Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would kind of be kept a bit quiet was it ? |
| 2 | Erm there is publication that , these are be asked for be sent a copy to every mem member with it 's er in a way a milestone initiative in in the middle of work . |
| 3 | TEACHERS appear to be mastering the art of showing championship winning sheep with two collecting commemorative Golden Jubilee rosettes the show . |
| 4 | You 're not going to be gone a fortnight , I hope . |
| 5 | Nostalgia aside , this guitar is eminently playable , although it has to be said the balance problem is a pain in the shoulder . |
| 6 | The two innermost trees were cut down in 1771 as they were considered to be impoverishing the soil and shading the flowers in the Garden , but the others stood guard by the watergate for another hundred years and no doubt caused interested comment from river travellers . |
| 7 | Yet if children are to be taught a love of literature and language , they surely need to be inspired by those whose love of literature and language is apparent and infectious . |
| 8 | Since the characters that helped the individual to succeed in the battle were the traditional Protestant virtues of enterprise , initiative and thrift , Spencer could project his philosophy as a new foundation for traditional morality , despite its tendency to encourage indifference to the suffering of those who still needed to be taught a lesson by a wise but harsh Nature . |
| 9 | They need to be taught a lesson ! |
| 10 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Boris ‘ You had to come to be taught a lesson . ’ |
| 11 | All those who were familiar with the works of Kerschensteiner knew that the task of the schools was to educate their pupils to serve their fellow citizens ; they were to be taught the value of joy in work as service . |
| 12 | Women , because of the nurturing and caring roles allocated to them , the responsibility they are given for the well-being and happiness of children and of men , are much more likely to be taught the value of submitting to one 's fate and considering the needs of others before their own . |
| 13 | The goal of ‘ achieving wealth ’ , has the objective , ‘ to be achieving an income of £20,000 as head of my own department , within the next three years ’ . |
| 14 | Freckles certainly seems to be achieving the aim of publicising the plight of her breed . |
| 15 | I 'm supposed to be meeting a feller for the pictures at eight o'clock . ’ |
| 16 | But it is understood that the US Trade Representative , Carla Hills , is insisting the US retain powers to act unilaterally against European steel producers judged by Washington to be breaking the code . |
| 17 | It 's very annoying to be faced every week with magazines introducing new slimming diets . |
| 18 | Pascoe chose another moment on the tape and the waltz seemed to be reaching a finale : all brass and basses . |
| 19 | This in an ordinary way would not have mattered , but it mattered in this particular case and mattered quite fatally , because at various stages of the discussion , when we seemed to be reaching an agreement , I pressed Mr Smith about whether there was any likelihood , whatever the agreement was , that it would be acceptable to the entire population of Rhodesia , which the British government had laid down as a precondition . |
| 20 | I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this , although probably unconsciously , when my parents are ninetyish . |
| 21 | The banks are believed to be reaching the point where their capital will fall below the minimum required under rules imposed by the Bank for International Settlements . |
| 22 | Such terms as ‘ idiot ’ and ‘ imbecile ’ have even attained a certain respectability , to be joined no doubt in time , by such terms as ‘ moron ’ and ‘ cretin ’ . |
| 23 | To be considered ‘ disabled ’ for this purpose you will normally need to be receiving a benefit such as Attendance Allowance , Mobility Allowance , Invalidity Benefit or be registered blind . |
| 24 | That so somewhere in i in between you 've got to be receiving the income that you generate . |
| 25 | In times when there is occasion for rejoicing as , for example , in the gathering of a successful harvest , a happy emergence from trouble or natural disaster and on many other occasions there is always to be observed an urge to offer thanks to someone or something . |
| 26 | Their main task seemed to be to inspect the landing grounds that extended across the route from Baghdad to Damascus . |
| 27 | He was supposed to be germinating a television programme for her , on her own topic , about the conscience of an escaped East Berliner . |
| 28 | With a third of all health authorities and trusts now thought to be entertaining the idea of introducing job evaluation schemes for nurses , warning noises are beginning to be sounded from all quarters . |
| 29 | He was saved by a radio engineer who had studied in England and who happened to be monitoring the audition . |
| 30 | These duties had to be fulfilled alongside those of his conventional publishing business , and he was also supposed to be writing a scene for inclusion in what was to be a filmed version of Murder in the Cathedral . |