Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the many BMJ readers who never submit a paper this may seem to be limited accountability , but the time that editors take to make decisions on publication is critical to authors . |
| 2 | ( In the penal field , this would appear to be true of the Home Office which has been largely successful over the years in getting its strategy of ‘ penological pragmatism ’ implemented : see Chapters 1 and 10 ; Bottoms , 1990a ; and Fitzgerald and Sim , 1990 . ) |
| 3 | This would appear to be paradoxical — yet it was so . |
| 4 | This would appear to be unique to man . |
| 5 | All the oligopoly models just discussed are examples of non-co-operative games , and in the light of the antitrust laws in most advanced industrial countries this would seem to be appropriate . |
| 6 | And with the millions of insects buzzing , crawling , flying and swimming about , all needing to communicate with their own kind and with other associated species , but not with the millions of other creatures , this would seem to be essential to avoid confusion . |
| 7 | This would have to be convenient for London , where most of the participants lived , and , in view of the unorthodox nature of the enterprise , preferably in private ownership . |
| 8 | As to the possibility of the crew shooting some extra footage whilst at the museum , I am afraid this would have to be dependent on the time taken for the shots we plan for use in our Project Video . |
| 9 | To some all this will appear to be petty , intrusive and narrow-minded along the lines of ‘ What right had they to … ’ ; to others it will appear an example of the chapel 's commitment to their beliefs . |
| 10 | ‘ I could play games , but I 've got to catch that vote so this will have to be quick . |
| 11 | This will prove to be true , not only in considering the authors individually , but also in demonstrating some common patterns of behaviour , personality , and creative expression among writers subject to pathological mental states . |