Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Hugh Dalton , MP for Peckham and later to become Attlee 's first Chancellor , had already been chosen to succeed Ben Spoor said to be an alcoholic in the Co Durham constituency . |
| 2 | When the Grand Junction Canal was commenced to create a shorter route for trade in coal and other freight between the Midlands and London , the construction of a tunnel through Blisworth Hill proved to be one of the biggest engineering problems . |
| 3 | In the seventh month of pregnancy , Alison Walker needed to be reassured that in the event of her baby 's premature arrival , she would be in good hands . |
| 4 | Mrs. Jenkins seemed to be in the room , looking sad . |
| 5 | Sadly , however , the Esher result proved to be something of a RED HERRING . |
| 6 | But after Liverpool 's 3–2 home defeat by Wimbledon Grobbelaar admitted the Anfield side needed to be ‘ more professional ’ in their approach . |
| 7 | The entrance to the School from Buxton Road had to be closed until the 19th while an unexploded bomb in Corbar Road was dealt with . |
| 8 | Of course , SERPS rights had to be forfeited , but for younger people these were calculated to be worth much less than the personal pension could offer . |
| 9 | It is intriguing to wonder how some of the emigrants found their way to the outlandish places in which they settled , or how Ayrshire names came to be given to spots which are amongst the most isolated on earth . |
| 10 | The DUP 's Gregory Campbell refused to be drawn on his party 's attitude to the issue . |
| 11 | Life for Richard Baxter continued to be a series of narrow escapes from the hands of his persecutors . |
| 12 | The distribution speed of oral rumour was much quicker than that of newspapers , which from the guberniia capital of Voronezh' Shafir calculated to be one verst for every four and a half hours . |
| 13 | We 're waiting to play the dating game with Denice Lewis , the blonde supermodel , the woman David Bailey declared to be the image of the Nineties . |
| 14 | This , and the fact that the Hayes Society tended to be a rather secretive body , lent it much mystique for a time , ensuring that the pronouncements it occasionally issued on professional matters were received as though hewn on tablets of stone . |
| 15 | When the file concerned was an ED ( Enumeration District ) level file , it was too large for our screen editor to be used , and a FORTRAN program had to be written to change it As a result of these corrections , the data held at Manchester is cleaner than that at OPCS ( the Census Office for England and Wales ) itself ! |
| 16 | Richard or Levi Pickles appeared to be doing most of the work . |
| 17 | David Kent seemed to be achieving near miracles . |
| 18 | Mrs. Mott seemed to be overconscientious , Sara thought , but still kept her temper . |
| 19 | In holding the elections the Kurdistan Front claimed to be implementing clauses of the 1970 agreement in which the Iraqi government had promised " autonomy " for the 3,500,000 population of the Kurdish-controlled region — an area of some 50,000 sq km . |
| 20 | But the Leicestershire player had to be satisfied with gaining a bit more experience at the top level as he went down 3–1 to Tristan Nancarrow , the world No 8 from Australia , in the second round yesterday . |
| 21 | The Husayn twins wanted to be together . |
| 22 | In the far corner , the Husayn twins appeared to be trying to lift one of them off its pedestal . |
| 23 | Bobby Anscombe seemed to be doing most of the talking . |
| 24 | Winifred Harper was diagnosed as suffering from Parkinson 's disease , which both she and Dr Newman suspected to be connected with the water poisoning . |
| 25 | The second half produced any amount of action , including five goals , three of them to Chorley , before their striker Bernie Taylor had to be stretchered off following a tackle from Kath Townley , who became the second United player to be dismissed . |
| 26 | Partners in the effort are thought to include at least Hewlett-Packard Co , IXI Ltd , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc with IBM Corp said to be ‘ considering its position . ’ |
| 27 | Al Ain seemed to be moving to meet us . |
| 28 | Eva Maria wanted to be a teacher and was offered a place , after a couple of years , at St Katherine 's Training College . |
| 29 | I thought Church of England clergy had to be . ’ |
| 30 | As a result the Labour Spain Committee had to be formed in March 1937 to fight the battle for the rejection of non-intervention within the Labour Party . |