Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people find it helpful to listen to the noises and to try to be selective , to turn them into a tune or a rhythm . |
| 2 | One way to overcome difficulties with lack of confidence is to try to be honest about how you feel . |
| 3 | ‘ I would like us to put a run together until the end of the season we have three games left and we have to try to be professional and win them all . ’ |
| 4 | I decided to try to be open for once in my life . |
| 5 | It is important to try to be clear about what exactly this force was and the nature of the challenge that it posed to British rule in India — for there was a profound difference between Gandhi 's perception of these things and that of the British . |
| 6 | But when a building looks a problem to sell , some planning authorities show a dangerous tendency to try to be kind and make encouraging noises that parts of the grounds might be suitable for development . |
| 7 | I want to try to be kind to the hon. Member for Gordon because he is out of his depth . |
| 8 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 9 | Or perhaps it proves that women tend to try to be attractive to upstage one another and they completely forget that men are going to find them attractive too . ’ |
| 10 | Taking the meaning of open in 73b as basic , we can paraphrase 73c ( not exactly , but quite closely ) as ‘ the door came to be open ’ , and 73d as ‘ John caused the door to come to be open . ’ |
| 11 | It 's hard not to wish I was thinner again , hard not to long to be invisible , to escape all their gibes , and comments and the feeling of being on display . |
| 12 | Some small businesses may also benefit from that option since the Bill abolished the minimum threshold of rateable value which a business previously had to meet to be eligible for a metered supply . |
| 13 | Of course the distinction drawn above only remains if we assume that it is possible for us to understand a proposition which we would or could never be justified in believing or could never come to know to be true . |
| 14 | To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern . ’ |
| 15 | To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern . ’ |
| 16 | No but quite apart from that , er th there 's anybody er needs to aim to be self sufficient do n't they ? |
| 17 | I got to remember to be careful with the fire . |
| 18 | However , in our modern industrial world , few women have sufficient exposure to moonlight to be able to synchronise with the lunar rhythm . |
| 19 | the allegations pleaded ( which the court was required to assume to be true for the purposes of an issue as to service out of the jurisdiction ) were as follows . |
| 20 | In Lonrho plc v. Fayed the facts which the court was required to assume to be true were that the defendants had made fraudulent misrepresentations about themselves to the Secretary of State in order to influence him not to refer their bid for H.F. Co. to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 21 | The Republican government was , of course , the legal government of Spain and as such entitled to expect to be able to purchase arms on the international market . |
| 22 | Finally , a life history which encourages people to expect to be able to control the sources of suffering and nurturance in their lives should be protective against depression ( Abramson et al. , 1978 ) . |
| 23 | She understood at once about me — how I always loved bright colours , outrageous clothes , unsuitable jewellery — but she seems to prefer to be invisible . |
| 24 | Encouraging children to wish to be good is more important than making them be good . |
| 25 | But both sides have plenty of work to do to be confident of making an impression in the All Ireland League . |
| 26 | I do n't know what he has to do to be able to get a proper chance . |
| 27 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 28 | Id prefer them to snog to be honest . |
| 29 | For many people life today is such a bustling affair with so many things to get through in the day that it is not difficult to forget to be aware of what is around us . |
| 30 | He does not have to shout to be powerful . ’ |