Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you saying to us all only to be said interest in the matter i in the erm the merging matter to . |
| 2 | Fathers-to-be attended the ante-natal clinics and classes — typically taken by a tough and childless instructress — in order to be taught breathing exercises and given labour notes for the day . |
| 3 | We agree with Jones and colleagues that trainees in general practice need to be taught patient centred medicine , but two other components are essential — that is , teamwork and anticipation . |
| 4 | These pupils in Wales do not start formally to be taught English until the age of 7 or 8 ; all pupils in England will be required to be taught English from age 5 . |
| 5 | Depending on the degree of impairment , they may need special large-print books or optical or electronic devices for enlarging and enhancing print , or to be taught braille . |
| 6 | She thought it would do you good to be taught belief . ’ |
| 7 | Toileting is a reflex , so they have to be taught control through a programme of toilet training . |
| 8 | Each of these students has to be taught neurology in a hospital department that has fewer than 100 beds . |
| 9 | We asked Ruby whether the same was true for Australopithecus tanzaniensis , whether they actually had speech or only the capacity to be taught speech . |
| 10 | The Scottish Secretary added : ‘ Children have to be taught right from wrong and to value the distinction . |
| 11 | Later in 1988 these units began to be joined north of the Thames by similar ( but AC current only ) units of Class 321 for use on Cambridge and Northampton services for which sixty-eight units were authorised , together with a further five similar Class 322 units for the Stansted Airport link . |
| 12 | These can then be cycled by a tablet-called routine to allow the mechanism to be observed increment throughout its full event . |
| 13 | The three were closely linked and led to two important conclusions : part of the Strategic Reserve would have to be positioned East of Suez ; and there would have to be some stocking of heavy equipment and supplies , and the establishment of essential repair facilities , on the far side of the Arab air/sea barrier . |
| 14 | The whole sculpture was to be sprayed gold which would symbolise the prosperity to come . |
| 15 | Unlike Napoleon 's mother , Elena Petrescu left no memorable quotation or hint that peasant-wisdom had perhaps already prepared her for her world to be turned downside-up again . |
| 16 | ( The f act that some people move from this argument to suggesting that they ought to be treated worse does not obscure the fairness of the principle . ) |
| 17 | In order to get a true comparison between the firms ( and accordingly between the contributions , both capital and income generating , of their partners ) it may be necessary : ( 1 ) to revalue capital assets to a common date ; ( 2 ) to bring in the profits from the disposal of any property not required by the merged firm ; ( 3 ) to devise some means of compensation if goodwill is to be written out of account where it has previously been treated as an asset in which the partners have a share ; ( 4 ) where work in progress features in the accounts of one of the firms , to eliminate it by billing or to write it off against the capital accounts of that firm 's partners ; ( 5 ) to settle how bad debts are to be treated post-merger , either charged generally against the new firm or separately against the partners of the old firms ; ( 6 ) to write off the value of old fixtures and fittings ; ( 7 ) to revise profit and loss accounts to a common accounting date . |
| 18 | At this level the ‘ victim ’ was to be heard pounding on the wall . |
| 19 | The housing is to be cast upside down . |
| 20 | And er the bread and butter for their tea had to be cut wafer thin . |
| 21 | A massive blow , delivered at maximum speed , was to knock France out of the war in the first six weeks ; then , using Germany 's efficient interior rail system , the victorious troops were to be rushed east to destroy the Tsar 's armies before Russia 's cumbersome mobilization could be completed . |
| 22 | Behind them is David Mellor , soon to be appointed Minister for Fun — and later to be dubbed Figure of Fun for his fling with actress Antonia de Sancha . |
| 23 | There is much to be gained form spreading the game far and wide . |
| 24 | In Kenya bureaucracy provided 40 per cent of the country 's jobs and had to be kept content . |
| 25 | It is to be presumed membership reached 200 as the entrance fee was re-imposed for the bond Redemption Fund which then stood at £35 11s. 1d. … enough to redeem 1 x £25 bond . |
| 26 | Elements to be studied range in concentration from ore-grade to ultra-trace element . |
| 27 | It is disliked because it is physically an exhausting activity ; more than any of the other tasks it consists of actions which have to be repeated time and time again with little variation . |
| 28 | Does he not think that that could be improved on in any future , but hopefully never to be repeated accident ? |
| 29 | SAS Institute Inc — it likes to be called sass , not SAS as in the UK 's Special Air Services — held its tenth annual European User Group meeting , SEUGI ‘ 92 , in Vienna a couple of weeks ago . |
| 30 | A bill is at this moment passing through Parliament which will enable the Milk Marketing Board to change from a statutory monopoly into a milk-buying co-operative , similar to those that already exist on the Continent , to be called Milk Marque . |