Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb base] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , New and David acknowledge that to be a ‘ good mother ’ feels enormously powerful and encompassing ’ ( 1985 : 195 ) , but see this feeling as part of a culture-specific ‘ myth ’ of motherhood which can be dispelled by socially shared and supported parenting . |
| 2 | There are hardly enough hours in the day to cram in all the lesson preparation , background reading , meetings and classroom work necessary to be an effective teacher . |
| 3 | The zebra crossings are faded to near invisibility and pedestrians look astonished to be allowed to cross by them . |
| 4 | EC countries and Turkey seem unlikely to be in any way different in the course of 1991 . |
| 5 | Like judo , both taekwondo and karate seem likely to be accepted as Olympic sports . |