Example sentences of "[noun] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays in Kenya nobody is quite so happy or so optimistic about the NPA , for though it survives in urban schools its extension proved to be full of problems . |
| 2 | But predominant in her mind was the unsettling effect her companion seemed to be having on her . |
| 3 | But you have to have some level of arousal has to be something pumping round you round your blood your brain has to be working in some way to be able to perform . |
| 4 | No wonder our country seems to be in such a mess . |
| 5 | At the moment her life seemed to be like an obstacle race , side-stepping men who were determined to deal with her affairs . |
| 6 | As his strong hands began to gently sponge the sand and sea water from her trembling body her emotions seemed to be spinning out of control . |
| 7 | She had long ago stopped resenting their original professional clashes , and these days their disagreements tended to be over minor details , with her ending up the victor as often as he did . |
| 8 | Pete did n't know whether to duck or run , and the choice was fairly academic anyway , as for the moment his body seemed to be about as responsive as a sack of rocks . |
| 9 | Half a gross on each board yeah , oh you could n't move away from your board at all and it was erm Mr his eyes seemed to be perhaps I should n't tell you this , but I 'm going to , it may be a bit humorous for you my er Mr used to send me out through the back way into street I think it is now , to wait for the paperman with a sporting book oh should I have said that ? |
| 10 | Very occasionally , reformers are found in the higher reaches of the system , but in these instances their effectiveness tends to be compromised and their occupancy of top positions short-lived . |
| 11 | Though the actual trees stood back against the sky their reflections had to be made to advance so that their topmost branches felt close . |
| 12 | A new national organisation he believed should be on a smaller and more economical scale than required by the struggle up to 1833 ; functioning as a watchdog over legislation and supplying information to ministers and public its style had to be ‘ very prudent and discreet ’ . |
| 13 | Once again this year their contributions deserve to be applauded . |
| 14 | Finally , both Na + /H + and Cl - /HCO 3 - exchange are present in intact pancreatic and bile ductular cells , although in these cells their localisation remains to be established . |
| 15 | Restoration gossip that Norton lived at Richmond Palace , acquired at a cheap rate after the king 's execution , is puzzling ; his home at the time was actually Oatlands Park , near Weybridge , Surrey , and at his death his widow claimed to be penniless . |
| 16 | It would be niggling to say that where a writer has used assistants his data cease to be primary , but it would also be foolish to ignore the fact that the more people there are involved in a project , the more opportunities there are for errors to creep in . |
| 17 | Over the first three days he was watched increasingly closely , as it appeared that he may have been sleeping during the early evening when no recordings were being made , and during the nights his wife seemed to be doing her best to keep him awake . |