Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one colony is markedly smaller than the other and so can not field an imposing team , it is raided , the queen is killed , and workers , pupae and larvae are carried off to be set to work in the victors ' nest . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 3 | Even with them pleine-airsme was not quite what it had been made out to be . |
| 4 | I have been made out to be a liar but I am determined people will know the truth . |
| 5 | Guy of Lusignan was by no means the handsome fool he has often been made out to be , but his grip on the crown was precarious and the resources of his kingdom were depleted . |
| 6 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 7 | Plastics are not the villain they are made out to be as regards the volume of waste . |
| 8 | Soft-sided cases are more likely to be damaged when they 're stacked up to be transported |
| 9 | ‘ And they 're growing up to be quite American , ’ Nellie went on . |
| 10 | ‘ Some lioness you 're turning out to be , ’ she muttered , with grim humour . |
| 11 | ‘ Your mouth gives away the fact that you 're not the frigid woman you 're making out to be — aside from all the other proof I have ! ’ he needled her by saying curtly . |
| 12 | FISH are lining up to be caught at Moreton Mere and look set to provide great fishing in Saturday 's Octoplus Echo Spring Classic Final . |
| 13 | ‘ biblical standard , given for the well-being of society ... [ that ] fornication , adultery and homosexual acts are sinful in all circumstances ... [ and that ] Christian leaders are called on to be exemplary in all spheres of morality , including sexual morality , as a condition of being appointed to or remaining in office . |
| 14 | After the return to civilian rule , the newly formed state radio corporations , which had been set up to be independent of Federal Government authority , were immediately subjected to local political control . |
| 15 | There are some problems which are set up to be impossible to solve . |
| 16 | We are set up to be competitive for the size and shape of projects that we are shooting for and the industries we are targeting . |
| 17 | I did n't want to hurt their feelings , having been brought up to be polite , so I tried to look happy and muttered something about Helen playing the piano very well . |
| 18 | I had been brought up to be a hero . |
| 19 | Interrupt — difficult to do if you 've been brought up to be polite , but necessary to learn . |
| 20 | I 've always been brought up to be domesticated — to do the housework and dust and wash up and cook — so it 's a natural instinct really . |
| 21 | She had been brought up to be thrifty and careful . |
| 22 | Observed in uncompromising midsummer light , Clytemnestra looked like something that , having lain neglected at the bottom of an old woman 's knitting basket , has finally been brought out to be mended . |
| 23 | Others have focused on the socialization process through which girls are brought up to be gentle , passive people who will do as they are told , while boys are brought up to be bolder and more aggressive . |
| 24 | Others have focused on the socialization process through which girls are brought up to be gentle , passive people who will do as they are told , while boys are brought up to be bolder and more aggressive . |
| 25 | Each side panel can also be gathered in to be used as a doorway . |
| 26 | Nancy could always be relied on to be there in an emergency . |
| 27 | But of course it is only reassuring if the person can be relied on to be there whenever the need arises — and you can be sure that that is bound to be during the last class hour on the longest teaching day of the week . |
| 28 | And that 's left us in some er , difficulties frankly , because one of the things that er , the C E C was recommending , that work of a strategic nature , which at the moment is undertaken by industrial conferences should be moved over to be dealt with by section conferences and that meant that a number of industrial conferences need not meet any longer , so we would avoid the duplication , the overlap and the waste . |
| 29 | Kirk then stated that he could not concur in the order and that Robertson expressed his disappointment , but stated that he could not " bother at this time who might or might not be handed over to be shot " and would send his telegram anyway . |
| 30 | I let him talk on about harriers and divers and skuas and all the rare and marvellous birds that would no doubt be waiting around to be photographed , and then put in the usual cautious query : ‘ And Ruth ? ’ |