Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [be] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essence of being human consists in the values we place on ourselves in being human beings . |
| 2 | In it we know ourselves to be rational agents detached from spontaneity , judging on objective grounds what will serve our ends . |
| 3 | Not many of us consider ourselves to be good listeners . |
| 4 | It is not that in desperate circumstances we discover ourselves to be natural egoists and throw off moral restraints , it is rather that morality no longer applies . |
| 5 | What there are plenty of are judgmental adjectives : Pamella , the naughty thing , is ‘ degraded ’ , ‘ sick ’ , ‘ sleazy ’ , ‘ corrupt ’ , ‘ scheming ’ , ‘ pushy ’ , ‘ thick-skinned ’ , ‘ shrewd ’ , ‘ disturbed ’ , ‘ seriously disturbed ’ , ‘ squalid ’ . |
| 6 | ( This precludes them from being irreligious communists . ) |
| 7 | There must be an intention on both sides for there to be legal consequences in the event of a breach , in order to constitute a binding contract . |
| 8 | Why does the separation of the mental from the physical make it impossible to show that we understand what it is for there to be other minds than our own , given the separation of the mental from the physical ? |
| 9 | He calculates that there are enough long-range connections for there to be two-way connections between any patch of 1 mm 2 and every other 1 mm 2 patch over the whole neocortex , which is quite impressive when you realise that the human neocortex has an area of more than 100,000 sq . |
| 10 | The last and incomplete letter from Miller in the Darlington collection , dated 10 November 1769 , carried a wish for plants from Bartram 's garden , because he believed there to be new genera amongst them , but specimens had been ‘ so much compressed as to render the distinguishing characters very doubtful ’ . |
| 11 | If , like many executives , you have no representative to act on your behalf in redundancy negotiations , it is all the more important for there to be detailed discussions between you and your employer about any plans to make you redundant . |
| 12 | On neurophysiological grounds one would expect there to be considerable differences between different individuals with regard to the most effective channels of learning ; therefore , one must regard statements such as that quoted with a certain amount of scepticism . |
| 13 | Like Crowther , Newsom accepted the tripartite system , believing there to be different levels of natural ability in children which could best be catered for by different kinds of school . |
| 14 | The best known example of this is Liversidge v. Anderson in which the majority of the House of Lords found that the phrase ‘ reasonable cause to believe ’ in wartime emergency legislation would be complied with provided that the Secretary of State acted on what he thought to be such a reasonable cause , and that it was not necessary for there to be objective facts to support this . |
| 15 | But since the districts were not subservient to the counties , the concept of ‘ delegation ’ was inappropriate , and thus it became essential for there to be clear guidelines to distinguish county issues from district issues . |
| 16 | As a feminist I wanted these women to stop having what seemed to me to be silly attitudes … |
| 17 | The negotiations , in which Rhodesia was represented by Mr Ian Smith , with Mr Lardner-Burke and Mr Howman — both understood by me to be very hard-liners — led to a provisional agreement on proposals for a settlement . |
| 18 | Yeah , everyone was going on at how rough they are , I mean you ca n't as I 've said before you ca n't exactly expect them to be super models . |
| 19 | I mean , elementary education for girls the board schools was very much a case of training them to be good wives and mothers and so on . |
| 20 | In each of the areas of major concern for the NVALA , there appeared to them to be influential individuals whose determination to ‘ push back the frontiers of permissiveness ’ was seen as the greatest threat to traditional Christian morality . |
| 21 | The satellite intersections with these three events would have been termed ‘ mantle ’ , ‘ cusp ’ and ‘ cleft ’ in a spatial interpretation , but the radar shows them to be similar events seen at different phases of their evolution . |
| 22 | The results of further tests released this summer have proved them to be skilful fakes . |
| 23 | It 's the job of the reporter to interpret facts and schools can not expect them to be mere mouthpieces . |
| 24 | Three of these were cleared on 16 March but , believing them to be floating mines , the Allies did not completely sweep the area . |
| 25 | Their Saturday evening concert at the Arts Centre showed them to be individual artists of the highest quality who together produced something greater than just the sum of the parts . |
| 26 | Dr Peter Stefanini , managing director of Coalite Chemicals , said that on reviewing its business activities , Anglo took ‘ a new view on the chemical division and the liquid fuel division ’ and now considers them to be non-core businesses . |
| 27 | And we were called into this long room at the erm it was at House at and er there was all these well I considered them to be old men , they could n't have been so old you see but I was only a boy . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 29 | Encourage them to be active viewers . |
| 30 | I know them to be human creatures made in God 's image too , the womenfolk most lovely and most temperate ( for the most part ) , and I would not abet the evil Spaniard in his slanders . |