Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , yes , I know that , O.K. , I said , you 're their mother , and you decided against their father for reasons I take to be desolate , but would n't some Asian studies in St. James 's Square at the Institute of International Affairs be less perilous until they are both over , say , four ? |
| 2 | The thread I have chosen to follow is that of houses I consider to be perfect period pieces or exceptional architectural masterpieces , and hence they are not always conventionally representative of their particular period . |
| 3 | As with all small units you have to be wary of war machines and magic . |
| 4 | The sad truth is to tackle these subjects you have to be more than just willing , you have to be shite-hot . |
| 5 | To qualify for travel concessions you have to be 60 and will have to give proof by showing your pension book or a special card . |
| 6 | Playing snooker you have to be good at your shots and pot the ball — |
| 7 | To create illusions you have to be careful about the details . |
| 8 | When the stumps only come up to your knees you have to be larger than life . |
| 9 | He smiled again , but Theda could not respond to an overture she felt to be false . |
| 10 | In the future we need to be quicker than the competition and totally focused on customer satisfaction and production requirements . |
| 11 | In other words we have to be able to demonstrate that we can do better by some sort of synergy in the group ; if we ca n't do that then the group is better broken up and the individual parts allowed to fly free and attract their own shareholding . |
| 12 | To gain attention and recognition we need to be able to attend to and recognise others . |
| 13 | As a general rule they appeared to be slowish , considering most of them were large animals , but there seems to be a considerable variation between species of greatly differing body sizes . |
| 14 | In this paper ( as in [ R ] ) we insist that each parallel process declares which globe variables it wishes to be able to modify , and which globe channels it wishes to be allowed to input from , output to , or uses privately . |
| 15 | The Russian leader took a tough line with a President he felt to be inexperienced . |
| 16 | independence I like to be independent |
| 17 | Jeremy : A sportsman you have to be good at things , a football player you have to be good at passing and good at things . |
| 18 | Even as you become more familiar with materials and techniques , there is still a tendency to play safe and work in areas you consider to be easier . |
| 19 | ‘ My friend , no wonder you wanted to be alone this afternoon . |
| 20 | Against Elves you have to be careful of the fear rule , as Goblins fear units of Elves they do n't outnumber two to one . |
| 21 | Religion can not be divorced from morality in his view for it is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe and when we lose our basis in morality we cease to be religious . |
| 22 | Within the public sector we need to be aware of formal relations existing at different levels and we need to show how these organisations relate to each other . |
| 23 | For other people at work they seemed to be such joyous occasions . |
| 24 | Mrs Pember Reeves found that housewives in Lambeth were reluctant to move away and forego the help they knew to be available in times of need , for neighbourliness implied reciprocity . |
| 25 | At common law it appears to be doubtful whether an agreement for a " knockout " , ie a contract between interested bidders to refrain from bidding against each other , was illegal . |
| 26 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |
| 27 | In the case of bank bills it has to be sure that the acceptor bank will be in a position to pay , thus the requirement of eligibility . |
| 28 | When a twelfth-century knight rode into a tournament or into battle he hoped to be worthy either of his lineage or of his lady ; earlier he had thought only of his ancestors . |
| 29 | To his friends in England he seemed to be inactive . |
| 30 | But like Rome and Compostela it began to be popular in the tenth and eleventh centuries . |