Example sentences of "[to-vb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the approach is not adequate by itself : on the one hand , not all of the functions which government consciously decides to perform are public ; and on the other hand , there may well be functions performed by non-governmental bodies which have not attracted government attention , encouragement or participation but which nevertheless are of public importance . |
| 2 | The effects of exposure to light are difficult to accelerate in the laboratory . |
| 3 | The worst to paint are insecure people , either outwardly or inwardly , ‘ you can feel that they are uncomfortable with themselves ’ . |
| 4 | God 's love and desire to forgive are primary . |
| 5 | There is a reciprocity between linguistic elements and possible contexts , and those elements which enable this reciprocal relationship to proceed are deictic . |
| 6 | As a result , debates about policy tend to rely more on assertion than evidence , while the targets for recycling that governments increasingly pledge themselves to meet are impossible to verify . |
| 7 | Most likely to suffer are concrete block houses built in the Twenties and Thirties and earlier buildings where shuttered concrete was employed . |
| 8 | BELOW When even substantial timber buildings decay and collapse , the only evidence that is usually available for archaeologists to discover are non-organic finds , and holes in the ground in which the timber posts may have been originally placed . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , the foods stressed-out women tend to crave are crunchy , such as biscuits and crisps , or tough and chewy , such as toffee . |
| 10 | In Cleveland 13.2pc of people who are able to work are jobless compared to January 's figure of 13.3pc , or 280 people fewer than last month . |
| 11 | Who suffer the discomforts of living in a longhouse near the headwaters of the Amazon when versions of what you want to know are available for observation just down the road ? |
| 12 | The young horse goes through so many learning experiences with us — the discipline of being held still in our arms as a foal , acceptance of being stroked all over and having its legs picked up , learning to lead and to be tied up , and later learning to accept being rugged and lunged . |
| 13 | Criticising new Dublin senator Gordon Wilson 's comments that the IRA men he plans to meet were human beings and had suffered too , the East Belfast MP said : ‘ They have n't suffered half enough . ’ |
| 14 | Cape Building Products accepted that any asbestos related conditions Mr McKenzie was shown to suffer were attributable to its fault . |
| 15 | In fact , the implementation of the right to communicate is tantamount to the democratisation of communication on every level . |
| 16 | An ability to communicate is essential in this process . |
| 17 | Video recording is also regularly used in training for situations where the ability to communicate is important . |
| 18 | S 1(1) provides that ‘ a person is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he causes a computer to perform any function to secure access to any program or data held in any computer ; ( b ) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised ; and ( c ) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ A person is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer ; ( b ) the access he intends to secure is unauthorised ; and ( c ) he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case . |
| 20 | That he would have done much more is years to come is certain ; yet the quality and the richness of what he left behind him make it equally certain that this very patient man , who to achieve his ends knew how to take his time , never wasted a minute of his life . |
| 21 | Almost all the information that can now be brought to bear is fragmentary and indirect . |
| 22 | group of twenty eight jobs if if , what we really need to know is overall |
| 23 | As a matter of common law , if the purchaser receives information relating to the vendor 's business which he knows or ought to know is confidential , the purchaser is under a duty to maintain the confidence and not to use the information . |
| 24 | Happen to know is good , thought Coffin . |
| 25 | The mere intention to obstruct is insufficient . |
| 26 | Of course , sensitising the public to such an issue in this provocative way may have its dangers , especially when the mainstream party intended to benefit is weak , unpopular or lacking credibility for other reasons . |
| 27 | The most important condition to exclude is colonic carcinoma . |
| 28 | The use of brute force for righteous ends appeals strongly to rap 's adolescent male following , of course . |
| 29 | The ability to extract is rare precisely because it may have to cut across these obvious parts . |
| 30 | If the work you wish to attract is private client based and emanating from normal households , do not forget the possibility of a mail drop . |