Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] [vb -s] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's , the shirt just seems to be too fine for it . |
| 2 | However , the auditor also needs to be close to shareholders in order to have their requirements in mind when assessing the financial statements and fulfilling the other statutory duties . |
| 3 | It can be argued that if Swans can establish they had not ordered the goods then no sale should have been recorded in which case revenue has to be reduced by the £80 and the creditor also has to be reduced by £80 . |
| 4 | ‘ The hospice now needs to be furnished , so that we can provide respite for up to 15 patients a day . |
| 5 | ‘ The technique still needs to be evaluated , but I think it has a positive feature because it has potentially fewer complications . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , the name " pupa " derives from a Latin word meaning a doll , for at this stage the insect within seems to be wrapped in swaddling clothes . |
| 7 | The decision still has to be ratified by the Finance and Management Services Committee . |
| 8 | The decision still has to be ratified by the Finance and Management Services Committee . |
| 9 | Today the Vatican rightly claims to be the country with the world 's lowest birthrate ; since most of its permanent residents are Roman Catholic clergy and nuns , the chances of a baby appearing in their midst are slim by anyone 's reckoning . |
| 10 | The kitchen always seems to be the first room in which you run out of space . |
| 11 | The size of the mare too seems to be of little importance , and mules are much more alike than their parents might seem to suggest . |
| 12 | Lack of loadings have forced the two trips on July 15 and July 29 to go to the wall and FSS spokesman John Leech said : ‘ The recession still seems to be having an effect on the way people spend their money . ’ |
| 13 | If the rate of expenditure is important to the client , the budget also needs to be expressed as a cash-flow forecast for the total project and as forecasts for financial years . |
| 14 | The stuffing also has to be cooked and sliced up ready for reheating , and the Christmas puddings are prepared with the help of cooks at London 's St Thomas 's Hospital . |
| 15 | The association therefore seems to be robust . |
| 16 | The overall impression resulting from these findings is that emergency services specifically designed for potential attempters might be of benefit to some , but the impulsive nature of the act , and the fact that the attempt often appears to be carried out with a particular purpose not related to help-seeking , but aimed at someone in close proximity , reduces the chances of preventing suicide attempts by this method alone . |
| 17 | It is miffed that after struggling to get where it has , the industry suddenly seems to be rallying around an unproven — if conceptually similar — port by Apple rather than its own available technology . |
| 18 | That the future certainly promises to be . |
| 19 | The advantage of being able to store such a file on a direct access device in addresses which are directly related to the key then has to be balanced against the waste of space involved . |
| 20 | The falsificationist now appears to be reaching a tentative solution to his problem , although he does not consider himself to have proved by experiment how bats avoid collisions while flying . |
| 21 | The señora now arrives to be told the story . |
| 22 | I think Alone In the Dark just happens to be one of those games . |
| 23 | The result also appears to be a vindication of his gamble to delay the election until almost the last moment in the hope that signs of economic recovery would persuade voters to give him a mandate . |
| 24 | The practice then has to be " proved " by evidence as to the intention of the parties , expert evidence on a trade practice or usage , a trade or technical gloss on the meaning of a particular term , or even as a separate term implied into the rules . |
| 25 | The poet characteristically longs to be not only far from the madding crowd , which Pope had wanted as much as Gray , but far from everybody . |
| 26 | The script also has to be submitted to the ICTA for approval . |
| 27 | The sport still claims to be the fastest-growing in Britain … and enthusiasts came from all corners of the country for the grand finale of the National Mountain Bike Championships — the quest to find the British champion . |
| 28 | The sport still claims to be the fastest-growing in Britain … and enthusiasts came from all corners of the country for the grand finale of the National Mountain Bike Championships — the quest to find the British champion . |
| 29 | While being critical of current standards , the Guild also wants to be positive . |
| 30 | It must be remembered that the work often has to be moved by hand . |