Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plastics are not the villain they are made out to be as regards the volume of waste . |
| 2 | They are made usually to be handled by the learner , but how often to you actually see nurses using the models ? |
| 3 | Very occasionally , they can be found on the eyelashes and eyebrows , but they are said never to be found higher than that . |
| 4 | the er the bigger one the half A three , it erm they are meant really to be targeted for people coming through that they can hand information to . |
| 5 | Watching puppies of all different shapes and sizes , hair types and characters , rushing around together at these classes is great fun , and they 're learning how to be dogs and human companions all at once ! |
| 6 | Soft-sided cases are more likely to be damaged when they 're stacked up to be transported |
| 7 | They 're designed primarily to be fast and powerful and therefore they 're very polluting and in fact , when you look at the engineering and craftsmenship , it could be much more usefully employed making models more fuel efficient and therefore , less polluting . |
| 8 | ‘ And they 're growing up to be quite American , ’ Nellie went on . |
| 9 | They all paid a fortune to come on this trip and they 're entitled not to be upset . ’ |
| 10 | Some of the more interesting biographical details were apparently censored by departmental heads when they were sent back to be checked , but a few curiosities remain under the heading of leisure/interests , such as ‘ Three miniature smooth haired dachshund bitches ’ for County NatWest 's Angus Phaure , ‘ The later philosophy of Wittgenstein ’ for Merrill Lynch 's Ian McEwen ( sounds like fun ) and ‘ My wife ’ for BZW 's Colin Davies . |
| 11 | But we always put one particular herren what we called the October blue-nosed herren because they never wasted when they were hung up to be smoked . |
| 12 | But on privatization , they were split off to be the watchdog for what we put into the rivers . |
| 13 | The 50 unarmed UN military observers who had been sent to Mogadishu in July remained in the country , although on Aug. 6 they were reported still to be unable to leave their compound due problems of transport . |
| 14 | In the one case where small mammals were present , they were found not to be greatly modified . |
| 15 | They were expected finally to be freed either late last night or , more likely , this weekend . |
| 16 | It was normal for women to write about love , but they were expected always to be decorous . |