Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No Steven has to be deaf with ears like that . |
| 2 | The designation Unbeliever ceases to be mandatory for the Jews . |
| 3 | Eva wants to be sure of the facts . |
| 4 | The UDC seems to be intent on creating inner city science parks and industrial estates , which would push even more people out of the city — already the young people are moving out , leaving the middle-aged and the elderly . |
| 5 | At this juncture Brenda appears to be unsure of the word called by one of the players . |
| 6 | Kingsley Amis seems to be top of the pops with English and American customers at the moment , but D.H . |
| 7 | Meanwhile SunSelect continues to be skittish on any questions about WABI 's list price , packaging , availability or anything else substantive , ostensibly because of the gala rollout it has planned for May 5 at the 500-seat Great American Music Hall in San Francisco , having ditched plans to hold it at the giant Paramount Theater in Oakland , California . |
| 8 | Though the only thing Stephen seems to be interested in these days is Crystal Springs . |
| 9 | In a previous book , King of the Confessors , Hoving admits to being able to ‘ lie convincingly without any hesitation ’ . |
| 10 | WIMBLEDON v LIVERPOOL Wimbledon are unchanged , which means Lawrie Sanchez has to be content with a substitute 's role . |
| 11 | Khat has to be fresh in order to work , so the shop gets a delivery every day . |
| 12 | Blanche pretends to be shocked by the surroundings that Stella is living in with her husband , when she arrives . |
| 13 | Although BrdUrd appears to be safe for in vivo pulse labelling studies in low dose by the intravenous route , its use in vivo is confined to the study of malignancy . |
| 14 | Daffodil Quentin seems to be acceptable to the other owners , who of course probably do n't know about her three dead horses . |
| 15 | ALEX STEWART professes to be unworried by the thought of meeting the people 's favourite , the massive George Foreman , in the ring tonight in Las Vegas , writes John Hiscock . |
| 16 | Ian Stewart aims to be ready for the first team in three weeks |
| 17 | Ingres hopes to be early with SQL92 , the specifications for which should be settled finally next month , and is also working with Microsoft Corp and the SQL Access Group on Open Database Connectivity ( ODBC ) compliance . |
| 18 | Colombia continues to be democratic in every way , run by civilians , not generals , who have their own part to play . |
| 19 | Ben hopes to be free of his injuries by September for a renewed attempt on Aktion Direkt . |
| 20 | Therefore , it is the Government 's duty to explain why Britain has to be involved in the process of economic and political union which will be launched at Maastricht . |
| 21 | Peter has to be content with the single class reader provided by the school , which he already knows by heart . |
| 22 | New US legislation , attempting to avert another such environmental catastrophe , has introduced a requirement for tankers operating in US waters to be double-skinned in future . |
| 23 | The reader is constantly reminded of the two main assumptions which Petrey takes to be central to the theory : that language depends on social conventions rather than on any individual 's intentions , and that language is used to do things rather than to represent things . |
| 24 | Windows has thousands , whereas OS/2 seems to be bereft of the kind of volume of applications that would signal it acceptance as the standard operating system . |
| 25 | Liverpool 's Rob Jones expects to be fit after failing to re-appear in the second half of the 1–0 defeat against Aston Villa because of a calf injury . |
| 26 | Britain continues to be well down any international league table of reactor efficiency . |
| 27 | ‘ Would be interested to learn whether CPRW wishes to be involved in the local planning process and be consulted at the appropriate stages ? ’ |
| 28 | And Bill Wyman seems to be scared of adults . |
| 29 | ULSTER 'S Darren Clarke hopes to be free of a wrist injury by the time he catches a flight for France tomorrow . |
| 30 | For its part , AGF claims to be content with its 25% stake , though observers had assumed the French insurer would try to consolidate its control of AMB . |