Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prototype and test-bed for the new approach was to been seen first in some of the New Towns , particularly Harlow , where the design of the neighbourhood units provided a classic model to follow . |
| 2 | The interpretation which perhaps makes most sense of people 's answers is that their decisions seem to be based first on a desire to pay off quickly , and second ( in modification of this ) on how high an instalment they can afford — rather than on interest rates or total cost . |
| 3 | These pupils in Wales do not start formally to be taught English until the age of 7 or 8 ; all pupils in England will be required to be taught English from age 5 . |
| 4 | To write about a place I did not know might seem to be breaking one of the most quoted warnings to the novice author : " Write about what you know " . |
| 5 | Where the property is to be transferred subject to a mortgage , or where a new mortgage is to be created , it will be necessary to obtain consents to such transactions from any occupants of the property aged eighteen years or over ( following the case of Williams & Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland [ 1981 ] AC 487 ) . |
| 6 | THE £80,427 refurbishment contract at Llandrindod Wells Museum due to be completed by the end of June , is expected to be extended due to delays with materials . |
| 7 | Eventually to be positioned next to the Swift , the RAFM 's first-ever ‘ touch-and=try ’ ( jargon would have it as ‘ visitor-inter-active ’ ! ) aircraft is already on site , Jet Provost T.3A XM463 from 1 FTS at Linton-on-Ouse . |
| 8 | Hot seller in seaside toyshops this summer was the UFO Solar , a ‘ solar energy airship ’ balloon intended to be flown kite-like on a sixty-foot line . |
| 9 | It depends upon the weather , but after a week or so the concrete will have dried sufficiently to be treated prior to the introduction of fish and plants . |
| 10 | Once won , the " bouse " , a mixture of rock spar and ore , had to be separated ready for smelting . |
| 11 | ‘ And besides , ’ she added briskly , ‘ this would be a bad time for me to be getting involved with anything serious . |
| 12 | This is an incredible area to be getting involved in . |
| 13 | I have at this point tried to bring in some preliminary notions of stress and prominence without giving a full explanation ; by this stage in the course it is important to be getting familiar with the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables , and the nature of ‘ schwa ’ , but the subject of stress is such a large one that I have felt it best to leave its main treatment until later . |
| 14 | We have grown used to some kind of safety net , extended beneath us in Western countries , even if for some of us the holes seem to be getting bigger by the day . |
| 15 | It was a long way to sunset , but the air in the tower seemed to be getting colder by the moment . |
| 16 | Things seemed to be getting worse with every step she took . |
| 17 | It 's 7.00 a.m. on a cold dark morning in Stroud , but 19 year old Jason Scrivens is more than happy to be getting ready for work . |
| 18 | Everyone seems to be getting interested in him lately . |
| 19 | James Butterworth followed the hooligan careers of similar boys — ‘ Sam Smiler ’ and ‘ Thomas Tiddler ’ — along with the apprenticeship of ‘ Tiddler Junior ’ , because the British hooligan was thought to be getting younger in his time , as in ours : |
| 20 | The world seems to be getting smaller as more and more people realize that what happens in one country can affect others . |
| 21 | One of the corpses was that of a local youth , the other that of an English girl , Gail Benson , who had come to the West Indies as the slavish lover of an American Negro , Hakim Jamal , ‘ God ’ to his friends , who was eventually to be shot dead in Boston . |
| 22 | Shorshan was the fourth Jewish settler to be shot dead by gunmen since the start of the Middle East peace talks in October 1991 . |
| 23 | The 32-year-old pay office clerk , of Griffiths Close , Yarm , who was pregnant , had to be cut free from the wreckage by fireman . |
| 24 | John Byrne , 64 , of Cleveland Avenue , Trimdon Village , had to be cut free from his car after the collision at 11.40 am yesterday . |
| 25 | The dead man , who has n't been named , had to be cut free from his car . |
| 26 | A NUDE model had to be cut free by firemen yesterday after she got plastered — literally . |
| 27 | In the UK , for example , economic expans-ions often had to be cut short by restrictive domestic policies as an increased demand for imports led to a deterioration in the balance of payments . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sure — ’ Derek began , only to be cut short by Charlotte . |
| 29 | De Marco inspected refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza Strip , although his tour of the Jabaliyah refugee camp in Gaza had to be cut short after disturbances erupted there . |
| 30 | United wo n't want to be cut adrift of Arsenal , the team we all have to get past to win the Championship . ’ |