Example sentences of "are [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 US car companies are to be given government help to produce more fuel efficient models .
2 Reflecting fears from the industry over inconsistency of enforcement , the regulatory authorities and their environmental health officers are to be given guidance on what is reasonable to expect in terms of training , and the wise operator will make sure that his training strategy is endorsed by the local EHO .
3 Thus the policy-maker is invariably in the position where he has certain aspirations in terms of macroeconomic objectives , but he has to decide which are to be given priority .
4 Unions are to be given information ; and consulted in advance .
5 But the civil servants have been vague when it comes to the detail of who is to be the competent authority , who is to foot the bill for its work ( and any extra studies it may require before giving consent ) , and how much of its deliberations are to be made public .
6 One further important change is the replacement of place of safety orders with what are to be called emergency protection orders .
7 Houses to be built on the site of the former Cameron maternity hospital in Hartlepool are to be named Greenbank Court .
8 In order to get a true comparison between the firms ( and accordingly between the contributions , both capital and income generating , of their partners ) it may be necessary : ( 1 ) to revalue capital assets to a common date ; ( 2 ) to bring in the profits from the disposal of any property not required by the merged firm ; ( 3 ) to devise some means of compensation if goodwill is to be written out of account where it has previously been treated as an asset in which the partners have a share ; ( 4 ) where work in progress features in the accounts of one of the firms , to eliminate it by billing or to write it off against the capital accounts of that firm 's partners ; ( 5 ) to settle how bad debts are to be treated post-merger , either charged generally against the new firm or separately against the partners of the old firms ; ( 6 ) to write off the value of old fixtures and fittings ; ( 7 ) to revise profit and loss accounts to a common accounting date .
9 He said that a constant stream of information was flowing out in England indicating how the targets are to be achieved south of the Border .
10 We will not specify that a certain number or percentage of candidates are to be awarded merit .
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