Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flip-flop , outlined in the first of a series of three press conferences last Wednesday ( with more to come today , Monday ) , turned far messier than it needed to be due largely to DEC 's inability to admit that it had flip-flopped to begin with . |
| 2 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 3 | We all had a good laugh about it , but it was not so funny if you happened to be Keith Fletcher . |
| 4 | There is no great demand for pen computing from Western users of mid-range systems , but things are rather different if you happen to be Chinese — and 1,200m people in the People 's Republic alone are — and are constrained to use thousands of ideographic characters , and Communication Intelligence Corp , Redwood Shores , California has gone to IBM Corp for an OEM agreement on its AS/400 computers and plans to fit the terminals with its PenDOS and Handwriter Recognition System software and integrate the machines into its pen-based computer product line being designed for China ; Communication Intelligence plans to market its Chinese pen-based office automation system through partnerships with the Chinese government , with the first out in 12 months . |
| 5 | Child Slaves is written in prose that pulls no punches and is strident when it has to be , unlike When the Bough Breaks … which is a bit bloodless by comparison . |
| 6 | Life in a small village could be deadly dull , and Henry had been absolutely charming when he chose to be . |
| 7 | We were always careful , but not as careful as we have to be now . |
| 8 | To discover whether Jews were as compassionate as they claimed to be he donned dark spectacles and stuck a notice to the rear window of his Buick : ‘ Careful ! |
| 9 | The political implications of this discovery were far-reaching so it needed to be checked carefully . |
| 10 | She was polite , but no friendlier than she had to be ; she looked at Gillian 's jeans with disapproval but without comment . |
| 11 | The process of fusing Ministerial intentions and departmental expertise in the formulation of policy is a great deal more subtle than it appears to be at first sight . |
| 12 | Also , the tempi in the original Bruckner scores are much simpler than they come to be in some editions . |
| 13 | Later on in the article he repeats this ; ie. ‘ not only does the tenon need to be pretty much where it needs to be relative to the thickness of the wood . ’ |
| 14 | It may seem also that each vassal could only have one lord : otherwise the bond would be less personal than it purported to be , and the vassal might be involved in a serious conflict of loyalty . |
| 15 | The authorities decided it was dangerous so it had to be knocked down . |
| 16 | In some puppies , the hole which allowed blood to flow through the umbilical cord is bigger than it needs to be ; once the cord shrivels up , the hole is left open and if it is too big , a small piece of fat may be able to pop through . |
| 17 | She loved fantasising about being his wife , wearing big hats , being chauffeur-driven and waltzing through the door of Number 10 if he got to be Prime Minister . |
| 18 | Cars supplied for hire or purchase can be adapted to suit the needs of the individual , but the types of adaptation that can be made to hire cars is more restricted because they have to be returned to the general market at the end of the hire period . |
| 19 | She was a clever old — Well , let's just say she was cleverer than Maurice thought , though not as clever as she needed to be . |
| 20 | But like every other species , including the human , the bee is just as clever as it needs to be . |
| 21 | He can be really clever when he wants to be . |
| 22 | Very crudely we can base it on those elements which albeit often apparently antithetical or contradictory as they seem to be , have figured more or less constantly in discussions on " what design is " . |
| 23 | As Christian communicators in Asia we place ourselves at the service of those challenges , well aware that we need to conscientise people as much as we need to be conscientised . |
| 24 | have actually mutated themselves in as much as it seems to be that |
| 25 | ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired . |
| 26 | On the other hand , my opinion is that , efficacious though it proved to be , there are better methods of inducing scepticism than applying a hard rubber , wielded in the sleeve of a gown , at high speed to the side of the head . |
| 27 | This charming Mid-Westerner was serious when he needed to be and very humorous when he needed to be . |
| 28 | No one could be as ignorant as you pretend to be . ’ |
| 29 | For mentally ill people local care may be undesirable if they wish to be treated by anonymous carers rather than people who may live in their own locality . |
| 30 | After that if you want to be organised , you can be — or alternatively you can go your own way . |