Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has got to be explicit that the issue of a local authority majority and of co-option rather than the appointment is on the agenda for discussion between now |
| 2 | He must already have begun to be aware that his dependency on alcohol was weakening his creative drive . |
| 3 | He had hung the battered sword over the spice cupboard in Lucille 's kitchen , and had claimed to be glad that he would never again have to draw the war-dulled blade from its metal scabbard . |
| 4 | ‘ With an auction , you 've got to be certain that at least two buyers are there who can commit themselves , and the difficulty is that buyers who can proceed are few and far between , ’ said David Phillip , a director of Yorkshire estate agents Dacre Son and Hartley . |
| 5 | What with writing about burning people at the stake , skinheads and killing disc jockeys and such like , you 've got to be careful that you do n't attract a Sham Army style of following and end up like Jimmy Pursey . |
| 6 | I do n't want to sound as if I have n't got sympathy with people 'cause I know it 's bloody hard , but I know a lot of blacks who use it [ blackness ] as an excuse and we 've got to be careful that we do n't use it like that . |
| 7 | You 've got to be careful that you are not losing the skill of a conversation . |
| 8 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 9 | Now I 've used it elsewhere in the garden and I 've never really had any problem with it except it is inclined to make the water very alkaline because the chippings that are quite often used on a flat roof and they 've got a very high P H and therefore you 've got to be aware that the water that comes off is not likely to be soft it 's more likely to be fair fairly hard but for reasonably tough plants I do n't think I would waste it , especially in times of water shortage . |
| 10 | First of all you 've got to be satisfied that that actually relates to the unit that was at at Newark . |
| 11 | There has been a failure of the crankshaft thrust washers in this case , and certainly in my view that 's exactly what the insurance is there for , and by virtue of the fact that this company is n't honouring it I feel very strongly about and I 'm endeavouring to correct that , but I think erm we 've got ta be fair that this is a conflict of interest to me . |
| 12 | We 've got ta be careful that in er using that sheet , we do n't do it in such a way as to bully and turn off the customer by saying , by the way , you 'd better make sure you 've done this , this , this , this and this , cos I 'm not doing it . |
| 13 | Well I thought I 've got ta be careful that I do n't sound too |
| 14 | Roland had ceased to be surprised that an English Department was sponsoring the study of French books . |
| 15 | But " originality " presents a difficult problem because ( unless you are doing advanced research ) you are unlikely to be in a position to advance new facts or radically new interpretations , or even to have a wide enough knowledge of what other people have written to be sure that you are not duplicating it . |
| 16 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |