Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 2 | There 's a huge amount of detail and the technique has got to be perfect otherwise the painting should be an absolute mess . |
| 3 | The McGhee decision has proved to be controversial as the plaintiff never established that the defendant was a cause of his damage . |
| 4 | In good British fashion , however , that change has tended to be piecemeal rather than comprehensive . |
| 5 | Moreover each kind has continued to be important ; it is not a simple question of successive stages . |
| 6 | The intonation on your guitar has got to be perfect , because you 're fretting strings behind the glass and that has to be just right . |
| 7 | X times two hours has got to be equal |
| 8 | The content of the NBC programmes has ceased to be lifeless with the newly acquired freedom to debate facts and events without fear of reprisals . |
| 9 | The content of the NBC programmes has ceased to be lifeless with the newly acquired freedom to debate facts and events without fear of reprisals . |
| 10 | Allen ( 1983 ) argued that provided treatment is directed at the underlying cause , most leg ulcers will heal spontaneously , which experience has proved to be true . |
| 11 | The Association has continued to be active since 1946 , monitoring the progress of new towns and seeking to further the principles and practice of good planning . |
| 12 | The reorganisation of DTI away from sectors has proved to be successful . |
| 13 | Hector had refused to be present . |
| 14 | Uncle Mosse had wanted to be dead there , and since he could n't achieve it for himself , his clothes had done it for him . |
| 15 | Angy had professed to be delighted to hear from her , had invited her to her flat but refused point-blank to hand over the ring . |
| 16 | Frankie had learned to be wary of that place . |
| 17 | The WRAC recruits have proved to be excellent shots and many of the scores achieved would be the envy of their male counterparts . |
| 18 | Furthermore the structures of the lexical entries have tended to be proprietary to the system making it impossible to exchange lexicons between systems . |
| 19 | Until now period performances have tended to be abrasive and to whizz through the slow movements , making even the sublime Largo of the Double Concerto into a trivial siciliana . |
| 20 | And Richard 's decided to be right-handed after all this time . |
| 21 | However , so far the attitude has tended to be sympathetic — it is not , after all , in the creditors ' interests to exclude a member and thereby reduce earning potential . |
| 22 | Second , and this will be commented upon , some rhythms begin to show ultradian periods ( that is , ones with a cycle length of 1–4 hours ) rather than a complete absence of rhythmicity after removal of the SCN. ( 3 ) Neural connections between the SCN and most other regions of the brain have been cut and yet the SCN has continued to be rhythmic . |
| 23 | The underlying philosophy has tried to be selective in aiming at farmers with intermediate and non-viable enterprises . |
| 24 | Hence their policy influence seems bound to be considerable . |
| 25 | The Union of the Crowns did not mean that England and Scotland had ceased to be separate countries . |
| 26 | But in spite of the immense authority which he now possessed , his poetry had ceased to be fashionable or " chic " in the way that The Waste Land or even Ash-Wednesday had originally been : the new , or at least young , poets were no longer particularly interested in what he had to show them . |
| 27 | The deputy editor had tried to be helpful . |
| 28 | If this process was properly carried out as a matter of public law , then the consequential private law right of the plaintiff was simply a right to the accommodation which the council had decided to be suitable . |
| 29 | The Newcastle boss had hoped to be able to reveal the identity of the player yesterday before the move hit a hitch . |
| 30 | Work 's got to be social . |