Example sentences of "[det] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was that merely to be sociable — for her husband 's sake — or should he read something more into it ? |
| 2 | Stunt persons and dancers , not exceptionally tall but fairly thin , were employed to get unusual , quirky movements , and the scale was faked by using additional puppets , 8 feet ( 2.4m ) tall and very thin , of several types for individual shots , some merely to be destroyed . |
| 3 | Bayley , knowing this not to be the case , suspecting foul play and fearing for his own safety , refused to supply one . |
| 4 | The pilot assumed that at this point the aircraft had stalled , and he noted that the ailerons seemed ineffective as if ( he said ) they had become detached ( subsequent investigation proved this not to be the case ) . |
| 5 | It would indeed be surprising were this not to be the case ! |
| 6 | The argument from analogy with which we shall be concerned here admits that it is possible that the objects we call persons are , other than ourselves , mindless automata , but claims that we none the less have sufficient reason for supposing this not to be the case . |
| 7 | But the questions on which he focused attention — in particular , the permanence of a restricted group of personnel in power , and the tendency of this not to be related directly and specifically to economic structure — remain a central part of modern critiques of Marxist analysis . |
| 8 | 1.4 When an employee has been physically assaulted in the course of duty the police must be called in , unless the employee and the line manager make a case for this not to be done on professional grounds . |
| 9 | The line manager and the employee may make a case to the District manager for this not to be done . |
| 10 | 11.7 When an employee has been assaulted in the course of duty , the police must be called unless the manager and employee make a case for this not to be done . |
| 11 | I want this not to be happening , I ca n't believe what I 've done . |
| 12 | The micro will allow this both to be used and further explored . |
| 13 | The books are written in what would seem to some today to be a slow and overly elaborate way — who after all uses words such as ‘ eleemosynary ’ ? — but he explores all of his characters thoroughly and gives lots of detail which , though not absolutely necessary and sometimes totally irrelevant , make the novel more personal and make the readers feel that they know the characters . |
| 14 | Others , like Bidault or de Gaulle , had no doubt : but for this even to be approximately true the contribution of her overseas territories was indispensable . |
| 15 | Lucy Jackson will again be organising this even to be held at Kensington . |
| 16 | Lucy Jackson will again be organising this even to be held at Kensington . |
| 17 | The final condemnation of the change is that no-one consulted formally these top men in the sport before passing the show-stopping law and , furthermore , that the lawmakers left so much still to be ironed out . |
| 18 | The approach outlined here leaves much still to be investigated . |
| 19 | He loved her too much even to be able to imagine such a thing ; Pavel 's was the love of Judas , a devotion so great that it encompassed even betrayal . |
| 20 | There is much yet to be done to try to improve our network and increase our numbers , with the object hopefully of enriching the life of both the graduate members and the University . |
| 21 | The situations encountered during an MAS engagement are too varied for that ever to be possible , nor is it intended to be a substitute for discussion within the network . |
| 22 | On the contrary ; corduroy and other imitation velvets , like velour and velveteen , were considered all along to be false finery , puffed up and pompous . |
| 23 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 24 | You 'd have to take them all in to be examined , then see if there was any fraying around the trousers and you had n't reported it , for ordinary wear and tear had to be reported and then taken in for repair — you could n't repair it yourself . |
| 25 | My heart , to love him ; my will , to do his will , my mind , to glorify him ; my tongue , to speak to him and of him ; my eyes to see him in all things ; my hands to bring whatever they touch to him ; my all only to be a real ‘ all ’ : because it is joined to him . |
| 26 | As you saying to us all only to be said interest in the matter i in the erm the merging matter to . |
| 27 | It is a struggle Ellen and no mistake and though I have been thrifty as mother brought us all up to be and the rent is paid for the next year I am hard put to pay wages and still eat and keep warm . |
| 28 | Such a view will seem to many today to be both unacceptable and shocking . |
| 29 | Somebody ought to do a research project into it ; the answers are all there to be unearthed , if you 've got the time and the energy . ’ |
| 30 | Predictably , he wanted above all else to be an actor but , when he had the chance of realising his ambition by working overseas , for some reason the Home Office refused an exit permit . |