convinced that he was to be transferred to some damp hole where he would be able neither to stand upright nor lie at full length , and chained there in darkness . |
| 10 | CASE 1 : the whole table is to be transferred to magnetic tape . |
| 11 | CASE 2 : a range of entries from a table is to be transferred to magnetic tape . |
| 12 | CASE 3 : selected entries are required to be transferred to magnetic tape . |
| 13 | Any NOT eligible for transfer to Russians will be included in surrendered personnel at first ( b ) above ( ie will be included among German PoWs to be transferred to 12 Army Group ) . |
| 14 | The next day I received a telegram informing me that my request to be transferred to clerical duties at the Ministry of the Interior had been granted . |
| 15 | The row culminated in the headteacher , Jim Nind , asking to be transferred to another post and four of the seven teachers , apparently exhausted by the events , going on sick leave for a week . |
| 16 | Mambo Leo was to be transferred to commercial ownership and to disappear shortly after independence , but other papers sponsored or produced by the Government took its place . |
| 17 | Enter window to be transferred to Main database : |
| 18 | Enter window to be transferred to Main database : … > |
| 19 | { Window to be transferred to Main database } |
| 20 | Continuous running is only of benefit where a large number of modules are to be transferred to offline storage or where much hard copy has already been done , and many module versions can be nominated or deleted . |
| 21 | The benefits would need to be extended to all those on income support as well . |
| 22 | The NHS is into an era of capital charging , which is likely to be extended to other public sector bodies , including some ( such as universities ) which are formally autonomous . |
| 23 | If successful , the policy is likely to be extended to other branches around the country . |
| 24 | Access is also to be extended to Eastern Europe , using funds from the Community 's PHARE programme under a separate contract between the EC and PTT Telecom : Poland , Hungary , Czech and Slovak Republics , Bulgaria and Romania are to be connected into the system . |
| 25 | The NCVO is pressing for a simpler SORP and for the timetable for compliance to be extended to mid 1994 to allow charities more time to prepare . |
| 26 | Linda Townley , who 's fought a three-year battle with a national newspaper , made a plea for legal aid to be extended to those with no money to sue for libel . |
| 27 | Later an affadavit was presented to the High Court in London supporting an application by the foundation for injunctions freezing all Aberdour 's assets to be extended to any overseas holdings . |
| 28 | Now , the new framework being put into place has allowed the title of ‘ university ’ to be extended to any polytechnic which wishes to use it . |
| 29 | The resulting design was a radical departure from the Blackpool tradition : the 43-foot railcoach body was to be extended to 49 feet , with front doors and tapered platforms . |
| 30 | It could be argued that since these are indefensible when applied , as they are currently , to conventional criminals , they ought not to be extended to corporate criminals . |