Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [vb base] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1991 , Jan Mitchell gave the Metropolitan Museum of Art a hoard of Pre-Columbian gold from Columbia , Peru , Costa Rica , Panama and Ecuador that experts estimate to be worth more than $3 million . |
| 2 | Secondly it says that for pedestrian severance , that changes have to be of the degree of thirty percent before they become s significant . |
| 3 | Although strikes tend to be of a shorter duration they are concentrated around this key period when they are accompanied by picketing , working slowly to the rule book and the physical harassment of managers . |
| 4 | The leading accountants , KPMG , has now adopted English as its world-wide company language ; reports , board meetings and contracts have to be in English . |
| 5 | Learned perceptions and actions have to be within the overall confines of a creature 's mind structure . |
| 6 | Cook is the most observant woman , and parlourmaids have to be of a noticing cast of mind , otherwise they would n't be any good for the job , would they , sir ? ’ |
| 7 | How the Swindon fans and players love to be beside the seaside . |
| 8 | The Bi-Bop system was launched last month in Paris and Strasbourg and users need to be within 600 feet of a Telepoint ; about 12,000 people have signed up so far ; from September Bi-Bop and PowerBop will be able to receive calls too , getting round the big drawback of Telepoint . |
| 9 | The public and police have to be on guard against all these tactics . |
| 10 | If women want to be in the home then certainly let them stay in the home . |
| 11 | Even if appliances appear to be in good order , allow for the cost of immediate testing and servicing by the Gas Board , CORGI registered contractor or , in the case of oil , the oil company 's nominee , as soon as you move in . |
| 12 | Where it is ( as in Ferejohn , 1974 ; see also Johnston , 1980 ) , the southern States usually come out as major beneficiaries — because their Senators and Representatives tend to be among the longest-lived politically ; the Midwest States , on the other hand , tend to benefit much less , which is a source of much local concern ( Murphy , 1971 ) . |
| 13 | The picture becomes almost a real person to the boy , replacing his dead grandmother and helping him to carry on when circumstances seem to be against him . |
| 14 | As mortgages tend to be for a long term and in view of the fact that 75% of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding it is reasonable to classify this as a long-term liability . |
| 15 | ‘ He was an expert on Russian affairs — as much of an expert as MPs get to be on anything — and they made him a junior minister to add credibility to their soft-line policy . |