Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To choose er erm the labour party er housing er strategy , their housing policy is well gobsmacking but given that this is going to be recorded perhaps not a very good idea . |
| 2 | A certain proportion remains unaccounted for and it is part of this that is claimed to be the product of investment in education and health . |
| 3 | Now , with any , I freely admit , as I 'm sure we all do , that , that there 's no formula in this that 's going to be perfect , but having seen some preliminary information on the work the A C C is , is pushing at the moment , it does unfortunately have a detrimental impact on , on our own situation here in Shropshire . |
| 4 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 5 | Another five were said to be ‘ very poorly ’ after being transferred to a hospital specialising in infectious diseases . |
| 6 | Not so in the Soviet Union , where some 60,000 are reckoned to be installed . |
| 7 | Contrary to our knowledge today , this last was considered to be less civilized than the bronze age that preceded it . |
| 8 | He has maintained that form and given that 40-plus is reckoned to be the minimum Test average for a truly great player , he should eventually retire — who knows when — with the record he wants . |
| 9 | Perhaps all that 's needed to be a good judge of another person is the art of listening , not only with our ears but with our whole attention . |
| 10 | This is what happens when the bedrock of decency , the liberal sensibilities and assumptions which we all share , are all that 's left to be scandalized . |
| 11 | In a sense , repressing all that was deemed to be inimical to the regime was the " easy " part of the task of consolidating the result of the Civil War . |
| 12 | No all , all that , all that was going to be done was to see about as far as I 'm aware , the feasibility of get getting one of the Education Officers and one of the |
| 13 | All that was left to be done was the last-minute cooking . |
| 14 | The consequence of all this is bound to be the persisting low status of this work . |
| 15 | All this is going to be over soon . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm not suggesting the military are , but that 's the impression coming off , that you know , all this is going to be easy , but I 'm sure it is n't . |
| 17 | The benefit of all this is estimated to be a saving on annual costs of about $4,000m beginning in 1993 — but all the cost-cutting that the company already has under its belt has done no more than enable it to stand still , which is why several analysts question whether even the latest cuts will prove sufficient . |
| 18 | All this was meant to be experimental , but it would be better to describe it as speculative , as I have an idea that I could arrive at some sort of interesting effect if I kept trying , and the lack of certainty about the end result hardly mattered . |
| 19 | Somehow he had known what the outcome of all this was going to be . |
| 20 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 21 | But all these are shown to be birds of mature woodlands , while some warblers and Yellowhammer emerge as birds of scrub or young plantation and edge . |
| 22 | Indeed , all these are coming to be used as powerful tools for tutors and learners in some schools and colleges already . |