Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a Primary school headmaster , for instance , could find his school offering movement experience to children who had female teachers to the neglect of those children who were unfortunate enough to have a man as their teacher , and similarly , Movement and Drama appeared as a subject on the time-table in our Secondary schools where there happened to be a woman in the P.E . |
| 2 | And some fiction ; women must be writing better books than they seem to be publishing . ’ |
| 3 | On June 3 Soviet President Gorbachev , in the United States for a summit meeting with President Bush , warned Israel that he would consider suspending the issuing of exit permits for Soviet Jews if they continued to be settled in the occupied territories . |
| 4 | The time limit can be extended by a further six months if it appears to be ‘ just and equitable ’ to do so . |
| 5 | But we 've got to live by their rules and not expect privileges because we happen to be women . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ A person shall , so long as he is , and for twelve months after he ceases to be , a member of a local authority , be disqualified for being appointed by that authority to any paid office , other than to the office of chairman or vice-chairman . |
| 7 | Clearly , parents generally must welcome the news that cuddling is not only nice but necessary ; perhaps , however , we should spare a compassionate thought once more for the intellectual mothers of the thirties , whose sufferings as they tried to be ‘ good ’ mothers are now repeated in the knowledge that all their efforts only led them to be ‘ bad ’ mothers : as one of our correspondents added , ‘ Here is Bowlby , still out to make us feel guilty — about our rejection of the children we loved but were not allowed to love . ’ |
| 8 | SD ACOUSTICS IS ANOTHER IN THAT RICH crop of small British manufacturers with something interesting to say to the discerning listener who is wiling to seek out a brand that is by no means as widely distributed in the shops as it deserves to be . |
| 9 | They focus not on areas of need but on areas where they want to be seen to be giving , and that 's usually where the spotlight happens for the moment to be falling . |
| 10 | This was achieved by utilising the sorting facilities of the database to focus the direction of the study on areas where there seemed to be potential for improvement . |
| 11 | If one could select those areas where there appears to be the largest proportion of sites which seem to have been affected , they are in Hampshire , Hertfordshire and north Kent , possibly indicating that they suffered the greatest disturbance . |
| 12 | I do take into account that for a lot of people , pop artists are role models so you have to be careful about what you are doing . |
| 13 | The argument for saying that there should be liability in such circumstances is that a constable does not cease to have certain general duties because he happens to be ‘ off duty ’ for the time being . |
| 14 | Continue to remember Pat McDonald in your prayers as she seeks to be obedient to the Lord under such dangerous and difficult circumstances . |
| 15 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 16 | ‘ They would do best to concentrate on technical software , rather than applications where you have to be in close touch with your customers , ’ he said . |
| 17 | It is often a good thing to be somewhat anarchic , never rigid in your opinions , and always open to new ideas if you want to be a planner . |
| 18 | I do n't think they 've had a lot of trouble really speaking with Walsall supporters over the years because they seem to be er go to support the club not to fight and er |
| 19 | Would the idyll she had dreamed of be there again , not smashed to pieces as it seemed to be ? |
| 20 | He could still recall the sense of dread that hung over him for days as he waited to be thrashed for that escapade . |
| 21 | Placings were the most popular method of issue over 1985–89 , although the average size at £6m was considerably smaller than offers for sale and tenders at £62.3 and £32.8 million respectively , reflecting the fact that smaller companies tend to go for placings as they tend to be cheaper ( see Table 11.2 ) and placings have also become more popular as a result of the requirements for the size of company using a placing being relaxed after Big Bang . |
| 22 | Most banks leave customers in non-interest bearing accounts unless they ask to be moved . |
| 23 | Such a requirement , however , would not be compatible with those provisions if it had to be interpreted as precluding registration in the event that a secondary establishment or the centre for directing the operations of the vessel in the member state in which the vessel was to be registered acted on instructions from a decision-taking centre located in the member state of the principal establishment . |
| 24 | They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens . |
| 25 | Immediately we have difficulties since there seems to be no generally accepted agreement on the meaning of power . |
| 26 | ‘ Now they 're older , it 's not really any easier , there 's just different types of problems as they need to be here , there and everywhere after school . ’ |
| 27 | Are individual Japanese so decidedly group orientated by cultural tradition or is it that ‘ in many cases they are loyal to their groups because it pays to be loyal ’ ( Befu 1977 p. 87 ) ? |
| 28 | All solids have vapour pressures although they tend to be very low . |
| 29 | Some auctioneers will exchange items if they prove to be the wrong colour , design or size , but this is entirely at their discretion , and much will depend on the specific instructions they have received from the vendor . |
| 30 | Whether you prefer to eat soft cheeses when they begin to be runny or at a slightly earlier stage when they are chalkier is simply a matter of personal taste . |