Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plans referred to are short-term plans for periods of from one week to one month . |
| 2 | Two are highly valued , namely lidya ( shy , timid , ashamed ) and höntugen ( frightened , fearful ) , and can be said to be integral aspects of the Chewong person ( Howell 1988 ) . |
| 3 | Furthermore , there are often subtle differences in what at first glance appear to be similar provisions in different contracts , for example , the provision for liquidated damages . |
| 4 | ‘ There would have to be similar moves from the counties and I do n't think that is very likely . |
| 5 | It is not my intention to argue that villagers confused the two institutions , or that they thought magistrates and demons to be similar types of beings . |
| 6 | In relation to offences involving personal violence there would appear to be little evidence from the survey to substantiate claims that Merseyside is an exceptionally violent area In relation to household crimes , however , the rate in Merseyside is substantially higher and in the case of burglary three times higher than the national average . |
| 7 | There seemed to be little hope for the future , just a mundane job and low pay and fewer prospects for meeting the opposite sex once university days were over . |
| 8 | Following this there was considerable despondency amongst the committee as there seemed to be little hope for the future . |
| 9 | There seems to be little work from the Labour local member . |
| 10 | There appears to be little change in prevalence rates with age ( see Figure 5.2 ) , but rates are considerably higher in women as compared with men ( see Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 11 | Finally , as summarized in table 4 , there seemed to be little interest in some of the current general matters of concern in education . |
| 12 | Any proposals for road and rail investment in the South East must satisfy the government 's general criteria and will not be approved simply because they are deemed to be necessary adjuncts to the tunnel . |
| 13 | Not one that bleeding hearts would approve of , no doubt , but we , as the committee , were absolutely within our rights to sell off what we considered to be unnecessary stocks of wine in order to allocate the money to members ’ more urgent needs . ’ |
| 14 | Senior managers do not want things to go wrong , and will not take what they consider to be unnecessary risks in recommending one supplier as opposed to another . |
| 15 | Fragments of Norman mouldings in the tower walls appear to be re-used material from an earlier building . |
| 16 | There were to be extraordinary inconsistencies in the description of that fateful call by the main participants . |
| 17 | Continental basins generally seem to be long-lived features with a subsidence history often extending over a period of 100 Ma or more . |
| 18 | In all these cases , the relevant legal provisions required there to be onward transmission of the documents to the defendant . |
| 19 | Not only are there likely to be unphysiological levels of stimulation , but it is frequently unclear , from published reports , how extensive the effective stimulation zone actually was . |
| 20 | Recognising there appeared to be substantial support for this move he approached Robert Naish privately with a view to easing the inevitable changeover . |
| 21 | There appear to be substantial differences between the " traditional " temporary workers employed in seasonal jobs in such sectors as retailing , entertainments and the holiday industry and the " new " temporary workers employed in some organisations in the manufacturing sector . |
| 22 | Although the hit rate does not differ significantly between junctions there do seem to be substantial differences between individual films . |
| 23 | There appears to be substantial numbers of people who join or leave , become active or inactive , over time . |
| 24 | There is likely to be substantial increases in CPU times , although it might be possible to reduce this by a factor of 5 . |
| 25 | At first glance there appears to be substantial equality in the income maintenance payments made to men and women , in that the same rates apply to both , and there are no rules debarring women from access to benefits just because they are women . |
| 26 | These are unlikely to be suitable hosts for the preservation of exhaled sulphides . |
| 27 | Many of the projects arose not just because they seemed to be suitable topics for academic research , but at the direct instigation of teachers or sometimes students . |
| 28 | She seems to be suitable material for what he wants : her father a murderer and her mother a prostitute . ’ |
| 29 | All sorts and conditions of native societies were declared to be suitable candidates for it , even when they possessed , to Western eyes , no discernible political organization at all , and so no evident agency through which indirection might be achieved . |
| 30 | French was a guest in the VIP box at Ellis Park for the South Africa v All Black Test and he know there were to be immediate problems for the Wallaby tour the moment the first chord of Die Stem was struck . |