Example sentences of "they have ceased [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not stay and wait to be thrown out after they 'd ceased to be any use to the old baggage . |
| 2 | They had ceased to be shocked by nudity , and accepted that it now happened mostly on remote beaches where it need n't offend any villagers . |
| 3 | Whether because they had ceased to be pleased about her birthday or simply because they were tired , she did not know . |
| 4 | They had ceased to be such holders , because , in effect , in their hands the document had ceased to be a negotiable instrument quite as much as if there had been on the acceptance of the draft by the plaintiffs an erasure of the writing of the signature to the note . |
| 5 | Consequently , norm development occurs over very long periods , and often very old behaviour patterns are preserved long after they have ceased to be relevant . |