Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears to establish three categories : the first contains wordings generally agreed to be acceptable , the second wordings which appear to have been at some time problematic but are now acceptable , and the third wordings which remain inadmissible . |
| 2 | Databases which list books usually aim to be comprehensive in their chosen field , rather than selective or evaluative . |
| 3 | ‘ Willy Thorne , for example took part in a ProAm game at Alsager and insisted that one of the three charities who were to receive donations just had to be the Rainbow Trust and that meant £1,400 cheque . |
| 4 | Since she 'd met him things that were normally buried fathoms deep seemed to be floating to the surface . |
| 5 | ‘ Trading conditions for the coming year remain uncertain as clients ’ spending plans still have to be made known , ’ said Ball . |
| 6 | However , decided cases still have to be referred to in two situations . |
| 7 | Social classes , political parties , ideologies and state organizations still seem to be ‘ explained ’ by the logic of the mode of production . |
| 8 | The fact that many another highly gifted player has not found captaincy easy tended to be overlooked . |
| 9 | Commercial confidentiality is understandable , but resistance to giving information often seems to be endemic among producers . |
| 10 | That is , of course , because people who steal biscuits from are usually are usually middle class etcetera etcetera but people who steal cars generally tend to be toerags , I think the expression is , erm and therefore nobody much cares . |
| 11 | Thirdly , I will conclude that the way we approach and use research perhaps needs to be rethought . |
| 12 | Homing pigeons therefore appear to be able to find their way home from any starting point ( provided it does not exceed their maximum flight distance ) , whether or not they have seen their starting point before . |
| 13 | Systems of formal warnings to control absence also seem to be less effective than the terms of the remuneration scheme . |
| 14 | Housing policies thus continue to be concerned more with bricks and mortar than the needs of the people who inhabit rural areas , let alone with considering how these policies redistribute the life-chances of the rural population . |
| 15 | Do rewards always have to be given ? |
| 16 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 17 | Family rules and strategies of obtaining help often need to be made clear . |
| 18 | At no time , either , did Zacco either seek to be alone with him , or utter a word of reproach about his failure with Famagusta . |
| 19 | The principal guest bedroom features fleur de lys wallpaper specially designed to be in keeping with the period the castle was built . |
| 20 | Major repainting work now needs to be signed off by a qualified engineer — unless you are on a Permit — and this is one of the reasons . |
| 21 | Venture capitalists thus seem to be moving away from riskier start-ups and towards more established companies in buy-out situations . |
| 22 | They were not the only respondent of the survey who identified another clear advantage of headhunting , especially for the most senior positions : that staff who were prepared to move jobs actually prefer to be headhunted , rather than face the time-consuming task of ploughing through advertisements or the slightly demoralising task of putting their names down with agencies . |
| 23 | To measure or assess processes there has to be a strategy adopted for sampling from what is an infinite population . |