Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] to be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since that can not be effectively done under the law as it stands , there must be created a new body of law of the sort that has come to be called administrative law . |
| 2 | In recent years a number of attempts to integrate and coordinate these functions has come to be called Physical Distribution Management . |
| 3 | We have seen how the corporatist welfare state which has emerged in this country over the past hundred years is a reflection of a humanist philosophy in which the creation of wealth is of less concern and morally inferior than its distribution , in which the pursuit of equality has become the dominant economic philosophy and in which the state rather than the individual has come to be held responsible for solving our problems . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the date printed in Medau News has had to be changed due to the School being unavailable . |
| 5 | Naturally , I understand the balance of , the balance has got to be kept right and we should n't sacrifice the training of our activists to get more revenue in by renting it out to commercial firms , UNISON , I do n't know , the Pet Food Retailers ' Association or whatever . |
| 6 | Criminals are n't too bothered about the er problems they cause victims in the commission for their crime , but er as a general rule er they do draw a line somewhere , but I think to er rob a lady who is er presumably grieving over the loss of a relative , at the graveside , has got to be plumbing some new depth of er depravity and er I 'll expect the erm vast majority of the citizens of Banbury will think similarly . |
| 7 | I would think that 's out because it would destroy the value of the house er that , that has got to be sold some time . |
| 8 | Er er er my reassurance has got to be look this is a long way off . |
| 9 | The fair gradually declined during the 1930 's and ceased just before the Second World War ; but it has continued to be proclaimed each St Swithin 's Day , except when this falls on a Sunday and then the custom usually takes place on the following day . |
| 10 | Earthquake engineers may not have needed to be reminded that building design can make all the difference between life and death , but the Californian quake has increased public interest in earthquake-resistant designs . |
| 11 | The Middle East is still suffering from the consequences of Jewish beastliness ( why could n't they have waited to be attacked first , like gents ? ) , including what someone euphemistically described as the ‘ re-unification ’ of Jerusalem . |
| 12 | He would n't have liked to be doing this alone . |
| 13 | These categories reveal an intricate relationship between social rank and economic standing , so much so as to invite the conclusion that by this date , if not much earlier , it had come to be acknowledged that status was a function of source and level of income , subject to the proviso that land took precedence over personal property . |
| 14 | And they 've got to be kept true . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got to be rated doubtful but I 'm still hoping , ’ he said . |
| 16 | In the end the attack had had to be postponed forty-eight hours , so that , once again , the advantage of a sychronised effort on both sides of the Meuse was lost . |
| 17 | They had demanded to be paid first . |
| 18 | By the evening of I5 May the immediate emergency which had seemed to be threatening 5 Corps with the approach of an estimated 600,000 Germans and Croats from the south was over . |
| 19 | Even during their teasing exchange his eyes had seemed to be giving another message , trailing over her lips and , briefly , to the V of her blouse . |
| 20 | The CFE talks in Vienna , however , had appeared to be making little progress since the eighth round began on May 17 . |
| 21 | What has become a matter of concern is that as society becomes more complex , and as the common coin of politics moves away from socialism — and indeed social democracy — it becomes important to preserve and develop those rights which have come to be considered fundamental . |
| 22 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau says more than 150 people have applied to be made bankrupt in three months . |
| 23 | Previous experiments with gene therapy , involving one Italian and two American children , have so far only altered blood cells rather than bone marrow cells and have had to be repeated monthly because of the cells ' limited life span . |
| 24 | The Festivals at Brighton , Blackpool and the West Country Big Top have had to be cancelled due to lack of sponsorship . |
| 25 | Some of the original facilities have had to be discontinued due to high operating costs and relatively low demand . |
| 26 | somebody 's got to be getting more money out of it basically |
| 27 | He knows it 's got to be kept separate from the other . |
| 28 | and everything over to me , he 's got to be paid all the loans completely off plus the mortgage that 's in arrear , that , that house got to be round to square one with a , with a fourteen thousand pound mortgage and that 's it before he can sign that house over to me |
| 29 | Parents have got to be made responsible for their children 's action , ’ she said . |
| 30 | Er the er the insides have got to be kept clean it does n't about the surroundings are dirty so you know , it 's quite okay to you know , throw your half-eaten bread out ! |