Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the Globigerina ooze on the floor of the Indian Ocean seems to be accumulating at between a and I centimetre per thousand years . |
| 2 | For three days they parleyed ; Rawn demanding their surrender and the Nez Perce asking to be allowed into Montana in peace . |
| 3 | In the role of general secretary of the ITGWU Larkin proved to be a difficult colleague and drove union leaders on the mainland into less militant positions than they might otherwise have adopted . |
| 4 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that student support in the United Kingdom continues to be the most generous in the western world ? |
| 5 | The United States seemed to be in great shape . |
| 6 | Once again the United States seemed to be the arbiter of war and peace in the Middle East . |
| 7 | Just at the moment when the establishment figures on both sides of the Atlantic were talking about substantial cuts in military spending , when the role of the hawkish political leaders was being eclipsed , when the United States seemed to be floating away from its international role , and new self-confident Europe seemed to be on the verge of creation , Iraq invaded Kuwait . |
| 8 | The United States continued to be irritated , while Britain 's response was that even if France sabotaged the EDC , it would not prevent West German rearmament . |
| 9 | The people of the United States tend to be instinctively wary and suspicious of government in all its forms . |
| 10 | Travel in the UK was unlimited though a case had to be made for every European exhibition other than the Venice Biennale and the Kassel Documenta , and most trips to the United States had to be funded privately or tied in with a conference or some other event that would cover the cost of the trip . |
| 11 | If the United States wishes to be an effective peace broker , it must accept the fundamental need for law enforcement , uphold the illegality of Israeli settlement and abandon its policy of appeasing its ally . |
| 12 | In his address , President Bush called for all parties to make good commitments agreed at UNCED , adding that " the United States intends to be the world 's pre-eminent leader in protecting the global environment … |
| 13 | Apparently the Company did not possess an additional bamboo pole for Selby Road , and the one from the Robin Hood had to be carried there resting on the backs of the seats of the upper deck of a car when required . |
| 14 | Compton has also concluded that decentralization has continued despite the energy crisis , the south is still gaining population at the expense of the north ; East Anglia , the South West and the East Midlands continue to be the fastest growing regions ; and that Wales is about to join them . |
| 15 | The ESSE/L Project seems to be most accurately described in this school as supplementing a measure of curriculum reform already embarked on , as well as initiating some new thinking about curricular and extra-curricular provision . |
| 16 | The Pensa Suhr seems to be your main guitar now . |
| 17 | The Springvale Project needs to be more directly related to the needs and involvement of the people of West Belfast . |
| 18 | Every swan on the River Thames has to be counted . |
| 19 | The transcendental practices of the Australia Aborigines seem to be of the same order as those of the Tibetan practices , even if not so highly developed . |
| 20 | So I was learning from my own mistakes and others at the time er things like getting the right county where the New Brighton happen to be and things like that I was learning . |
| 21 | The Thomas Harris referred to was closely associated with the composer , and his signature may be seen as witness to Handel 's will and to its first three codicils ; in the fourth and last codicil he actually becomes a beneficiary . |