Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hun Sen has pledged to be ‘ a good sport ’ , no matter what the results of the election . |
| 2 | Paul , who commutes daily — a weekly total of 630 miles — from his home town of Dundee has proven to be an excellent draughtsman both manually and on CAD , gaining expertise on CADvance , AUTOCAD and Microstation Intergraph systems which are supported throughout FWWG . |
| 3 | Ramon Mitra has proved to be a competent Speaker in the House of Representatives . |
| 4 | Consequently , the United States has tended to be most vociferous about a ‘ peace process ’ when this has excluded the Soviet Union , and promised a solution which would strengthen American influence in the region . |
| 5 | Romance blossomed once again as she realised how close Neil had come to being killed . |
| 6 | As first to go in the nine-horse jump-off , Halliday had seemed to be handicapped by the draw . |
| 7 | Hector had refused to be present . |
| 8 | Uncle Mosse had wanted to be dead there , and since he could n't achieve it for himself , his clothes had done it for him . |
| 9 | The Vancouver stations were run down — and two were demolished — once Vancouver had ceased to be the main portal to the Orient with the ending of the passenger shipping services . |
| 10 | Angy had professed to be delighted to hear from her , had invited her to her flat but refused point-blank to hand over the ring . |
| 11 | Frankie had learned to be wary of that place . |
| 12 | Rosie Fortinbras had proved to be of minimal use as a source of information . |
| 13 | As a youngster Kylie had proved to be a wizard with a needle — amazing friends by being able to run up an outfit in under two hours . |
| 14 | The UFD also made it clear that , since accepting the position of Minister of Equipment and Transport , Mohamed Ould Lamar had ceased to be a member of the UFD . |
| 15 | Syria had hoped to be dropped from the list , having supported the US-led coalition in the Gulf war and participated in the Middle East peace talks . |
| 16 | And Richard 's decided to be right-handed after all this time . |
| 17 | The relationship between votes and seats in Ireland has proved to be usually inaccurate , and inconsistent also . |
| 18 | The political complexion of Scotland means that any proposed change to the NHS has tended to be greeted with a mixture of suspicion and resistance . |
| 19 | And then it is clear how Darwin has come to be thinking of a species as a population of individuals , with each member differing from every other because arising in a unique sequence of influences exerted by a unique succession of conditions and mates . |
| 20 | Second , and this will be commented upon , some rhythms begin to show ultradian periods ( that is , ones with a cycle length of 1–4 hours ) rather than a complete absence of rhythmicity after removal of the SCN. ( 3 ) Neural connections between the SCN and most other regions of the brain have been cut and yet the SCN has continued to be rhythmic . |
| 21 | The Union of the Crowns did not mean that England and Scotland had ceased to be separate countries . |
| 22 | There was a lot of laughter , not the least when someone asked the whereabouts of Alan and Joy , and I said that Alan had gone to be induced ! |
| 23 | Vera Pinder had proved to be a formidable mountain of a woman , verging on caricature , who refused to listen to a word , but kept aggressively repeating , 'Are you arresting him ? |
| 24 | Wordsworth had to learn to be simple . |
| 25 | Estelle had appeared to be aroused by it all . |
| 26 | The Wolvercote Tongue was insured for half a million dollars , and one of the safest ways of transferring it over to England had got to be on the person of the traveller : few people would entrust such an item to letter-post or parcel-post or courier-service ; and even if they did , the insurance-risk premium would be prohibitive . |
| 27 | It was he actually whom Simon had asked to be the co-respondent — bogus co-respondent — when they were concocting their divorce , it was about him that the judge had scolded her and given me to Anna . |
| 28 | Alan 's got to be away you know |
| 29 | When you if if you think about a country of song you might think of Wales , but anybody visiting Ireland will know that it 's really Ireland 's got to be a country of song because if you go there you 've got to sing . |
| 30 | Until now , Gemma 's had to be fed through her nose , using a naso-gastric tube attached to a pack which she wears on her back for 16 hours a day . |