Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must have been agreed , as on 22 February , Major-General Galloway of MEHQ wrote to Eighth Army Headquarters to inform them that after the next series of operations , L Detachment would be withdrawn to re-form up to strength and be retrained as a parachute unit . |
| 2 | Tape speed is fixed to run at 3 ¾ips , which is twice normal cassette speed , but by engaging the tape speed select switch it can be altered to run up to 20% faster or slower , or take its speed from a SMPTE controller . |
| 3 | This approach thus represents an extension of the hierarchical system and can be considered to simplify down to such a system when each of the superior states are considered in turn . |
| 4 | This would be likely to include the tracking through services and follow-up of groups of clients , through detailed description and in depth interviewing of professionals , clients , and carers , and would be designed to get closer to measures of quality of care and of outcome . |
| 5 | In a developing country , like India , a preference for sons would be expected to lead initially to a reduction in the birth rate , which would be to the country 's advantage ; and before long , the more farsighted parents will realise that in order to have grandchildren , they should select not sons , who may not be able to find wives , but daughters , who will be sought after , and be able to enter into advantageous marriages . |
| 6 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 7 | Such , in essence , was the Word that the Holy Spirit could confidently be expected to take home to the hearts of the hearers . |
| 8 | Therefore it is unlikely that all patients can be expected to respond favourably to such a diet . |
| 9 | The Russians 800 miles to the east of the Elbe scarcely threatened Otto I , but the Byzantines could be expected to react unfavourably to his imperial coronation , and Kiev was already in the orbit of Byzantine trade and political influence . |
| 10 | There was no clue to contemporary thinking at the DTp throughout the 1970's : indeed , it was not until 1987 that a new standard reference work was published which could reasonably be expected to provide up to the minute advice on traffic planning in existing urban areas . |
| 11 | Taking these two elements together then , pay differentials are considered as only proper because someone with better qualifications and a longer service record may be expected to contribute more to the company . |
| 12 | So , for example , someone met initially at work may be brought home to a meal , or arrangements may be made to go out to the theatre , perhaps . |
| 13 | Could metal ions be made to stick on to the outside of the fullerene football ? |
| 14 | With the sails furled , the device could be made to fold inward to the mast for loading and unloading I would suggest that here , a good idea lies begging . |
| 15 | Just as the dead might be said to take readily to flight , so the living found their spirits lifted . |
| 16 | In so far as the polytechnics today do in fact offer a wide range of advanced courses on different bases of study , they can also be said to live up to the description of being ‘ comprehensive ’ in that respect . |
| 17 | The men also can be said to live up to how they have been described . |
| 18 | In the meantime , whether or not Acheson 's alleged insensitivity to the nationalism of China 's leaders could be reckoned to extend southwards to Vietnam and whether or not the evidence suggests European rather than Asian priorities , Truman 's momentous post-war Democratic Administration , and his partnership with Acheson , had taken the US into the tiger 's cage . |
| 19 | It is not easy to know how far Kafka 's fictions can be thought to answer descriptively to the historical realities of his time , let alone to those which his fictions are often thought to have predicted . |
| 20 | If some measure of upright posture is possible the hand , originally evolved to hold on to trees , can also be used to hold on to sticks , stones , tools and artefacts . |
| 21 | 125–84 , 204–7 ; 1982b 173–96 ; various papers in Hodder ed. 1982 ) , here it will be used to refer solely to the relationship between artefacts within a given object domain , such as all windows or all cars . |
| 22 | Public money will be used to lend up to £420 a year to students in full-time higher education , which they will pay back at an inflation-linked rate of interest . |
| 23 | In addition to the applications designer and CA-Ret , the other major changes to the system are the inclusion of a source level debugger , and an improved program editor , which can be used to edit up to 8 programs at once . |
| 24 | Complimentary ‘ Carta Venezia ’ for all guests staying 7 nights or more which can be used to obtain up to a 60% reduction on public waterboats ( 2 passport photos required ) . |
| 25 | The proceeds of the issue will be used to buy up to 76 residential properties in Greenwich . |
| 26 | Such land could , in theory , be used to produce up to 30 million tonnes of fuel , with further advantages of biodiesel being its sulphur-free composition , its " extremely positive " energy balance , and its price competitiveness provided it is tax-free . |
| 27 | Pupils must be persuaded to turn naturally to books and other resources and hence appreciate the cardinal importance of the Library/Resource Centre and libraries in general . |
| 28 | Perfect to play on the hand-crafted Daly billard table , which will mop up the spare £47,000 you could n't be bothered to take back to the bank . |
| 29 | Through such techniques as occupational therapy and physiotherapy , and by the inspired use of artificial limbs , walking aids , powered wheelchairs and so on , many severely disabled persons can be helped to adjust physically to their situation , develop compensatory skills and achieve considerable mobility . |
| 30 | This treatment applies only to those costs which can be demonstrated to relate directly to the instrument in question . |