Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [noun pl] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More female patients had rheumatoid arthritis , but in the remaining three conditions , the proportion of men was greater , reaffirming that men appear to be more likely than women to have ischaemic ulcers . |
| 2 | Ideas have to begin somewhere , a point which tends to be overlooked by those who seize on leaked internal government memoranda floating a proposal at a formative stage of the idea and criticize both the content of the proposal and the secrecy which surrounds it , without reflecting that ideas have to be shaped by discussion and given preliminary approval as worthy of examination before they can go out under the imprimatur of the organizing body . |
| 3 | If feeding and antibiotics continued to be administered Tony could be expected to live for a few more years . |
| 4 | The management of schools is changing and decisions have to be made in the context of a financial framework . |
| 5 | The Law Society , recognising that savings have to be found , has put together a package of proposals which would give the looked-for savings but would not have the damaging effects of the Government 's plans . |
| 6 | Marcovic on May 8 issued a statement to the Federal Executive Council asserting that conditions had to be created to allow the army to carry out its constitutional and legal function of defending frontiers and halting inter-ethnic clashes . |