Example sentences of "[to-vb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 82 , the few people one might wish to see are all dead . |
| 2 | The people who make the biggest contribution to profit are those who take a pride in being the best . |
| 3 | What the notion is intended to emphasise are those issues to do with the how and the why of sociology 's empirical reference . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The easiest definitions to provide are those of North Shields and Cramlington . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most important ground rules to establish are those about silence and stopping work . |
| 7 | ‘ Labourer : ‘ What I want to know be this . |
| 8 | Significantly , the villages which tended to disappear were those with a low proportion of peasant proprietors ( 83 , p.28 ) . |
| 9 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 10 | But what I want to know is this — how come a Pakistani hot off the banana boat can get a mortgage when a decent cop with 25 years service in the force can not ? |
| 11 | What these continua are created to indicate is that relevant styles of influence will vary with the situation . |
| 12 | But what you 're actually going to find is that what they 've divorced themselves from is the assistance and the technical help that comes from the County Council , and whilst you may have your teachers trained up to a certain point you therefore have at that particular time you you have them fully trained , and then you say oh well I do n't need any training for the next couple of years so I can step back and save on that area . |
| 13 | One of the most useful class outlines to appear is that developed by Portes and is used here as a guide to the ramifications of class ( Portes 1985 ) . |
| 14 | They 've lodged an appeal and will race come what may … but whether the result is allowed to stand is another question … the winner could be decided by a tribunal … |
| 15 | Mind you , he did n't force me , but I knew that even successful businessmen asked his advice , so perhaps I might find out what this study of how to work was all about . |
| 16 | Moreover , the material upon which he had to work was that of the early stages of industrial capitalism and of the working-class political movement , so that in any case it would be essential to review his theory in the light of subsequent historical experience . |
| 17 | The important points to remember are that pipe runs from the hot water cylinder should be kept as short and as direct as possible to avoid heat loss — and a long wait at the tap before hot water arrives . |
| 18 | The Danuese allowed to participate were few in number and rigorously selected , mostly the same ‘ chiefs ’ who had voted for assimilation into the malai republic in the show referendum of a few weeks back . |
| 19 | The thing to remember is that interest is tax-deductible ( up to certain limits ) and capital is n't . |
| 20 | The important point for the teacher to remember is that local agreement about standards does not in any sense make them absolute . |
| 21 | The important thing to remember is that climate is influenced by events above and below the Earth . |
| 22 | The important experimental point to remember is that dust will also scatter light and contribute to the scattering intensity . |
| 23 | Also , an important point to remember is that domestic ovens used in a commercial environment will not be covered by the manufacturer 's guarantee . |
| 24 | The thing to remember is this : modern tackle , fancy baits and productive waters do not make a carp angler . |
| 25 | But in fact all we need to remember is this : |
| 26 | What I 'd like you to remember is this . |
| 27 | In a rip-and-tear piece , the newsletter dismisses as canards all the fondly held notions about RISC and makes an item-by-item case that RISC as faster , cheaper and easier to design is all illusion . |
| 28 | It is not surprising , therefore , that not only did he consider that he alone would set the pace , but also that the pace he chose to set was that of a dilatory gastropod . |
| 29 | It was because the parties had all analysed the nature of the problem we had to decide in the same way that it was agreed at the outset of the hearing before us that the central question we had to answer was this : in what capacity are High Court judges sitting when they sit as visitors to the Inns of Court in disciplinary cases ? |
| 30 | But what she had to remember was that , however convincing he might sound on details , there was a hard core of fact that even Luke Hunter could never explain away . |