Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on Thursday , the Thursday of this week can not , by pragmatic convention , be referred to as this Thursday ; we must instead say today . |
| 2 | This will be referred to in more detail in connection with recent developments in financing construction projects . |
| 3 | A committee may be referred to in this type of instance as a plural executive . |
| 4 | Since the majority of species involved are similar both morphologically and in behaviour they will be referred to in this text as trichonemes or small strongyles |
| 5 | The procedure for service out of jurisdiction is complex and Table 3 of the Procedural Tables at the back of Part 1 of The County Court Practice should be referred to before any application is made and where the jurisdiction of the court is involved under the Civil Jurisdiction Act 1982 . |
| 6 | Rufus would n't have bothered , he came and went as he pleased , and anyway did n't believe parents should be pandered to in this way . |
| 7 | Version 9 will include all the specifications that must be adhered to for those designing and implementing 64-bit Sparc technology . |
| 8 | Although there is much to support this view of the origin of our modern idea of time , it is now realized that it can only be adhered to with some reservations , as we shall see . |
| 9 | The flow chart is not supposed to be rigid or to be adhered to at all costs ; more a source of guidance and reference and a way of keeping check on the different activities that go on simultaneously as you move towards that special day . |
| 10 | There is nothing to stop the parties specifically preventing the expert from pursuing his own investigations and limiting his consideration of evidence to the material submitted by the parties ; this can be attended to at this stage , if it has not been already provided for in the expert clause : see 8.15.8 . |
| 11 | ‘ Louise , ’ her mother burst out in irritation , ‘ I will not be dictated to by that lot up at the Mansion . |
| 12 | Just one day when I 'll not be dictated to by this thing inside me . |
| 13 | In the book itself he carried through this programme by asserting that theology could not be dictated to by another discipline either about the nature of its object or about the methods appropriate to its study . |
| 14 | But to allow herself to be dictated to in this way when she knew she had done nothing wrong was tantamount to admitting guilt . |
| 15 | It would be easy enough to let this go in view of his problem , but she refused to be dictated to in any way at all . |
| 16 | Any people with any sexual , political , musical , literary ( need I go on ? ) persuasions will all be replied to by this young man Hurry up and write — we 've got so much to talk about . |
| 17 | The tabloid report implied that this means contractual obligations would be clung to at all costs . |
| 18 | And they are there to be worked to until such time as we find a better way of doing it . |
| 19 | With set faces , straining muscles , blistered heels , pedometers swinging from trouser belts , pockets bulging with maps and Kendal mint cake , and strict time schedules which must be kept to at all costs , they force themselves on , come gale , come deluge , come dehydrating heat wave . |
| 20 | Be aware of the fact that the last word may sound different , especially if it is a tone language ( list intonation ) , and may need to be listened to in another position in the list . |