Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even when I learned you were a prying journalist — and when I 've always preferred my walks to be solitary — what do I find but that I 'm asking if you would like to walk with me ! ’ |
| 2 | I consider my ears to be small — and I think you 're very rude . ’ |
| 3 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect my guests to be polite , señorita , ’ he informed her icily . |
| 5 | ‘ All I really want is to have a home of my own and for my children to be happy . ’ |
| 6 | She expected my clothes to be bloodstained ! ’ |
| 7 | In the case of the large professional partnership , Fama and Jensen argue that the shareholders in such a firm have enough knowledge about its activities to be able to protect their interests , without either the need to all be on the board , or to have recourse to external representatives . |
| 8 | They have too many bees in their bonnets to be dependable . |
| 9 | If , however , I were to consider the more elaborate findings and reasons which they gave subsequently , then again I would hold their findings and their reasons to be unsustainable . |
| 10 | Microcomputers are accessible to individuals at home , to small businesses and to schools This means that the majority of microcomputers are used by people without specialised skills in computing Manufacturers of microcomputers and the writers of programs for them therefore design their products to be simple to use Mainframe and minicomputers , however , are extremely expensive and have always been the preserve of large organisations where specialist staff and trained computer operators are more readily available . |
| 11 | Probably the main reason why Indirect Rule acquired instant support from the British Government was that this was an assumption deeply rooted in the mental outlook of the English upper classes , who liked their inferiors to be able to think well of themselves . |
| 12 | Countries like Brazil , Mexico or Tanzania ca n't simply write checks in cruzados , pesos or shillings and expect their creditors to be happy . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , her husband could not reconcile himself to having married a commoner and even taught their sons to be disrespectful to her when they were young . |
| 14 | Our lady readers will be interested ; and , if you touch their hearts , it might dispose their husbands to be charitable . |
| 15 | ‘ I do not know if I even have strength enough to regain the shelter I have just come from … ’ and her wings seemed to weaken by the second and her eyes to be pained . |
| 16 | The parents have said they do not want their schools to be self-governing but they see the legislation as the only way to avoid closure . |
| 17 | To stay and gain promotion within a work enterprise would have acted as a brake on their aspirations to be independent of employment . |
| 18 | Some elderly people who have always been very flexible like being ‘ popped in on ’ without prior warning , but most people as they grow older much prefer all the events in their lives to be regular and predictable . |
| 19 | Matilda longed for her parents to be good and loving and understanding and honourable and intelligent . |
| 20 | And surely it would be nicer for her parents to be alone together , would n't it ? |
| 21 | Clara , already familiar with children of famous parents , and with children who believed their parents to be famous , could not believe that Clelia 's assumption was ill-founded , yet she could not even locate the field of Mrs Denham 's distinction . |
| 22 | Marx described the consciousness of people in a situation of class conflict as ideological , meaning that although they might represent and believe their ideas to be objective and of universal validity , in reality these ideas express and serve class interests . |
| 23 | According to the functionalist , then , to explain the existence of a social institution we must not look for purposive intention on the part of individuals but , rather , we should investigate the fact that the social system as a whole requires its needs to be satisfied . |
| 24 | Although prepared to get into the occasional lather over the destruction of ‘ heritage ’ , many have little time for old money , and profess their heroes to be self-made men who have succeeded by their own efforts . |
| 25 | Companies that arc heavily involved in foreign trade , or whose markets are seasonal , can expect their banks to be responsive to variations in liquidity and generally act as financial advisers . |
| 26 | Despite her efforts to be helpful and well-behaved , Mildred had an uncanny knack of appearing to be the cause of any trouble which was occurring , and it must be admitted that there were occasions ( particularly when her rather wild imagination ran away with her ) when she managed to turn some peaceful event into a scene of total chaos . |
| 27 | To give some small examples within my own experience , ICI , in the past , expected its managers to be prepared to move , and work , anywhere . |
| 28 | The disaffected population referred to above were not active in either of the neighbourhood societies and perceived their aims to be remote from their own needs . |
| 29 | The final breaking point between Khomeini and the Shah came over relations with the United States , In July 1964 the government introduced a bill that allowed American military advisers and their families to be subject to American , no Iranian , courts . |
| 30 | Even its efforts to be indelicate are dull . ’ |