Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [prep] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously it 's got ta be based on hexane is n't it ? |
| 2 | The first thing to be said about mistake is that it does not usually provide a defence , for liability in conversion is strict : |
| 3 | The first thing to be said about Bateman is that he was a Londoner ! |
| 4 | The first thing to be said in reply is a familiar Popperian theme : a clearly articulated hypothesis , which fails to match the facts in certain specifiable ways , can be a crucial stage in the development of a more satisfactory scientific understanding . |
| 5 | The most energetic waves likely to be observed on Earth are those due to stellar collapse in our Galaxy . |
| 6 | To have ideas like this one taken seriously and to be treated with respect is surely a reasonable request . |
| 7 | The first Rottweiler to be registered in Sweden was a bitch Syda v Karlstor , registered in 1914 . |
| 8 | Some principles to be kept in mind are given , with arguments , in the section on Reading effectively , but here we can note the final results . |
| 9 | Two of the main factors that need to be kept in equilibrium are heat and cold and most illnesses and diseases are seen as the product of excessive heat or cold . |
| 10 | Whoever had taken the decision to commit the party to armed insurrection in 1930 , what was now to be called in question was whether the party had any right at all to make such decisions for itself . |
| 11 | The matters to be covered by enquiries are as follows : Title details — whether the property is freehold or leasehold ; ownership of boundary walls and fences ; details of any disputes affecting the property ; details of any disputes with owners of adjoining properties ; details of notices received ; details of services available to the property ; details of access and shared facilities ; details of encumbrances , covenants or restrictions affecting the property ; planning/rating . |
| 12 | The inhabitants of Mauléon remained pro-English rather longer than most , for the good reason that they found that to be governed from England was the nearest one could then come to being autonomous . |
| 13 | The selection of documents to be saved for posterity is as essential as it has been for the last 30 years ; it is not so much that computers can not store everything ( storage capacities are continuing to develop exponentially ) , as the consideration that to conserve everything makes the past unmanageable and impenetrable . |
| 14 | Any document which is to be served by post is properly served If sent by ordinary prepaid post . |
| 15 | To be rid of Marshall was an even more pressing need . |
| 16 | Perhaps the most important point to be made about postverbals is to distinguish them from the adjectives in the last remaining position , the extraclausal adjectives , which occur in an identical sequence of syntactic elements , but which correspond to a different surface structure as in : ( 45 ) the two reformers persevered undaunted two stagehands appeared , breathless They have the different intensional structure : |
| 17 | The final point which needs to be made about ethnicity is that as a speaker variable it can not usually be isolated from social class . |
| 18 | The reason why changes ought to be made in language is to bring it into line with the way things really are . |
| 19 | A bit early to be thinking about Christmas is n't it ? |
| 20 | The real villain of the piece is the master of the Titanic whose reckless onrush across the north Atlantic at full speed into waters known to be strewn with icebergs was quite unforgivable . |
| 21 | Territoriality , dominance , and ritualized fighting all result in the fact , often noticed , that the amount of naked aggression to be seen in nature is less than the maximum possible . |
| 22 | He said that the existing system of Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) had proved ineffectual , with over 500 SSSIs destroyed in the past two years , and that the legal protection to be given to SACs was still unclear . |
| 23 | The first kinase to be implicated in LTP was the Ca 2+ /phospholipid-dependent protein kinase ( PKC ) r78–80 . |
| 24 | The first books to be printed in Ireland were published by the Anglican Church of Ireland : a Catechism and a Book of Common Prayer in Gaelic . |
| 25 | ‘ We can only presume , ’ wrote Dr Foxley ‘ that this lesser or non-existent discount to be granted in Wales is as a result of the ‘ fiery nature of the controversy ’ over holiday homes in Wales in the past ’ . |
| 26 | Electricity Board engineers restored some power to the leisure complex this afternoon … but the effects of the weekend 's floods are likely to be felt for week 's to come . |
| 27 | To be irritated by criticism is to acknowledge it was deserved . |
| 28 | He said that the £8 million he was reported to be investing in City was ‘ purely conjecture ’ . |
| 29 | Rumours that the increased duties to be levied on gin were but the beginning of a general excise , an indirect tax that would hurt the poor much more than the better-off , fuelled the crowd 's antipathy towards the government : " If we are Englishmen … let them see that wooden shoes are not so easy to be worn as they imagine . |
| 30 | The feelings may be imagined of the pupil who rashly let fall a slighting reference to Sohrab and Rustum , to be answered by Lewis 's brandishing an old regimental sword of his brother 's which stood in the corner of his room and shouting , ‘ The sword must settle this ! ’ |