Example sentences of "of [noun sg] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a good case these days for treatment of syphilis to be with these more modern forms of penicillin . |
| 2 | Importantly , speedier and more sophisticated forms of transport and electronic communications make it increasingly possible for these two forms of work to be in contact despite their physical separation or ‘ stretching ’ over time and space . |
| 3 | " Whoever could be listening ? " cried Clara loudly , knowing that Geoffrey A. Machin and Peter Hawtrey had cut Geography in order to do just that , and the other girls clucked and murmured and veiled themselves , thinking such deliberate flouting of the conspiracy of shame to be in doubtful taste . |
| 4 | There 's not a great deal of difference to being at a Carter gig in America and a Carter gig in Britain . |
| 5 | By demanding proof of guilt to be beyond reasonable doubt we accept that some accused who are probably guilty will be nonetheless acquitted . |
| 6 | Darlington argues persuasively that Marx believed the process of evolution to be by direct Lamarkian and not by indirect Darwinian , or selective means : that is to say , that the environment in which individuals found themselves operated directly upon them to adjust them to it and that the adjustments were transmitted by them to the next generation ; and not that , fortuitous mutations having occurred in the genetic package , they would when favourable equip the mutant for greater success in the given environment than the unmutated form could achieve . |
| 7 | This part of the course is intended to enable the student to spend enough time on one current and developing model of grammar to be at ease with its fundamental concepts and to understand in some detail the application of these to the solution of actual problems in English . |
| 8 | Her father had sat with her through the nights , holding her hands , comforting her , robbing himself of sleep to be with her and help her through the worst of it . |
| 9 | It was a kind of ecstasy to be beside him . |
| 10 | Howard comments , ‘ Early on , there was a lot of pressure to be in the European market . |
| 11 | Again , perhaps a point of clarification to be to be helpful . |
| 12 | A good length of time to be in this position is about twenty minutes . |
| 13 | Their minds have never been sufficiently clear of the substance or process of addiction to be in any significant degree of recovery . |