Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun prp] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few years the two seemed more or less equal , but after 1968 Kosygin seemed to be losing authority . |
| 2 | It was also , in his view , unpardonable on grounds of principle , since by the autumn of 1940 Vichy seemed to be aligning itself with the foreign policy of the Nazi regime and aspects of its political ideology . |
| 3 | By April 1990 unrest in the eight predominantly Kurdish provinces of south-eastern Turkey appeared to be turning into a mass nationalist uprising . |
| 4 | Significant changes in British policy did not begin to occur until the full extent of the weaknesses of the nation and of Western Europe began to be appreciated . |
| 5 | Large parts of Upper Burma began to be liberated , including mission districts of the BCMS . |
| 6 | I felt at peace with the world , even though by the summer of 1939 Europe seemed to be drifting closer to war and everyone was glued to the BBC short-wave Overseas Service bulletins , or even devouring month-old copies of The Times which had been airmailed to Australia and sent on by ship , together with the Illustrated London News , Tatler , and particular titles ordered by the expatriates . |
| 7 | With that Baldwin had to be content until almost the Monday noon . |
| 8 | Porter might wish to question how such groups with non-related SBUs came to be formed in the first place . |
| 9 | British Gas South Western , which currently operates a natural gas Transit van in the Bath and Somerset area , will be developing its fleet of NGVs , with 18 NGVs planned to be in operation in and around Bristol before the end of the year . |
| 10 | In 1979 Seve seemed to be giving 101 percent . |
| 11 | Churches in southern Europe continued to be influenced by Roman methods of construction in style and even used parts of Roman buildings — capitals , columns , decoration , etc. — but further north a newer style was produced which was monumental , austere and strong . |
| 12 | Towards the close of his directorship , a Royal Commission inquired into the national coal reserves and , learning that large parts of the coalfields in northern Britain remained to be surveyed , recommended a large increase in staff . |
| 13 | In 1545 and again in 1546 England had to be defended from invasion and Boulogne from siege . |
| 14 | In 1852 Ellerton moved to be senior curate at Brighton parish church , and to hold the evening lectureship at the chapel of ease , St Peter 's . |
| 15 | On the surface , the major problem within Western Europe seemed to be the division between the EEC and EFTA . |
| 16 | If communism was to be contained , then the economic weaknesses and poverty which could help it to develop in Western Europe had to be removed . |