Example sentences of "also [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 and he also applied to be a servant at the headquarters of Jehovah 's Witnesses in New York in battle , and then nineteen thirty five he was invited to go along
2 We are also taught to be caring and nurturing parents .
3 Inkjet technology is also proving to be very versatile .
4 Greigii tulips also tend to be short , in particular varieties like ‘ Sweet Lady ’ , peach pink , and the impressive ‘ Queen Ingrid ’ , producing rich red petals with a striking yellow edge .
5 They also tend to be aesthetically unsuited to many older-style properties .
6 As it is , not only is the average specification of cars sold in Britain the highest in Europe , but cars destined for the British market also tend to be bigger , with ‘ upper-medium-sized ’ cars disproportionately popular compared with elsewhere in Europe .
7 They also tend to be substantial landowners .
8 Snow may also lie later in block screes ( which also tend to be located below north-facing slopes because they were mostly formed by freeze-thaw action ) .
9 Rents also tend to be higher , particularly for smaller premises , and this differential has , if anything , increased .
10 Their reflexes also tend to be quicker , with decision-making resting in the hands of one person .
11 They also tend to be pretty public-spirited anyway . ’
12 They are usually much more expensive than timber types , and also tend to be aesthetically unsuited to many older-style properties .
13 The results of such investigations are interesting , but they also tend to be confused and confusing — we find , for example , that some people believe in both reincarnation and the resurrection of the body ; others believe in the efficacy of prayer , but not in God .
14 They also tend to be associated with more specific therapeutic practices , derived from the tenets of the particular psychological theory ; for example , psychoanalytic theories are associated with various forms of psychotherapy , and behaviourist-type theories are associated with different versions of conditioning .
15 There is moderate reduction in lung cancer risk associated with lower tar cigarettes but research in the UK suggests that the assumed health advantages of switching to lower tar may be largely offset by the tendency of smokers to compensate for the reduction in nicotine ( cigarettes lower in tar also tend to be lower in nicotine ) by smoking more or inhaling more deeply [ 4 ] .
16 Such areas also tend to be the cheapest to get into .
17 They also tend to be hard porn magazine devotees .
18 They also tend to be shy — more than twice as shy as men who have had more than 10 sexual partners .
19 Waiting lists also tend to be longer , and these are not complete indices of need since council allocation rules often exclude certain persons from them .
20 They also tend to be middle-minded , not just because of the selective ( and , until recently , highly secretive ) recruitment procedure by which they are appointed , but also because in the course of their training and socialization they are imbued with a particular self-perception about their role that amounts almost to a consistent ideology ( Parker et al. , 1989 ) .
21 Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods .
22 They also tend to be achievers , and are possibly less rebellious .
23 The grammatical and morphological information in learner 's dictionaries also tend to be very explicit .
24 The travelling communities also tend to be younger with 50 per cent of them under 20 and only four per cent over 65 .
25 It was also calculated to be popular with the Cuban-American electorate , estimated to number 700,000 .
26 The Council also requested to be kept informed of further developments in this field .
27 Apart from the delight of seeing Anita Lonsborough carrying off a gold in the individual medley , he was also honoured by being chosen to manage the combined European team in the festival that followed the Games .
28 She also expected to be paid in cash .
29 I had ceased to be good at the convent , and now I also ceased to be either healthy or clever .
30 Module questions are also formulated to be as colloquial as possible , avoiding any ‘ bookishness ’ in syntax and lexicon .
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