Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A French company wishing to build a plant in West Germany needs to be able to turn its French francs into D-marks . |
| 2 | Benazir Bhutto looks to be strong but it 's a coalition of convenience not conviction , in a country where politics follows the rules of war , opposition means nothing , winning is everything . |
| 3 | No Steven has to be deaf with ears like that . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , this Meredith happens to be female , all the bits between the woolly hat and brown brogues , ’ she said wrily . |
| 5 | The designation Unbeliever ceases to be mandatory for the Jews . |
| 6 | Freud seems to be willing to put it this way , and then to want to insist again that it was an actual deed , otherwise the impact is immediately lost once we allow ourselves to think that it did not happen . |
| 7 | This is now a missing link in the electrification : completing it would enable Birmingham-Scotland Intercity trains to be electric-hauled throughout and the Manchester Airport — Preston Service would also be electric . |
| 8 | Eva wants to be sure of the facts . |
| 9 | Geriatric units are particularly vulnerable because treatment of UTIs tends to be long term and there is extensive use of indwelling urinary tract catheters . |
| 10 | The UDC seems to be intent on creating inner city science parks and industrial estates , which would push even more people out of the city — already the young people are moving out , leaving the middle-aged and the elderly . |
| 11 | At this juncture Brenda appears to be unsure of the word called by one of the players . |
| 12 | Kingsley Amis seems to be top of the pops with English and American customers at the moment , but D.H . |
| 13 | ‘ Norman Pinder appears to be clean . |
| 14 | Meanwhile SunSelect continues to be skittish on any questions about WABI 's list price , packaging , availability or anything else substantive , ostensibly because of the gala rollout it has planned for May 5 at the 500-seat Great American Music Hall in San Francisco , having ditched plans to hold it at the giant Paramount Theater in Oakland , California . |
| 15 | The actual ratio that the Bank of England considers to be prudent will depend on the type of bank and its proportion of sight deposits to demand deposits . |
| 16 | The myths that Barthes refers to are contemporary and different from the myths that interest the anthropologist . |
| 17 | K2 director Simon Andrews observes : ‘ Anybody who is anybody in Intergraph has to be able to speak English . |
| 18 | ‘ Because Meredith Williams happens to be male , ’ he said flatly . |
| 19 | Coleridge seems to be interested principally in two forms of creativity ; both the type connected with the powers of our subconscious , as well as conventional creation as represented by nature itself . |
| 20 | Though the only thing Stephen seems to be interested in these days is Crystal Springs . |
| 21 | RBL hopes to be able to respond more imaginatively to changes in attitudes towards authority . |
| 22 | Saxton Bampfylde tries to be extra sensitive , open and considerate , not only to the clients who are its bread and butter , but also to candidates , who frequently feel they have been ridden roughshod over and hard-done-by in the search process . |
| 23 | In a previous book , King of the Confessors , Hoving admits to being able to ‘ lie convincingly without any hesitation ’ . |
| 24 | WIMBLEDON v LIVERPOOL Wimbledon are unchanged , which means Lawrie Sanchez has to be content with a substitute 's role . |
| 25 | Khat has to be fresh in order to work , so the shop gets a delivery every day . |
| 26 | Blanche pretends to be shocked by the surroundings that Stella is living in with her husband , when she arrives . |
| 27 | The benefit of polychemotherapy in non-resectable NSCLC appears to be real , but it is unknown whether the benefit is still present after a year . |
| 28 | Gregory 's failure to make any clear statement about the author of the original invitation asking Gundovald to return to Gaul seems to be deliberate . |
| 29 | Although BrdUrd appears to be safe for in vivo pulse labelling studies in low dose by the intravenous route , its use in vivo is confined to the study of malignancy . |
| 30 | Daffodil Quentin seems to be acceptable to the other owners , who of course probably do n't know about her three dead horses . |