Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] is [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is proving to be with the National Curriculum . |
| 2 | But elsewhere she is seen to be ‘ black ’ in more than one sense . |
| 3 | He knows better than that , and anyway he is rumoured to be paying the Italian genius a lot of money for his one-box design vision that forms part of BMW 's long-rumoured MPV programme . |
| 4 | It is not made clear whether or not it is intended to be exhaustive . |
| 5 | Weapon is given a wide definition under section 2 of the Canadian Criminal Code and includes ‘ anything that is designed to be used as a weapon or anything that a person uses or intends to use as a weapon , whether or not it is designed to be used as a weapon . ’ |
| 6 | Usually it is assumed to be FALSE . |
| 7 | The United States thus finds itself in a no-win situation : the more it is seen to be intervening against him , the more it is likely to reinforce his position . |
| 8 | what , you see , what , what happens you see , I mean all my re all the transactions here are done through banker 's orders you see and the banker 's orders they , they wo n't know who , who ever it is going to be responsible you know , but you 've got to put down the wife and , and yourself , see |
| 9 | It is no good the Minister , whenever he is found to be wanting and to be wrong , starting to hurl abuse across the Chamber or making allegations that have absolutely no substance . |
| 10 | But now she is wanting to be home . |
| 11 | Now it is set to be the unofficial mascot of staff at Harper and Harper furniture , Northgate , who have taken the bird to a taxidermist to be stuffed . |
| 12 | Now he is hoping to be picked for the match against Spain in the Canary Islands to give his career a real boost . |
| 13 | No but anyway , that erm well , well we , well he is going to be twenty five pounds better off . |
| 14 | She 'd hate to be thought of as a seer , but maybe she is destined to be a figure like Morrissey or Ian Curtis , someone whose vision of adolescence comes to represent all our experience . |
| 15 | Details of the secondary booklet and of how it is intended to be used are given in Chapter 4 , which presents case studies of two secondary schools making use of it . |
| 16 | There is nothing manufactured by man that has not been designed , because whether it 's a Rolls-Royce engine or a piece of printed paper , there 's always a decision to be made not only about what it 's going to look like but about how it is going to be made and how it is going to operate . |
| 17 | Arriving at a design for a new product , he insists , entails seeking marketing advice , weighing up how the product is going to be made and manufactured , understanding the cost elements and how it is going to be sold and presented to the customer . |
| 18 | She heard what he said and she thought , so that is how it is , and how it is going to be . |
| 19 | ( a ) make sure that all the parties and the court understand what the case is about ; ( b ) see if there is any possibility of settling the dispute , and if not , decide how it is going to be heard and how long the hearing will last ; ( c ) decide what documents or other evidence is needed from both sides . ’ |
| 20 | This is probably the case since children do things the way that feels natural to them without worrying unduly how it is meant to be done . |
| 21 | Two stages are involved , the reason for which is neatly summarized in this quotation from C.S. Lewis : The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used . |
| 22 | If the word is not found then it is said to be misspelled , so either correction is attempted , or it is returned to the user for verification . |
| 23 | There is a tendency to look upon literature , particularly capital L ‘ Literature ’ , as something separate from life , but once literature is thought of in terms of story-telling and story-making , then it is seen to be part of a common and seemingly-essential human activity . |
| 24 | If perception has to be triggered off by what is actually there , then it is constrained to be true . |
| 25 | If the plant does not grow above the water surface , then it is known to be in the ‘ submerse ’ condition . |
| 26 | If Kenny Shields is n't allowed to buy players soon , instead of being expected to rely on free transfers etc , then it is going to be a very , very long season for all at Carrick when everyone has been looking forward to so much . |
| 27 | Certainly one can consent to wounds in the course of surgery , at least it is thought to be so if there is a sound benefit , e.g. sex change . |
| 28 | A doctor was called and the following day she was taken to Broadgreen , where she is believed to be having treatment for exhaustion . |
| 29 | Hannah is eighteen and lives on her own in a bedsit in Staffordshire , where she is training to be a vet . |
| 30 | The Prime Minister objects to a guillotine date for the treaty revision conference even more than to setting of an opening date for the inter-governmental conference where she is resigned to be outvoted . |