Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But although no two dyes obtained from plants will be exactly alike , the colours are soft and subtle , and the mixtures can be blended to give sophisticated hues and tints equal to any of the manufactured colourings .
2 New ideas may be assimilated into given modes of thinking or given modes of thinking may be altered to accommodate new ideas .
3 Not only was the administration of education to be decentralized , but also the curriculum was to be revised to eradicate the transmission of ideas about the deferential duties of citizen subjects , which were to be altered to stress individual rights .
4 The beginner 's stance needs to be altered to handle higher winds otherwise you will tire quickly and the boom will be constantly ripped from your grasp .
5 Employment laws should be amended to include young workers who are barred from most employment rights for at least two years .
6 In any notification case of this kind the local planning authority will be given an opportunity to decide whether , in their view , the proposal should be advertised so as to give the public a chance to comment , and also to discuss with the department ways in which the proposal might be amended to overcome any objections to the proposed development .
7 Analyses will be undertaken using these methods to identify some of the important factors determining migration and employment behaviour in the British Isles .
8 As a result of the meeting and subsequent publicity , it was resolved that the council would indeed proceed with compulsory purchase , that study would be undertaken to explore new uses for the building and that English Heritage would grant substantial aid for repairs .
9 Old habits and traditions die hard and work will be needed to be undertaken to convince some parents that they now have a tree choice of school .
10 Forecasting ‘ more of a melee than a contest ’ Bevan stated that awards may be given to recognise outstanding kites , team uniforms and accessories , team spirit etc .
11 Naturally the physical bases that are the cause of defective sight remain unchanged ; measured visual acuity is unlikely to be improved , but children can be positively helped to pay attention to visual stimuli , and can be given motivating visual tasks in optimum conditions that help them to enjoy the experience of using their vision as fully and effectively as possible .
12 Following the release of Universal OLAS in April 1993 , the contract will be re-negotiated to allow both parties to pursue different specific sales opportunities in the UK .
13 He argued that to implement a ‘ Non-Alignment Pact ’ in a civil war between an incumbent government supported by one Great Power and insurgents supported by another Great Power ‘ a coalition government must be formed comprising those elements of both Government and insurgent forces which are prepared to come to a compromise and work together in the context of non-alignment ’ .
14 Sometimes " 'mini-groups " ( which may be unsupervised by counselling staff ) may be formed to discuss specific issues of common concern , such as issues particularly appropriate for women .
15 In cases where the torque/position is notably non-sinusoidal the average torque can be calculated using graphical methods , as illustrated in the following example .
16 But if so , the concept of compresence will have to be revised to accommodate temporal distinctions ; briefly , it will have to be interpreted in such a way that it makes sense to speak of qualities occurring in a temporal sequence as part of a particular 's " biography " .
17 Rating levels continue to be adjusted to reflect changing patterns in claims experience .
18 Such a tax would not encourage illegal disposal , and might be adjusted to hit toxic materials harder than those whose disposal is harmless .
19 For example , the estimator and standard price books use a common labour constant for brickwork ; in practice the labour constant could be adjusted to provide different targets for , say , work at ground level and work in the gables .
20 If the biscuits coming through were each rather heavy then the machine could be adjusted to wrap fewer biscuits per pack .
21 Occasionally the traffic had to be stopped to prevent modern vehicles spoiling the period setting .
22 Bogwood can be placed to represent fallen branches or roots in the stream , and provides further shelter for the fish .
23 unc Again answers can be checked using reverse operations .
24 However , Litchfield ( 1989 ) has also described examples of how aerobic sewage treatment can be manipulated to produce single-cell proteins .
25 Three factors ( size , speed , and groove-pitch ) might be manipulated to make long-playing records .
26 They could certainly be taught to do simple tasks .
27 How it might be developed to record different types of behaviour and different types of measurement is shown in Handout 15 .
28 Under the agreement , enhancements to the libraries will be developed to address such areas as performance , ease-of-use , internationalisation and support for multi-threading .
29 The RHA thus sought to ‘ encourage all those Districts which have an interest in a particular large hospital to come together to determine how the service can best be developed to meet local demands within the expected financial constraints ’ .
30 enforceable codes of conduct should be developed to protect vulnerable consumers .
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