Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] to " in BNC.

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1 The second area requiring legislation is where older people have been discriminated against to such an extent that they have been put in jeopardy .
2 If you have a complaint about British Rail services that has not been dealt with to your satisfaction , your local Transport Users ' Consultative Committee , set up by Parliament , will help .
3 Early in 1907 the SMET enquired whether any more were available , and received the reply that only two were left out of the batch of 10 , the others having been disposed of to Swansea ( 4 ) , and Jarrow ( 2 ) .
4 When no other funding was available , one or other of the wealthier members of the RCM could be relied upon to chip in a contribution .
5 They both knew that no timer could be relied upon to be that sensitive , that when he activated it , the chances were reasonable that it would detonate instantly — before he could throw it .
6 Boswell that even in the absence of an express undertaking the implied undertaking against using information for an improper or collateral purpose could be relied upon to the same effect .
7 For him the " prevailing intellectual climate " can not be relied upon to " complement and complete specialist training " ; nor can specialist training offer a " discipline " suited to developing the sense of " social responsibility " favoured by inter-war model of English studies , in its emphasis upon the past , has little to offer on those crucial " cultural " questions of quality of living , " human ends as well as means " , or on the relations between culture and economic processes .
8 By the 1960s , English literature could no longer simply be relied upon to spontaneously generate within students a sense of its self-evident value .
9 Well-intentioned though the dear soul undoubtedly was , Charlotte had hoped to avoid her , since they had not met since Maurice 's death and Mrs Mentiply could be relied upon to be as curious as she was sympathetic .
10 He certainly has not become an angel overnight , but his more extreme behaviour has been left behind and usually he can be relied upon to be helpful and co-operative .
11 Under pressure from government economic policies and spending cuts , the predisposition to rethink conventional provision is slight , except in so far as as competition for student numbers , effective teaching hours and fee-income intensifies the concentration on popular recreational and leisure pursuits , rather than innovative and developmental work in areas which can not be relied upon to be lucrative .
12 And a manager who can be relied upon to wisely invest the Marseilles Millions on established talent either locally , in the Republic or in Scotland .
13 Since HWIM 's acoustic-phonetic component can not be relied upon to correctly segment and label at the phonetic level , a number of alternative hypotheses have to be maintained to ensure that the right word has a chance of being considered .
14 I I think erm , that it can be looked at to , without H R T or looking at it medically , because lots of the women at Dean Terrace , in fact have
15 Questions of disposal or retention of finds may have to be done in to , plus the strictures of archaeology and museum .
16 Then our mothers would be prevailed upon to loan metal meat skewers with which to bore holes in the centres of the conkers .
17 one of the things I 'm thinking of in the longer term and I I bounced this of er was that if groups moved to Stansted could not be moved across to groups to sort this problem out because I think she 's getting bored in what she 's doing
18 Once specified , these problem behaviours can be talked about to the child and clear guidelines given about what is expected and what is going to happen if the child continues to misbehave .
19 A teacher could be called upon to be a lecturer to 120 children , fairly infrequently , on " lead lesson " lines : " a full-scale highly polished performance , carefully prepared , and using any necessary ancillary aids. " ( ibid ) He could be a seminar leader to a subsequent discussion or work group .
20 In industrial selling , the salesperson may be called upon to be an adviser or consultant who is required to provide solutions to problems .
21 Er , she says that she 's er , there 's absolutely nothing doing just at the moment , erm , but she says that she never knows the time when she will be called upon to you know , be asked to do a trip , but
22 Yet it is strange that the same evening Tutilo should be sent for to Longner .
23 At the same time the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 on commissions have been amended ; the minimum amount of solicitor 's commission that must be accounted for to a client has been doubled to £20 .
24 Deferred tax should be accounted for to the extent that it is probable that an asset or liability will arise .
25 This has now been cut from to 3% 6.7% , but according to chairman Mike Tilbrook , the remaining holding ‘ continues to show a useful paper profit ’ .
26 To set the problem in more concrete terms , we must seek an answer to the question as to why make and have are followed by the bare infinitive , while cause , occasion , get and all the other causatives are construed with to infinitives .
27 The local gentry were prevailed upon to be such things as president , and vice president ; membership fees for ‘ farmers and tradesmen ’ were 3 shillings , for ‘ labourers ’ 2 shillings , and for youths under 16 years one shilling .
28 Complaining that Czechoslovakia was being called upon to " underwrite German reunification " , Stracar announced that from Aug. 9 the crown was to be revalued against the convertible rouble for trade with East Germany .
29 Was there any sp special way in which you contributed to the in the strike , any particular skills you were called upon to .
30 These values were taken from to the criteria proposed by Iascone et al .
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