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 | At 82 , the few people one might wish to see are all dead . |
| 5 | The people who make the biggest contribution to profit are those who take a pride in being the best . |
| 6 | What the notion is intended to emphasise are those issues to do with the how and the why of sociology 's empirical reference . |
| 7 | God 's love and desire to forgive are primary . |
| 8 | There is a reciprocity between linguistic elements and possible contexts , and those elements which enable this reciprocal relationship to proceed are deictic . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Most likely to suffer are concrete block houses built in the Twenties and Thirties and earlier buildings where shuttered concrete was employed . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Where such consent is knowingly given by adult citizens , the only restrictions which a free society ought to impose are those designed for the prevention of harm . |
| 13 | What you actually have to absorb are three things . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly , the foods stressed-out women tend to crave are crunchy , such as biscuits and crisps , or tough and chewy , such as toffee . |
| 15 | The easiest definitions to provide are those of North Shields and Cramlington . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Perhaps the most important ground rules to establish are those about silence and stopping work . |
| 19 | ‘ Labourer : ‘ What I want to know be this . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | In order to find out where an image will be , it is only necessary to know were two of the rays go . |
| 23 | Cape Building Products accepted that any asbestos related conditions Mr McKenzie was shown to suffer were attributable to its fault . |
| 24 | The cost that they were having to bear were greater than what they were actually getting back on the sale of this stuff . |
| 25 | Significantly , the villages which tended to disappear were those with a low proportion of peasant proprietors ( 83 , p.28 ) . |
| 26 | PETER MacLeod believes that an ability to communicate is one of his vital strengths . |
| 27 | In fact , the implementation of the right to communicate is tantamount to the democratisation of communication on every level . |
| 28 | An ability to communicate is essential in this process . |
| 29 | Video recording is also regularly used in training for situations where the ability to communicate is important . |
| 30 | The culture change we seek to secure is one of ensuring that our new arrangements are needs led rather than service driven . |