Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal problem about them has generally been said to be that of their meaning or semantics . |
| 2 | By nine , the playroom was like something censored out of Gremlins , and I spent most of the morning as a cross between Mummy Bear and Mister Wolf I 'd just been pinned to the floor , it was like an insane asylum in Lilliput , when buti Sikita beckoned me to the phone . |
| 3 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 4 | Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler 's superhuman heroism , I had always been attracted to Germany . |
| 5 | He has been the most inspiring of any artist that I 've ever been exposed to one way or another . |
| 6 | ‘ That was just about the most disgusting exhibition I 've ever been subjected to ! ’ |
| 7 | And of course I 've never been introduced to you properly . ’ |
| 8 | I 've never been used to that . |
| 9 | Presumably the man expected him to add , in the section of the proposal form where you were supposed to talk about your passion for hang-gliding or free-fall parachute jumping , a brief paragraph along the lines of I HAVE ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY AN ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST . |
| 10 | Egocentric utterances — ‘ I have just been called to head office . ’ |
| 11 | I have just been elected to the Council of the Law Society as a specialist member representing ethnic minority interests . ’ |
| 12 | One Sunday , I went to one of the best planned and happiest birthday parties that I have ever been invited to . |
| 13 | I was beaten and spanked by my father as a child , teenager and young adult , and it was the most distressing and hurtful thing I have ever been subjected to . |
| 14 | I have occasionally been known to be kind to an old lady and I do n't kick every stray dog that comes across my path . ’ |
| 15 | It was inappropriate of me but I have always been attracted to that kind of danger . |
| 16 | You know the thing is I feel that when I was tried to get the theatre board and I have contacted various people on the board I have never been listened to . |
| 17 | ‘ It is only that I have never been proposed to so abruptly , so boldly before . ’ |
| 18 | The last of the modern illuminated cars is a frigate , based originally on H.M.S. Blackpool , which has since been sold to the New Zealand navy ! |
| 19 | So it will help to keep your Bible open at the passage which has just been read to us , from the ninth chapter of the gospel according to Matthew . |
| 20 | ‘ To discuss the will of your sister , the late Miss Faith Margaret Lavender , which has today been brought to my attention . ’ |
| 21 | Next ‘ twilight ’ and ‘ sunset ’ are juxtaposed with the ‘ black ’ of the ‘ night ’ and the introduction of the word ‘ death ’ which has previously been alluded to but has not yet been mentioned . |
| 22 | In this study nifedipine plus diuretic lowered blood pressure more effectively than propranolol plus diuretic , which has previously been shown to be effective in black hypertensive patients . |
| 23 | The same RNA samples from several cell lines were probed for ATF1 RNA , β2-microglobulin RNA ( as a monitor of differentiation ( 46 ) ) and CREB RNA which has previously been shown to be present at similar levels in UF9 and DF9 cells ( 47 ) . |
| 24 | In a recent article , the historian John Spurr has suggested that the name ‘ Latitudinarianism ’ , which has traditionally been given to this movement , is inappropriate . |
| 25 | Popular superstitions concerning lucky and unlucky days , the existence of which has already been referred to in connection with the Romans , were reinforced in the Middle Ages by the recognition of black-letter days in the ecclesiastical calendar . |
| 26 | While the absolute numbers reaching this level are still relatively small , the rapid growth in secondary school enrolments does reflect the relative expansion in the availability of skilled and semi-skilled jobs , especially in urban areas , which has already been referred to . |
| 27 | Turning to the decisions of the Board of Review and in the courts below , it appears that the Board of Review , by posing the question in their decision in the manner which has already been referred to , assumed that the taxpayer 's profits accrued from exhibition by its sub-licensees of films and programmes abroad . |
| 28 | I do not intend to say any more about this issue , which has already been referred to by my hon. Friends . |
| 29 | Thus : ( 1 ) the said Solicitors ' Publicity Code ( which is summarised in Chapter 12 ) was introduced in 1988 , revised in 1990 , and covers the whole field ; from the general ( solicitors may hold themselves out to be good , but not to be better than the other firm down the road ; publicity must be accurate and not mislead ; a solicitor 's advertisement must identify the solicitor by name ) to the particular ( the correct designation of a solicitor 's practice , entries in legal directories , addresses to the Court and the use of the legal aid logo ) ; ( 2 ) the Law Society 's code incorporates by reference the provisions of the British Code of Advertising Practice which in its own way requires publicity material to be honest , truthful and decent , unambiguous and responsible , and contains a separate section relating to the advertising of financial services and products ; ( 3 ) the Financial Services ( Conduct of Business ) Rules 1987 also cover the advertising of financial services and products and will need to be studied by any firm carrying on investment business ; ( 4 ) solicitors will also need to be familiar with the Consumer Credit ( Advertisements ) Regulations 1989 and other secondary legislation in that connection , the whole corpus replete with the jargon unique to that area of law ; ( 5 ) the Business Names Act 1985 , which has already been referred to in Chapter 1 , requires revision of a firm 's letterheading every time there is a change in the identity of the partners , which will include any occasion when a salaried partner whose name has previously been shown " below the line " is promoted . |
| 30 | Is it not the case that the decision to split adult education between a further education funding council and local education authorities is a recipe for disaster for an important sector of education , which has already been cut to the bone as a consequence of the Government 's failed policies ? |