Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | X times two hours has got to be equal |
| 2 | The content of the NBC programmes has ceased to be lifeless with the newly acquired freedom to debate facts and events without fear of reprisals . |
| 3 | The content of the NBC programmes has ceased to be lifeless with the newly acquired freedom to debate facts and events without fear of reprisals . |
| 4 | The reorganisation of DTI away from sectors has proved to be successful . |
| 5 | The WRAC recruits have proved to be excellent shots and many of the scores achieved would be the envy of their male counterparts . |
| 6 | Furthermore the structures of the lexical entries have tended to be proprietary to the system making it impossible to exchange lexicons between systems . |
| 7 | Until now period performances have tended to be abrasive and to whizz through the slow movements , making even the sublime Largo of the Double Concerto into a trivial siciliana . |
| 8 | The Australians have had to be content with the second favourites slot in front of their home crowd . |
| 9 | Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months . |
| 10 | So you 've three sides , all equal length , and all the angles have got ta be equal . |
| 11 | Such national formations have continued to be important , but in the twentieth century there has been a marked development of certain kinds of ‘ international ’ — or , better , ‘ paranational ’ — cultural formation . |
| 12 | Most recent linguistic explanations have tended to be internal to linguistic theory : that is to say , some linguistic feature is explained by reference to other linguistic features , or to aspects of the theory itself . |
| 13 | Which places have grown to be major market towns in the central Pennines , and which river is each on ? |
| 14 | Its excellent PR and the enthusiasm of the press might simply have set it up for a great fall if the use of its powers had proved to be weak or ineffective . |
| 15 | In The Art Newspaper No. 16 March 1992 p. 6 we published the fears of some art historians that this exhibition might have been infiltrated by fakes ; in the event these fears have proved to be groundless and the show has been enjoying great success . |
| 16 | No logical contradiction is involved in claiming that all observed ravens have proved to be black and also that not all ravens are black . |
| 17 | But training officers have learnt to be philosophical about such mishaps : " Some stay , some do n't , " they say . |
| 18 | Another problem according to Lewis ( 1983 , 149 ) is ‘ the lack of an adequate conceptual framework ’ and as a result ( 1983,149 ) : ‘ most rural studies have tended to be empirical and holistic , thus lacking comparability and depth ’ . |
| 19 | Although I had been under no real illusions that an amazing secret would suddenly be revealed , I was nevertheless disappointed that my theories had proved to be groundless . |
| 20 | In this way general practitioners have begun to be involved in making decisions about effecting change in the balance of services between primary and secondary care and in establishing priorities for the types of services they wish to see delivered in the future . |
| 21 | Are we content with the quality of college provision , which in some instances has appeared to be close to a ‘ care and containment ’ policy , or are we going to ensure that students with disabilities receive the maximum opportunity to realise their potential ? |
| 22 | Yet Dr. Elliott is elsewhere in print ( on the back of an Abbey Records LP ) as maintaining as almost certain that Carver composed the superb anonymous 6-Part Mass , ‘ Cantate Domino , ’ intimately related musically to Fera Pessima , which survives in partbooks from Lincluden ( Dr. Elliott has edited it from performance , and declared it ‘ shows more assured technical command ’ than Fere Pessima itself ) ; while the Carver Choirbook itself contains a fine anonymous 3-Part Mass which several scholars have suspected to be genuine Carver — and which is moreover largely in his hand . |
| 23 | ‘ Quite a few players have got to be worried and I include myself among them . |
| 24 | Provided with the same choices as the UK , the German recognition of the inadequacy of funds and the consequent inevitability of restraint measures has proved to be prescient . |
| 25 | The strategy of deciding to concentrate on the Hotel and Leisure Markets has proved to be successful . |
| 26 | Implicit links have proved to be difficult for the machine to locate automatically but can be entered manually by the user in most hyper-text systems and in small-scale applications can provide very rich structures . |
| 27 | Fellows and Junior research fellows have continued to be active in their publications ( listed elsewhere in the report ) and in giving learned papers in all corners of the globe . |
| 28 | Many other insects have a shift in colour vision similar to the bee 's , and flowers have evolved to be attractive to their eyes . |
| 29 | The principal counter-argument has been that Essex has enjoyed the benefit of a former tutor-organiser as Federation chairman and that , in the absence of an equivalent person to give a lead elsewhere , tutor-organisers have continued to be essential . |
| 30 | Their increasing interest in the New Testament and the Life of Christ led them to concentrate on poverty and preaching — which previous authorities had seen to be dangerous . |