Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] to [det] " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The benefits would need to be extended to all those on income support as well . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As Lord Upjohn said in Phipps v. Boardman , at p. 123 : ‘ Rules of equity have to be applied to such a great diversity of circumstances that they can be stated only in the most general terms and applied with particular attention to the exact circumstances of each case . ’ |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the higher standards of residual stability recommended by the steering committee of the roll on/roll off ferry safety research programme to be applied to all roll on/roll off ferries using British ports . |
| 11 | Mr Takeshita bulldozed this through parliament last December , and on April 1st it began to be applied to all goods and services . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps it is to be applied to some kind of child 's toy — a gunpowder-propelled kite ! ’ |
| 13 | This has to be applied to most archaeological deposits . |
| 14 | There is thus no ground-swell of demand for traffic calming to be applied to those places that would benefit most , existing residential areas where accident rates are higher than in new estates . |
| 15 | Any other kind of propaganda — in favour of abstention , or rejection — was illegal , and an ordinance was even passed detailing the sanctions to be applied to those who did not vote on 7 July . |
| 16 | Bremner and Jimmy Johnstone made Willie Ormond 's period as Scotland manager into a nightmare of infuriating incidents and in the '60s , the city of Turin was to be treated to some memorable scandals when Denis Law and Joe Baker both signed for the Italian League side Torino . |
| 17 | It is a test of a young shaman to be strapped to this tree . |
| 18 | The engagement letter will need to be tailored to each disposal assignment . |
| 19 | The engagement letter will need to be tailored to each acquisition assignment . |
| 20 | I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous and lavish occasion by my esteemed friends , Martha and George . |
| 21 | Their stated wish was for him to be moved to another mainstream school . |
| 22 | " You could ask to be moved to another convent . " |
| 23 | The family contacted the villa 's owner who took the gun away , but the family , worried at what they else they may find , demanded to be moved to another villa |
| 24 | ( When writing a parallel construct the programmer must declare which global variables and channels are to be assigned to each component process . ) |
| 25 | ( f ) Notice to insurance society When an endowment insurance policy on the life of a buyer-borrower is to be assigned to that person 's mortgagee ( commonly building society or bank ) notice of the assignment must be given to the insurance society when the policy has been assigned . |
| 26 | The Charge Code to be assigned to another LIFESPAN user . |
| 27 | Calculations enable reaction surface potentials to be explored to any degree of detail required . |
| 28 | I find it to be an irritating reminder that the solid rail service taken for granted by this part of the country , the one that provides an essential lifeline spring , summer , autumn and winter , is eventually going to be lost to these seasonal theme-park trucks full of florid , truffle-guzzling lounge lizards . |
| 29 | St Pierre Park staff were pleased to report that the new kitchen passed with flying colours , enabling the main course to be served to all the diners within 10 minutes of the plates going into the ovens . |
| 30 | In the early thirteenth century Gerald of Wales had advocated the combined use of archers and knights ; it was precisely this combination which , as shown above , was to be employed to such good effect in defensive positions against the Scots in the first half of the fourteenth century , before being used , in broadly similar conditions , against the French at Crécy , Poitiers and , later , at Agincourt . |