Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To regard these as distinct interests , each of which sustains a set of values , allows us to reformulate the question of the relative scope of holist and individualist theories which we found to be such a pressing one . |
| 2 | For someone who worked in what she believed to be such a hard-nosed profession he retained a sensitive streak . |
| 3 | It ceased to be such a good bargain . |
| 4 | It got to be such a strain , though . |
| 5 | The best known example of this is Liversidge v. Anderson in which the majority of the House of Lords found that the phrase ‘ reasonable cause to believe ’ in wartime emergency legislation would be complied with provided that the Secretary of State acted on what he thought to be such a reasonable cause , and that it was not necessary for there to be objective facts to support this . |
| 6 | There were times when John le Grant wondered how Tobie managed to be such a very good doctor and yet fail to ask himself primary questions about Nicholas . |
| 7 | ‘ Kalli ’ , who proved to be such a success with Warwickshire between 1971 and 1990 , has been signed on by Shropshire to play Minor County cricket now that he is English-qualified by residence . |
| 8 | Apart from the thousands of common criminals who proved to be such a bane for Siberian society , the nineteenth century also witnessed a steady increase in the number of people who , either by judicial or administrative process , were banished to Siberia for political crimes — committed or suspected — against the state . |
| 9 | Everyday conversation is actually highly innovative — as can be seen from the neologisms which proved to be such a major part of the lexicon of the tape recordings . |