Example sentences of "to [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if equity shares or rights to them are to be issued in other circumstances , they first have to be offered to all equity shareholders in proportion to their holdings whether or not these were acquired as subscribers ' shares , bonus shares or pursuant to an employees ' share scheme . |
| 2 | This practice of marking searches , requisitions , etc , should be an invariable one for three reasons : ( 1 ) it compels you to consider each question and reply before marking it ; ( 2 ) it will save your time in selecting answers that require further action , and will avoid your reading through the enquiries again later on to make sure that the replies to them are in order ; and ( 3 ) it is a permanent record that at the time of the transaction you not only made your search , etc , but duly considered and dealt with the replies . |
| 3 | and distribution to them is within the ambit of the law . |
| 4 | They offered in effect a free counselling service and many of the problems brought to them were of a spiritual nature , which in itself showed the high level of spiritual and religious interest in England during the fourteenth century . |
| 5 | The most obvious way to get through to them was via the media . |
| 6 | He was an old man , and frightened of the death squad of his countrymen , yet allegiance to them was in his blood . |
| 7 | The treatment Rufus meted out to them was after all , the same . |
| 8 | And I 'm taut with fear , she reproached herself , when all that can happen to me is to be thrown out of this damned clinic . |
| 9 | You know , they 're very I mean the w they way how it was put to me is to d same with all your questions , it was the er , was it the tail wagging the dog . |
| 10 | I mean th the , the analogy that occurs to me is of a dam holding back a raging torrent . |
| 11 | ’ — You are worthy because your loyalty to me is beyond question , ’ he said . |
| 12 | That to me is worth more than silver , for I think much about the state of the land in these strange times , with snow falling in midsummer and the Giants wandering the hills . ’ |
| 13 | tax paid and everything , and I know it 's gon na be in there I said now that to me is worth a lot I ai n't got ta worry whether there 's gon na be cheque from out on my doormat in the morning or if it 's gon na bounce when I put it in so I sa |
| 14 | And you know I , I actually had phrases like bra burning thrown at me and erm I I said that feminism to me is about having the same opportunities as men and I put few of the phrases er er you know along those lines and so everybody round the table said well yes I believe in that too , I said well then you 're feminists and so it 's about valuing or devaluing words as well and you know you just made the point about changing words , but how far do we go with this ? |
| 15 | But in due course er when I was still off with flu , erm back to the specialist another test , you know , and that was er March , April of last year and the result of it was that there is something in there which is characteristic of what 's , what we call multiple sclerosis which seems to me is about as broad as it 's long , you know , it 's , it 's a very large |
| 16 | ‘ Any Mrs Baudelaire who is senior to me is in her grave , ’ she announced . |
| 17 | ‘ I want a game this week and the only one available to me is against Somerset 2nds . ’ |
| 18 | They changed their name , but the couple who were described to me were without doubt the Stapletons . ’ |
| 19 | Saying this to me was like holding a red rag to a bull : the more anyone told me not to do a thing , the more I tried to do it . |
| 20 | One of the most flattering things ever said to me was by a teacher who said , ‘ Kinnock , I 'd like to call you lazy but nobody who 's as big a nuisance as you are is lazy . ’ |
| 21 | When we went to that the interview yesterday it was ever so funny because we 're all sat in a row and this girl next door to me was from Cornwall , and this other girl said , where are you from ? |
| 22 | When I came to I was in the cabin at the end of M.3 and still having a saline transfusion . |
| 23 | Oh w when I first went to place I I had to er I had to clean er clean I had to I was like a scullery maid . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't quite understand how you leapt from my knowing your parents to my being in cahoots with Ryan . |
| 25 | ‘ Anyway , if you harbour such great objections to my being in your office , why on earth should you take the slightest interest in my problems ? |
| 26 | But I did object to her being in an interview for those people who were basically teachers ? they were professionals . |
| 27 | As noted above a plan is essential to the proper description of a property , and this is especially so in the case of leases the title to which is to be registered ( Chapter 12 ) , and indeed of leases of flats in general . |
| 28 | Cos it comprises a checklist encompassing the major requirements necessary to complete and the project and it helps to identify the processes involved , and the stage to which are to be taken , for the s for the successful completion of the project . |
| 29 | A resolution of 22 March 1792 provided for the erection of temporary stabling for 50 horses , to which were to be added later a lecture theatre and a dissecting room . |
| 30 | A country that had once been central to itself was on the periphery : it needed to become central again . |