Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Preamble and Article 1 of Regulation 2052/88 should be amended to include a reference to Article 130 R of the Treaty . |
| 2 | The conference also suggested that the standard requisitions on title be amended to include a reference to whether a seller 's solicitor was also acting for the lender in the redemption of the mortgage . |
| 3 | ‘ The Royal College of Psychiatrists has recommended that the Mental Health Act 1983 should be amended to incorporate a community supervision order . |
| 4 | It defines the physical actions and thought processes which must be undertaken to perform a task . |
| 5 | This equation may be respecified to define a i , . |
| 6 | The office in question was not minor patronage , for as Scott remarked , it had a value of from £300 to £1,800 per annum , and for that reason it was unlikely to be given to gratify a town council . |
| 7 | Youth Club Permission will be given to hold a disco but certain aspects will require to be considered . |
| 8 | Youth Club Permission will be given to hold a disco but certain aspects will require to be considered . |
| 9 | On Sundays the ‘ psalm children ’ came from the villages to be heard reciting a psalm which they had learnt by heart during the week . |
| 10 | Among the Great and Good , scarcely a voice could be heard supporting a proposal which the BBC 's founding father , Lord Reith , had said would prove as beneficial as dog-racing , smallpox or the bubonic plague . |
| 11 | The lories , a branch of the parrot family , have acquired a tongue with little papillae on its surface that can be erected to form a brush with which to sweep up nectar . |
| 12 | Once preparations are obtained they can be treated to serve a number of purposes and some of these will be described . |
| 13 | I knew the proprietor must be struggling to make a living , because we could no longer afford to extend him any credit . |
| 14 | But by that time a renewed coalition and a coalition election would not be arranged to get a mandate for war so much as to reap the benefits of victory . |
| 15 | One may , after all , competently drive a car without understanding much about the principles of the internal combustion engine ; one may use a typewriter or a word-processor without being able to make or mend one ; one may quickly be taught to use a computer , and make simple programs without being a master of , or even a beginner in , computer science . |
| 16 | The conduct had also to be intended to provoke a breach of the peace or to have been of such a nature as to have been likely to have occasioned such a breach . |
| 17 | However , in terms of LIFESPAN modules , a FOREIGN module can be considered to comprise a header text file and its constituent foreign files . |
| 18 | The last type of survey to be considered has a basis in theory . |
| 19 | Comfortable sofas and armchairs should be grouped to allow a semblance of privacy for each couple or party . |
| 20 | With modern propaganda techniques , it is possible for a past to be fabricated to fit a myth . |
| 21 | All these effects on money supply can be summarized using a flow-of-funds equation . |
| 22 | Both start with inputs in the form of market needs and company objectives which must be converted into clear definitions of the problems to be solved to create a product supplying the market need in a manner profitable to the company . |
| 23 | The following general curricular statement can be modified to suit a school 's needs . |
| 24 | The GREY program has automatic intensity adjustment and if it were to be useful would need to be modified to provide a user override , at least during development of the measuring technique . |
| 25 | It was claimed that the population of these desert ascetics was equal to that of the Nile towns , but religious fervour can hardly be trusted to have a head for figures . |
| 26 | Only her friend Antonia knew where she was headed and she could be trusted to keep a secret . |
| 27 | Norwich would be loathed to sell a player who has become such a huge hit with Carrow Road fans after instilling genuine belief that the club could win the Championship . |
| 28 | The editorial contents will be designed to provide a back-up to course work and a bridge between the college experience and the realities of working on site . |
| 29 | The price reduction initially requested may be substantial and may be designed to provoke a reaction from the vendors to test their minimum price and their negotiating strength at this late stage ( i.e. whether they are irrevocably committed to the deal ) . |
| 30 | Equally it may depend on the social factors that may have determined the decoration used ; the earlier brooches may be designed to satisfy a society in which there is less variation in social identity than later . |