Example sentences of "[to-vb] be [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , in my own mind , though they can not be opened for the day to the public to see are gardens by comparison with which the most beautiful garden of this island is tawdry and unkempt . |
| 2 | One must wait to see if satellite selling proves a commercial success but it is reassuring to find are auctioneers prepared to consider new ways of offering a comprehensive sales service to their farmer clients . |
| 3 | The first examples to appear were facsimiles of Elvis Presley 's first records for the ‘ Sun ’ label . |
| 4 | What the labels fail to reflect are studies showing the same link with fathers who smoke . |
| 5 | What they are trying to buy are assets which can best be developed by Palatine itself , including some which can only be developed by Palatine as an independent brewery . |
| 6 | Self-confidence , certainly , self-awareness , and the ability to organise are qualities which many of us value . |
| 7 | The celebration in the following year on 1 August was even more explicitly designed to allow the younger generation to experience being abolitionists . |
| 8 | Indeed , it is often claimed that some family firms preferred to avoid being profit-maximisers and take a safe return from past investments . |
| 9 | The old feudal tenancy , with its claim to perpetual rents , had disappeared in England in the 1660s and in the colonies Americans wanted to avoid being tenants of any sort . |
| 10 | Buyer 's guide tells you that I work for and , and that I 'm authorized to discuss 's products only . |
| 11 | The irony in the kind of unconscious , unsung heroism described in Typhoon is significantly reversed in Lord Jim , where in similar circumstances ( an old ship threatened by tempest , a challenge to ship 's officers , a crowd of helpless passengers ) it is imagination that is the cause of the failure of a ‘ hero ’ . |
| 12 | An aspect we were not able to cover was details of behaviour ( of suspect and the police ) leading up to the arrest . |
| 13 | The only other items you need to record are debits or credits made directly by the bank to your account . |
| 14 | As Moore sees it , questions as to what we ought to do are questions as to which actions are good , indeed best , as means . |
| 15 | You 're obsessed Owen , you 're to do is women 's tits so |
| 16 | When she 'd lain awake in the night realizing how upset and worried she was by Timothy Gedge 's visit , she 'd thought the one thing she would n't be able to do was Meals on Wheels with Miss Poraway . |
| 17 | ‘ The only papers we seem to keep are bills , and they 're for the accountant , ’ Emily said . |
| 18 | Other aspects to consider are charges , possible conflicts of interest , and efficiency in dealing and settlement . |
| 19 | The first to make the move to land were descendants of the segmented worms . |
| 20 | Unless action is taken only the rich will be able to contemplate being solicitors and only those firms doing commercial work are going to offer traineeships . |
| 21 | One thing Mum does n't seem to forget is hymns . |
| 22 | The most complex and most difficult to analyse are tasks requiring original thinking often with many apparently random alternations between deduction and induction , this occurs in fault diagnosis tasks . |
| 23 | ‘ The first people to arrive were servants from Ipuky 's household , and they took the body there . |
| 24 | Among those first to die were cormorants and black-necked grebes . |
| 25 | But tempers cooled and after some months the City Corporation decided to sell the building on the basis of a planning brief almost identical to SAVE 's proposals . |
| 26 | However , when the case was brought before the House of Lords in 1991 , Lord Bridge disagreed , concluding that the decision letter had been based entirely on the ‘ special circumstances of the case ’ and that , contrary to SAVE 's fears , no dangerous precedent would be set . |
| 27 | Moreover , the only properties he would allow to matter were ones that could be dealt with by the science of mathematics . |
| 28 | The most students could hope to see were cases of diseased udders , feet and skin ; there were few parturitions . |
| 29 | ‘ Already more than two dozen companies with schemes similar to TOP are members of Quality Scotland , and there are between 50 and 60 in the pipeline . ’ |
| 30 | Is not it clear from those figures and from many others that it takes a Conservative Government to deliver the goods to NHS patients and that all the Opposition have to offer are promises which more often than not prove false ? |