Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that much of ICI 's opportunity comes from being able to bring together its manufacturing skills in each area to get into less competitive markets . |
| 2 | O'Faolain 's prediction proved to be accurate . |
| 3 | " So the railway engineer 's job appeared to be complete . |
| 4 | Whichever way , Ginsberg 's appearance proved to be significant in the history of the English underground . |
| 5 | Damien 's body appeared to be twisting and writhing like a fish on a line but there was no escape for him . |
| 6 | A second inventory was then ordered to see if anything else had gone missing , and Mme Huyghe 's disgrace looked to be complete . |
| 7 | The animal 's diet has to be similar , if not exactly the same as , its diet would be if it were in the wild . |
| 8 | The only other mould found to have equal activity was one kept in culture by La Touche , with which Fleming 's mould appeared to be identical . |
| 9 | There had been much insistence among Slovaks that the country 's name had to be hyphenated in order to make explicit the separate and equal identity of the two nations , whereas many Czechs felt that the issue was divisive and that the state 's title should be merely shortened by removing the word " Socialist " . |
| 10 | Because such a dealer 's knowledge has to be broad-based , he is unlikely to be a true Koi expert . |
| 11 | With regard to blackmail the Criminal Law Revision Committee did not want a test that the accused 's belief had to be reasonable because such could be out of line with the rest of the 1968 Act , yet Feely and Ghosh do just that in relation to dishonesty falling outside of s.2(1) . |
| 12 | Instead the council 's role seemed to be facilitative . |
| 13 | The BM can never be guaranteed to have learned perfectly , so learning continues until the machine 's performance appears to be good enough . |
| 14 | Carrie 's life seems to be perfect , maybe she had misjudged them all along ? |
| 15 | And the big chest that comprised most of the newcomer 's luggage looked to be full of gold , Hugh decided . |
| 16 | The summer 's sprawl begins to be oppressive at this stage in the year and trigger fingers are itching to snip back overgrown mallows , clear out the mildewing foliage of golden rod and reduce the overpowering bulk of bullyboy ground cover . |
| 17 | For Nathalie Sarraute , Proust 's psychologizing had to be refined and transformed in order to convey the mobility and fragmentation of consciousness . |
| 18 | A company 's success depends on being able to provide greater value to customers than rival companies can . |
| 19 | Tomlinson , John Major 's government seem to be twin spirits , who know exactly the price of everything but the value of nothing . |
| 20 | The shadow 's information proved to be correct ; fifteen minutes later , I found my dolmen . |
| 21 | Yet the other part of Mr Patten 's analysis appears to be wrong . |
| 22 | Said Francis : ‘ Carlton 's virus seems to be lingering so he 'll see the doctor before we reassess his situation . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But assuming that the Queen 's health continues to be good , Prince Charles will be well into middle age himself , and will be very aware that history could repeat itself if he puts William through all those ghastly years of waiting that he has gone through . |
| 24 | All in all Clovis 's reign seems to be straightforward . |
| 25 | But in the same column Modigliani 's hand seems to be guiding her pen when she raises the question of the Turkish Jews in France , ordered to leave the country . |
| 26 | The teacher 's conduct has to be obscene or criminal before sterner measures are employed . |
| 27 | Solti 's reading veers between being becalmed and frenzied , with little feeling for an overview of the vast score . |
| 28 | Sarah 's downfall came through being over-confident . |
| 29 | The behaviour of the Attorney-General 's office appears to be underhand and contemptible . |
| 30 | Some patients suffering dementia as a consequence of Parkinson 's disease or Down 's syndrome show nerve damage virtually identical to that in Alzheimer 's patients : in contrast , dementia due to Huntington 's disease seems to be due to a specific deterioration of different nerve cells . |