Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After leaving the Navy , it took a little time to become used to a normal bed again , as the hammock had proved to be such an ideal sleeping arrangement . |
| 2 | But in spite of the immense authority which he now possessed , his poetry had ceased to be fashionable or " chic " in the way that The Waste Land or even Ash-Wednesday had originally been : the new , or at least young , poets were no longer particularly interested in what he had to show them . |
| 3 | The deputy editor had tried to be helpful . |
| 4 | If this process was properly carried out as a matter of public law , then the consequential private law right of the plaintiff was simply a right to the accommodation which the council had decided to be suitable . |
| 5 | The Newcastle boss had hoped to be able to reveal the identity of the player yesterday before the move hit a hitch . |
| 6 | His prophecy had proved to be correct , for the trade he brought her way currently accounted for a good thirty per cent of her income . |
| 7 | The Million Sterling had proved to be powerful bait . |
| 8 | With as much robustness as he could spare , he said that he did n't think the director had meant to be flippant . |
| 9 | As creator the sun god had brought into being other cosmic powers , those of air ( Shu ) , earth ( Geb ) and sky ( Nut ) . |
| 10 | However , save for that brief and embarrassing episode , the day had continued to be one of great enjoyment . |
| 11 | In less than 30 years , the British economy had declined from being one of the strongest to one of the weakest in Europe . |
| 12 | And even she had to admit that what she 'd seen the Prince show the old woman had seemed to be genuine respect and affection — |
| 13 | This reserved money was offered in the form of education support grants ( ESGs ) of up to 75% of the cost of each project , in areas of education that the Secretary of State had deemed to be important . |
| 14 | The subject had seemed to be taboo ; and he himself had in a way pressed her down into his mind because thoughts of her conjured up a feeling tinged with regret and shame , centred round a scene in the bedroom and the rage of his mother . |
| 15 | Recording had proved to be useless , because if a skater fell or was late on an entrance the sound of his or her voice carrying on the dialogue with unaware insouciance was pretty bizarre . |
| 16 | The Church had ceased to be monolithic ; the social structure of Europe had become more fluid . |
| 17 | The , the you know his tobacco had got to be ready-rubbed and we , we still remember that . |
| 18 | Mr Daly said the hostel had proved to be popular because of the range of facilities offered . |
| 19 | Interviewed on RTE Radio , Mr Spring said the killings underlined the need for inter-party political talks to resume , while Mr Hume said the use of internment had proved to be counter-productive in the past . |
| 20 | But the losses were quickly reversed and within minutes the index had recovered to be 4.7 ahead at 3040.1 . |
| 21 | Deputies from Estonia 's Russian minority boycotted the vote on the new law , describing it as discriminatory and claiming that it violated the constitution of Soviet Estonia , although Estonian nationalist deputies countered that that document had ceased to be valid since the March 30 declaration of a transition to independence [ see pp. 37322 ; 37461-62 ] . |
| 22 | Insanitary conditions , and the concentration of people and rats in a limited area , made them vulnerable to attacks of plague , and it is noteworthy that even when the disease had ceased to be common in the country , it persisted in urban areas . |
| 23 | The sample was made up of people whom they judged would probably have been long-stay residents of Powick if that option had continued to be available . |
| 24 | Within a short space of time , the laboratory had ceased to be involved in the launch vehicles , themselves ( so making ‘ Jet Propulsion ’ a highly anomalous title ) , and had become connected to the newly-formed NASA empire . |
| 25 | Your mother had learned to be independent in Paris — her own woman . |