Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might get at least some credit if they were seen to be laying better long-term foundations for the economy . |
| 2 | ‘ Y-yes , but in my anxiety to be gone I f-forgot them . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The inspector coughed apologetically and placed his hands together , uncertain how best to say what had to be said next . |
| 5 | Lawrence takes a deep breath and starts off again , with this massive approach , comes in now to , it 's short and it ends in a way I think probably off the body , he tried to take the bottom hand away again , that , that they do seemed to be trying this angle of attack at him , as Botham there at leg gully and a short leg and they 're trying to be , do n't forget the balls at 's ribcage , he 's certainly troubled by that one . |
| 6 | And since most visitors have time only for one visit to Milford , you again will probably have to be make this trip as a passenger , either in an aircraft or a coach . |
| 7 | The plan for 1988 was that the discount rate was to be fixed each month at 1 per cent above the equivalent annual rate of increase in industrial prices in the previous month . |
| 8 | The maintenance of this repertoire is made more difficult , in that the majority of children in Roman Catholic schools seem to be taught contemporary hymns and other religious music by religious education teachers , rather than by the music staff . |
| 9 | Twenty in each university were to be taught modern history and languages and , if they reached the required standard , given suitable employment at home or abroad . |
| 10 | Such anger and defensiveness is commonplace and understandable because our society is accustomed to the stereotype pictures of alcoholism and drug or other addictions as disorders of weak-willed and immoral people who need to be taught firm lessons on how to behave themselves properly rather than as ill people who need to be helped to become well . |
| 11 | Autistic children have to be taught such basic skills from behind , using their own hands . |
| 12 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 13 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 14 | The Brahman Centre for learning mental skills is in Provence and you 'll be one of a select few at a time to be taught these techniques . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Although references to the presence of black people are available from the Roman period onward , especially in the early sixteenth century , the most famous of the early documented references is the arrival in 1555 of a group of five Africans , brought here by a merchant to be taught English so that they could return to Africa to act as interpreters for British traders . |
| 17 | Mentally handicapped children , especially those with severe handicaps , need to be taught social skills which may be naturally acquired in a comparatively short time by children of higher intelligence . |
| 18 | He opted to be taught medieval Welsh as a special subject . |
| 19 | No one doubted that some form of physical education should be part of the programme ; nor was there any dissent from the view that girls were to be taught domestic economy and similar subjects in addition to trade and academic courses ; and , thirdly , the terms ‘ vocational ’ and ‘ liberal ’ should be generously interpreted , rather than be seen as mutually exclusive . |
| 20 | Werewolf and I were numbers three and four in the queue and the Sergeant had to tap his watch a couple of times as Werewolf seemed to be requiring more help than the rest of us from Private Boyd in getting his belt on . |
| 21 | By March 5 troops loyal to Saddam Hussein appeared to be achieving some success against the rebels . |
| 22 | ‘ You ought to be meeting more boys your own age , not letches like Bas and the twins . |
| 23 | We 're going to be meeting more regularly in the next er few month and we want to know what |
| 24 | ‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’ |
| 25 | A ‘ devolved ’ school was seen to be meeting local needs more quickly . |
| 26 | In fact , as early as October 1 , when your ruler Neptune is challenged by Jupiter in Cancer , you will realise that money is really only half the battle or problem you 're facing this month — because someone appears to be breaking all the rules , if not breaking your heart . |
| 27 | Although overdue , two elements of the bill can properly claim to be breaking new ground . |
| 28 | 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 " . |
| 29 | The venture , which will involve investment of £8m , is believed to be receiving regional development grants worth up to 36 per cent of the total investment . |
| 30 | Though the available data on the contribution record of workers from different socio-economic groups is inadequate in several ways , it can be justifiably claimed that members of the lower socio-economic groups are more likely than members of the higher socio-economic groups to be among the non-qualifiers and , in the years when they existed , to be receiving lower-earnings-related benefits . |