Example sentences of "have [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The operability in the past has tended to be low . |
| 32 | Where interest has been shown it has tended to be critical of the idea of connecting creativity to madness . |
| 33 | However , so far the attitude has tended to be sympathetic — it is not , after all , in the creditors ' interests to exclude a member and thereby reduce earning potential . |
| 34 | In good British fashion , however , that change has tended to be piecemeal rather than comprehensive . |
| 35 | Unfortunately , this evidence has tended to be fragmentary , a collection of separate , discrete pieces of information lacking a synthesizing theory to provide cohesion and predictive power . |
| 36 | He was involved in the charities and voluntary organisations PR seminar , and has volunteered to be public relations and marketing director for Junior Chamber Aberdeen next year . |
| 37 | Storage at 6–7°C has proved to be successful . |
| 38 | This strategy has proved to be successful . |
| 39 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 40 | The strategy of deciding to concentrate on the Hotel and Leisure Markets has proved to be successful . |
| 41 | The reorganisation of DTI away from sectors has proved to be successful . |
| 42 | Dose assessment : The account of dose calculation contained in Urquhart 's article does not allow the method he used to be completely understood , and it has proved to be impossible to obtain the ‘ fuller version ’ of the article , either from the Journal of Nuclear Information . |
| 43 | The McGhee decision has proved to be controversial as the plaintiff never established that the defendant was a cause of his damage . |
| 44 | Moreover , as Maynard has demonstrated ( Maynard , 1984 ) , it has proved to be effective in enabling health authorities to live within their means . |
| 45 | This power also has proved to be potent on a truly universal level , with France in particular warming to the man 's work and awarding him its prestigious Chevalier of Arts and Letters , an honour doubtless of special significance to a writer who lists Flaubert and Stendhal as primary influences . |
| 46 | There were reports that the coal used on the trip of Sunday September 22 has proved to be unsatisfactory and better things were predicted during coaling and watering of the locomotives at Aberystwyth . |
| 47 | Whereas a strategy of incorporation can be relatively successful when applied by a regime of right-wing orientation which is prepared to support it with repression , it has proved to be ineffective for leftist groups which claim to be advancing the interests of the working class . |
| 48 | This violates such deep-seated feelings of justice that it has proved to be unacceptable under any criminal law jurisdiction . |
| 49 | Hugh Price Hughes chastised the 1896 Free Church Council meetings for its vociferousness and insisted that all should ‘ submit to those restraints and regulations which the experience of the greatest representative assemblies of the world has proved to be necessary to an intelligent participation in the business as it proceeds ’ . |
| 50 | Another counterexample proposed by Stoyanov ( 1979 ) has proved to be incorrect as it does not satisfy the required boundary conditions ( see Section 10.2 ) . |
| 51 | The original intention was that the client teams would be leaderless , but in some cases this has proved to be impractical . |
| 52 | This interpretation has proved to be compatible with other results , including the finding that a click located near the end of a clause tends to elicit longer reaction times than a click located at the beginning of a clause ( Abrams and Bever , 1969 ) . |
| 53 | It has also been tested with over 2100 software programs and has proved to be compatible . |
| 54 | Derek 's nickname has proved to be spot-on this season , The Sizzler has really been sizzling on the field ! |
| 55 | Although the report did not allude to the possibility of fraud , it has proved to be prophetic in a number of respects . |
| 56 | Her local newspaper , the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald , ended an account of her life with a prophesy which time has proved to be accurate : — ‘ Her memory , her deeds , and her example will live and be spoken of long after the generation who knew her personally will have passed away . ’ |
| 57 | The product has proved to be stable over the anticipated lifespan of the building and has advantages over alternative methods of roof insulation , namely , energy efficiency , ease of installation and speed of erection . |
| 58 | It is a theory whose plausibility and aesthetic attractiveness in England was considerable at a time ( the later 1970s ) when the English choral tradition was flourishing and when many sensed the need for a change of direction after the loss of David Munrow ; by a kind of happy accident it has proved to be consistent with a much wider range of evidence than was initially suspected . |
| 59 | In some cases such strife has proved to be recurrent over twenty years , as in Zaire , Sudan , and Burundi and in others more or less endemic , as in Chad and Uganda and in Ethiopia in its fight to contain Eritrea . |
| 60 | Whereas Haslam has found that a detached outside perspective has proved to be valuable in several of the companies he has served as a board member , his early intimate knowledge of the coal industry was equally beneficial when he was asked to become chairman of British Coal , bringing his career full circle . |