Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I do not know any other human being who believes this to be possible in principle . |
| 2 | Of course , critical analysis might show this to be due to naive misapprehension . |
| 3 | The only other possibility was a large-scale uprising in the eastern area of the Province , while the Roman army was concentrated on the western frontier , but for this to be effective in diverting the Roman plans , timing was of vital importance . |
| 4 | For this to be acceptable to teachers they have to have confidence in the ability and independence of the inspectors : independence , that is , from the education authorities who are their employers . |
| 5 | The Directors consider this to be adequate for the Group 's foreseeable requirements . |
| 6 | We now know this to be true of all the planets ; however , the effect is so small that only in the case of Mercury was it detectable by nineteenth-century astronomers . |
| 7 | All five LEAs examined in detail had arts development projects in progress and a survey across the region showed this to be true of 85 per cent of LEAs . |
| 8 | I believe this to be true in the case of computers where they do lag behind the West : I do not believe it in the case of radar . |
| 9 | Possible early human ancestors existed in Pakistan two million years ago , while the much earlier Sivapithecus from India and Pakistan is held by some to be ancestral to all the great apes including man , or perhaps just orang-utans and man . |
| 10 | A typical model , considered by some to be applicable in any communication situation , would take the following form : |
| 11 | There was n't much to be proud of in a mixed bunch of movies which were largely exploitation of current trends , regardless of how Corman tried to disguise them with socio-explanations . |
| 12 | But by and large rugby has much to be proud of as a vehicle for bringing nations together in a sporting brotherhood when political barriers threaten to keep them apart . |
| 13 | There is nothing much to be proud of , to be sure , in all this ; and the self-sufficient hero , who knows it , is nothing of a boaster . |
| 14 | ‘ I doubt he 'd think there was much to be proud of . ’ |
| 15 | Mr President Portsmouth is a thriving maritime city with much to be proud of we have many supreme attractions Victory Mary Rose and Warrior amongst others which I hope you will have a chance to visit some time during your stay here in Portsmouth . |
| 16 | You always taught me that I had so much to be thankful for , but there are still a lot of things that I wish had never happened . |
| 17 | You have to accept the fact that she will not be feeling she has too much to be grateful about , when she ruminates on the loss of her home and some of her previous complete independence . |
| 18 | I personally have much to be grateful for to those linguists who have gone on ahead and erected signposts , and I hope the examples I have used today illustrate my conviction that , notwithstanding its theoretical manoeuverings and terminological idiosyncrasies , an awareness of the questions and findings of linguistic research can help turn our language study into what it should be , a voyage of discovery . |
| 19 | We have much to be grateful for and to remember him by . |
| 20 | When they visited Texas he asked why the young men seemed so gloomy when there was so much to be happy about , and in Cambridge he publicly embraced his old friend , Conrad Aiken , moving Aiken almost to tears . |
| 21 | In the context there is much to be optimistic about . |
| 22 | Rather disappointingly there is not too much to be scared of in summer . |
| 23 | You can add secretive for good measure though he had n't much to be secretive about . ’ |
| 24 | It is , however , unrealistic to expect all of these to be visible in all locations , especially in rural areas where the balance of tenures differs considerably from the national picture . |
| 25 | For these to be useful to schools , teachers need to find economical ways of distinguishing authorised from unauthorised absence , of distinguishing ‘ real ’ from condoned absence and to look for patterns of absence taking actual pupils as the starting point rather than a more generalised attendance rate . |
| 26 | All these to be subject to strict confidentiality rules so that the information is to be used for electoral returning purposes only . |
| 27 | Archery , sauna , table tennis , Italian bowls , basket and volley ball are all to be available at no additional charge and tennis courts , swimming lessons , wind-surfing boards , sailing boats and bicycles will be available for a supplement . |
| 28 | p. 8 ) , but local communities , voluntary bodies , the private sector and , where appropriate , central government were all to be involved in implementing policy . |
| 29 | Imperialism forced all to be nationalist in response . |
| 30 | And there was nothing at all to be afraid of . |