Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The pinnae usually face forward but can be swivelled round to concentrate any sound which might signal danger or food .
2 The quality , calibre , extra capability and extra commitment that they give are well worth any time that may be given up to volunteer reserve service .
3 To identify and measure the trade-offs that exist between economic objectives so that the policy-maker is made aware of how much of one must be given up to get more of another , e.g. 2 per cent more inflation or 0.5 per cent less unemployment .
4 His brothers aged 8 and 10 , whose school was a long walk in the opposite direction , had to be relied on to take this responsibility when their father could not .
5 From time to time the Tanganyika government proposed excision of parts of Masailand for the use of other tribes , and Masai District Officers could be relied on to oppose these proposals .
6 Nothing in soft conventionalism guarantees , or even promotes , the ideal of protected expectations , that past decisions will be relied on to justify collective force only so far as their authority and their terms are made uncontroversial by widely accepted conventions .
7 But where there 's a will a bet ca n't be far behind and the local bookmakers can be relied on to provide ante-post prices the day before .
8 While direct participation in government by personnel from big business has characteristically declined in modern liberal democracies ( except in the USA ) , the state apparatus remains staffed overwhelmingly by strata of society who can be relied on to adopt pro-capitalist stances on economic and industrial issues — for example , members of professions , lawyers , accountants and farmers .
9 It is usually appropriate to see patients one to three times per week at first ; sessions after this can be spaced out to provide continuing support as changes are consolidated .
10 So if this stands for this year 's output at a hundred percent fifty percent of it has to be added on to give next year 's .
11 In addition , poinding of assets can take place and a warrant sale can be carried out to realise those effects at a later date .
12 But whether the balance of payments will allow the agreement to be carried out remains uncertain .
13 Geoffrey , discussions about the Common Market , for example , tend to be carried out using rational arguments based on economics and legal principles , but do n't you think that at the deepest level international relations depend on national characteristics ?
14 In this section we will consider techniques for solving these problems and , in passing , illustrate how dual simplex iterations may be carried out using compact tableaux .
15 In desperation then he ordered certain solid objects in the Residency to be carried out to arrest that dreadful bleeding away of earth .
16 A survey is to be carried out to identify vulnerable areas ; these will be divided into two categories , those affected by pollution and those threatened by it , according to the concentrations of nitrates in water supplies .
17 ( i ) Describe briefly an experiment that could be carried out to obtain these results in the laboratory .
18 But first harness , tack and carriages had to be spruced up to ensure top marks for turnout .
19 It will produce around twelve horse power and can be connected up to drive various pumps and machines as well as the mill stones .
20 More commonly these days it will be a separate cable-connected box which can be moved around to service several PCs .
21 The parents of the organ-transplant girl , Laura Davies , have explained their decision to allow her ventilator to be turned off to prevent further suffering .
22 Here the in-kind transfer encourages consumption of good X at a cheaper cost to the Exchequer than would a cash transfer ; for a cash transfer to stimulate consumption of X by as much , it would be necessary to give the individual sufficient cash that the budget line would be pushed out to point 9 on the income consumption curve .
23 I know of no set of criteria that could be drawn up to include such a tragic case .
24 If so , a proper contract should be drawn up to specify this , if , on the other hand , you are employed by someone , perhaps the local council , and the work you create is done under the terms of your employment , then the employer owns the copyright .
25 The school will open its doors in January of 1993 , and in the meantime regulations will be drawn up governing internal administration , application procedures , and criteria for the selection of teachers .
26 At the same time , schedules of condition should be drawn up to protect both parties on the dilapidations front .
27 I was the person who was supposed to go to every city before David got there to make sure that everything was in order , that the hall that was going to be performed in had all the facilities that were required — and the hotels — I had to check all of that .
28 The town centre site will be sold off to free more money for patient care within the trust , added Mr Shackell .
29 They assume that plant some will be preferred over plan some in the context Tell the gardener … because planting and gardeners are semantically related .
30 The new Bill , which goes before Parliament on November 16 , says unions will also have to give written notice to employers of every worker who will be called on to take industrial action .
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