Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by and large rugby has much to be proud of as a vehicle for bringing nations together in a sporting brotherhood when political barriers threaten to keep them apart . |
| 2 | It is very physically demanding and you know , you have to work hard to be good at it . |
| 3 | CLIFTONVILLE midfielder Shaun Strang looks likely to be fit in time for Saturday 's TNT Gold Cup clash with Newry . |
| 4 | TAILSPIN : Looked likely to be unplaced in Double Dutch 's race at Ascot , but finished powerfully to take third place and must be followed in similar company . |
| 5 | Of course , critical analysis might show this to be due to naive misapprehension . |
| 6 | As the war in Europe reached its last stages , the task of making a lasting peace seemed certain to be complicated by the differences of policy , already apparent , between the Western Allies and the USSR . |
| 7 | None of them seemed keen to be involved with the police . |
| 8 | When the man who waited with her crept to her shoulder and whispered in her ear , as he did several times between his nervous pacings about the room , she made him no answer , and never seemed even to be aware of him , though her braced tension made it plain that nothing that passed in this apartment escaped her instant notice . |
| 9 | The Directors consider this to be adequate for the Group 's foreseeable requirements . |
| 10 | All five LEAs examined in detail had arts development projects in progress and a survey across the region showed this to be true of 85 per cent of LEAs . |
| 11 | And I seem likely to be busy for a little while unfortunately ! |
| 12 | However , this was definitely secondary to the manpower approach , though again Dalton liked to contrast actual levels of expenditure with the £500 million which the Coalition had thought likely to be necessary in peacetime , pointing out in early 1947 that the current level of expenditure at over £800 million meant 2s. in the pound extra on the income tax in comparison with the Coalition figure . |
| 13 | Although an agreement was thought likely to be ready in March , major concessions were still required from all sides and many disagreements remained , particularly over rules of origin . |
| 14 | We tried to help Shanti to be pleased with her colour , to choose clothes that suited her , and to be co-operative with her over make-up and hair styles . |
| 15 | We now know this to be true of all the planets ; however , the effect is so small that only in the case of Mercury was it detectable by nineteenth-century astronomers . |
| 16 | I could n't see half my customers — and then I had to leave early to be certain of getting back . ’ |
| 17 | I wish I was doing that to be honest with you . |
| 18 | ( In such door to door visiting programmes it certainly seems right to be open to talk , to lead people to Christ or to pray for healing . |
| 19 | I believe this to be true in the case of computers where they do lag behind the West : I do not believe it in the case of radar . |
| 20 | This kind of interaction is consistently recognized as important for the authoring of documents and seems likely to be useful for document reuse as well . |
| 21 | We have already seen , however , that on present evidence , and on the basis of extensive efforts at modelling , such a process of group selection seems unlikely to be important in evolution . |
| 22 | Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself , I remember that boy . |
| 23 | Practitioners have identified a number of skills and attributes necessary to be successful including : |
| 24 | It felt strange to be alone in a chamber with such a solicitous , beautiful young woman . |
| 25 | Facts : pleaded guilty to being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the importation of a controlled drug . |
| 26 | It felt odd to be alone in a church . |
| 27 | I had met both rivers previously on my travels , and felt glad to be present at their marriage . |
| 28 | It is intended to identify specific issues for attention within a comprehensive national agenda of issues of science and technology policy thought likely to be prominent over the next 10-15 years . |
| 29 | Dalton was fond of contrasting these numbers with the half million total troops thought likely to be necessary in peacetime by the war-time Coalition Government . |
| 30 | More positively , it undoubtedly feels good to be involved in teaching a subject where your insights and intuitions as a native speaker are positively sought and welcomed by your students . |