Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 2 | The matter has been considered by the services Committee ; the Order Paper is designed to be of greatest use to the House . |
| 3 | Eton and Winchester , foundations designed to be of national significance and high quality and therefore directly linked with sister foundations at Cambridge and Oxford , were the exceptions . |
| 4 | In these negotiations , we put forward a series of proposals designed to be of direct benefit to the European citizen . |
| 5 | The evidence would need to be of positive performance ; that is , pupils taking the tests should have a high chance of success . |
| 6 | Natural wastage in AEA is currently very low so if there is a need to reduce numbers this will need to be through further redundancies . |
| 7 | We do n't all need to be in working class inner city areas . |
| 8 | So for the first activity you 'll need to be in twos or threes . |
| 9 | Also , he lived in Wales and therefore would need to be in frequent telephone contact with C.N.D. headquarters . |
| 10 | You will need to be in top form during March , June , August , October and November . |
| 11 | To achieve the list of objectives set you will need to be in constant contact with the leading publications in your field and in occasional contact with all the other publications which might be useful . |
| 12 | when some security staff are located outside the hotel , they may need to be in constant communication with their colleagues inside the building , in order to verify that people arriving are bona fide guests , for example . |
| 13 | From this collection of information , which in many cases will need to be in considerable detail , a job description can be written . |
| 14 | It is nature 's version of inductive reasoning : animals learn only cues which tend to predict the imminent arrival of something desirable , like food , and the reliability of the new cue does not need to be by any means perfect . |
| 15 | You do n't need to be against that wall Tom . |
| 16 | But it does n't need to be like that to be important . ’ |
| 17 | It is very often the intangible and indeterminate savings which provide to be of major significance . |
| 18 | We always promised to be at each other 's wedding , and if I do n't turn up she 'll be upset . |
| 19 | These appear to be of two types . |
| 20 | Hence , even though line-printer mapping systems might at first sight appear to be of little value in comparison with plotter-based systems , there are instances when it is convenient or cost-effective to make use of them . |
| 21 | Other possible configurations , which will not , however , be discussed here at any length , are doublets ( exemplified by pairs of opposites — see chapters 9 , 10 and 11 ) , and clusters , which are groupings of lexical items characterised by a lack of structure ( some groups of synonyms appear to be of this nature — see chapter 12 ) . |
| 22 | Children will begin to see that the same amount of water will fill containers that appear to be of different capacity . |
| 23 | Such inferences appear to be of different kinds . |
| 24 | Specific causes such as tumours , drug toxicity , infection and trauma appear to be of lesser significance as causes of dementia . |
| 25 | But the main problems appear to be with residential home owners , who have threatened legal action over allegedly unfair contracts drawn by some SSDs . |
| 26 | It is only the Lancastrians who appear to be at all sun-wary . |
| 27 | As you appear to be without legal assistance the following instructions must be carried out forthwith : — |
| 28 | Even if appliances appear to be in good order , allow for the cost of immediate testing and servicing by the Gas Board , CORGI registered contractor or , in the case of oil , the oil company 's nominee , as soon as you move in . |
| 29 | With so much vigilance about , it is surprising how human and mature the working classes appear to be in many novels . |
| 30 | ‘ And , if that was n't enough , even while I 'm realising what an idiot I 'm being to grow so infuriated that you and Lubor Ondrus appear to be in each other 's pockets , you , who have no fear whatsoever of my dog — indeed have that day taken him walking — now seem to be taking him over too ! |