Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 2 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 3 | The McGhee decision has proved to be controversial as the plaintiff never established that the defendant was a cause of his damage . |
| 4 | In good British fashion , however , that change has tended to be piecemeal rather than comprehensive . |
| 5 | Moreover each kind has continued to be important ; it is not a simple question of successive stages . |
| 6 | The intonation on your guitar has got to be perfect , because you 're fretting strings behind the glass and that has to be just right . |
| 7 | Allen ( 1983 ) argued that provided treatment is directed at the underlying cause , most leg ulcers will heal spontaneously , which experience has proved to be true . |
| 8 | The Association has continued to be active since 1946 , monitoring the progress of new towns and seeking to further the principles and practice of good planning . |
| 9 | The link with Labour has got to be more than just signing a cheque . |
| 10 | However , so far the attitude has tended to be sympathetic — it is not , after all , in the creditors ' interests to exclude a member and thereby reduce earning potential . |
| 11 | But now that the question has ceased to be one of recognition , the theoretical possibility of rebuttal must exist . |
| 12 | The underlying philosophy has tried to be selective in aiming at farmers with intermediate and non-viable enterprises . |
| 13 | Yet most people would agree that the fax machine has got to be one of life 's easier contraptions to master . |
| 14 | Hence their policy influence seems bound to be considerable . |
| 15 | So he 's filling in the application form of the dating agency , he said the girl 's got to be five foot ten , living in China , |
| 16 | Work 's got to be social . |
| 17 | Hateley has got to be one of the best target me in Britain . |
| 18 | In some cases such strife has proved to be recurrent over twenty years , as in Zaire , Sudan , and Burundi and in others more or less endemic , as in Chad and Uganda and in Ethiopia in its fight to contain Eritrea . |
| 19 | The product has proved to be stable over the anticipated lifespan of the building and has advantages over alternative methods of roof insulation , namely , energy efficiency , ease of installation and speed of erection . |
| 20 | ‘ Nobody 's said the team 's got to be official , like . |
| 21 | Existing published research on French primary education has tended to be quantitative in style with a strong statistical emphasis . |
| 22 | A lot of modern art has tended to be that way , often abstract art , that people think is meaningless , is in fact full of very serious messages if only people are willing to listen to them . |
| 23 | Raising money for charity has got to be worthwhile . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , this evidence has tended to be fragmentary , a collection of separate , discrete pieces of information lacking a synthesizing theory to provide cohesion and predictive power . |
| 25 | Derek 's nickname has proved to be spot-on this season , The Sizzler has really been sizzling on the field ! |
| 26 | You know , I mean we revert a lot of trade here to next day , so the quality of service has got to be good or we lose them . |
| 27 | The drawback of the argument in terms of the uncertainty of outcome , in support of the demand for pure research without beneficial strings , is that evidence in its support seems destined to be anecdotal . |
| 28 | This strategy has proved to be successful . |
| 29 | The operability in the past has tended to be low . |
| 30 | This interpretation has proved to be compatible with other results , including the finding that a click located near the end of a clause tends to elicit longer reaction times than a click located at the beginning of a clause ( Abrams and Bever , 1969 ) . |