Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outstretched arms of the great statue of Christ overlooking Rio no longer appear to the inhabitants of the favelas below to be open in benediction or welcome ; in this city of violence , insecurity and ravaged humanity , it appears to be rather a gesture of resignation and despair . |
| 2 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 3 | If , on the other hand , the teacher has it in the back of their mind always to be aware of the possibility of bringing into the work that 's going on in the classroom and bringing all they 're usually very excellent pedagogic skills to bear on it , aspects of the physical sciences , so that the children can get an early and meaningful introduction to it , then it will happen . |
| 4 | If , on the other hand , the teacher has it in the back of their mind always to be aware of the possibility of bringing into the work that 's going on in the classroom and bringing all they 're usually very excellent pedagogic skills to bear on it , aspects of the physical sciences , so that the children can get an early and meaningful introduction to it , then it will happen . |
| 5 | Meanwhile Harrytown is one of only 13 schools nationally to be involved in phase one of the Technology Enhancement Programme . |
| 6 | East Antrim MP Roy Beggs said : ‘ We remain concerned that the cohesion funding soon to be open to the Irish Republic could totally distort the balance between port facilities in the whole island . ’ |
| 7 | As Gassendi insists in his Objections to Descartes , there is no need forever to be distrustful of them . |
| 8 | Our evidence points to the need both to be sensitive to the many different recipients of public policy and their potentially different views on its effects , and to the need to understand the meaning , to those on the receiving end , of actions taken in the name of public policy . |
| 9 | If the waiters were curious about the room being in darkness they neither said nor did anything which indicated it ; they had been in the hotel business for far too many years now to be surprised by the antics or activities of the guests . |
| 10 | But this Anne Mowbray would stop at nothing — she would chance all to be alone with him she loved best in the world ; on one throw of the dice … |
| 11 | They have to beat Ballyclare comfortably to be certain of going through , although a draw would be enough if Carrick can do no more than draw with Glenavon at Taylor 's Avenue . |
| 12 | The man had every caution given him not a minute before to be careful with the gun , but his time was come as his poor shipmates say and with that they console themselves … |
| 13 | She had heard those words too many times before to be impressed by them . |
| 14 | So how can John Major claim now to be surprised by them ? — . |
| 15 | In this we will meet the desires of your good father , who has been gracious enough to give permission for my suit and endow his future son with the means withal to be worthy of your hand . |
| 16 | He seldom had to meet a man twice to be certain of his ground with him . |
| 17 | The interviewer is looking to see if you have real experience of a similar situation enough to be aware of where possible areas for attention lie . |
| 18 | DISABLED children throughout the world had cause yesterday to be grateful to a man who has proved that Great British Characters are not extinct . |
| 19 | Book early to be sure of your tickets by either completing the booking form or contacting the Dome Box Office direct on Brighton ( 0273 ) 674357 . |
| 20 | Book early to be sure of your tickets by either completing the booking form or contacting the Dome Box Office direct on Brighton . |
| 21 | ‘ That sum also to be payable in case of death before the age of sixty ? ’ |
| 22 | And that I mean is one of the major criticisms against a functional approach , that sometimes you need to know what 's going on inside the box fully to be able to fully appreciate the behaviour anyway . |
| 23 | Why could n't he have had the decency just to be straight with her ? |
| 24 | He confessed in the magazine Psychology Today to being uneasy with fans who asked him to make their day by autographing their guns . |
| 25 | Brian Jacksons wrote eloquently about the still frequently thwarted aspirations of young fathers today to be different from the invisible or authoritarian men they remember their own fathers as having been . |
| 26 | They had travelled 2,000 miles only to be disappointed by cruel coincidence . |
| 27 | Deletion clones in the mouse homolog T160 ( 22 ) and in rat HMG1 ( 35 ) have delineated the HMG-box region alone to be sufficient for interaction and binding to DNA . |
| 28 | Is politics generally to be neutral between conceptions of the good , or does neutrality apply to the constitution only ? |