Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] be [conj] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to be precise about the outcome , but again the general impression seems to be that there has been no significant and continuing deterioration , and some well-placed observers thought that behaviour had , on the whole , improved . |
| 2 | The problem seems to be that there is no majority in favour of any particular scheme . |
| 3 | It seems to be that there will be two consequences of the new law . |
| 4 | The meaning of the parable itself seems to be that there is a need for patience in the kingdom of Heaven . |
| 5 | The common pattern seems to be that there is an uneven flow of support across the generations , with a net transfer from older to younger which continues throughout the life cycle , and indeed after death in the form of inheritance . |
| 6 | The upshot of this foray into the literature on beliefs in antiquity seems to be that there was a great deal of credulity and some scepticism , as well as some wonderfully entertaining stories . |
| 7 | The idea seems to be that there is a training course that trains everybody in a certain response line . |
| 8 | The dilemma of those who evoke consciousness as the basis of phenomena was succinctly stated by Ronnie Knox in his limerick on idealism : There once was a man who said " God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there 's no one about in the Quad . " |