Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 2 | Of all the European institutions , it is the Parliament which would seem , amid controversy , to be poised to be a central democratic force in the construction of Europe . |
| 3 | He believes it important to be seen to be a good community person and to put back in some of what we take out . |
| 4 | That is to say they think in terms of particular human beings ( and the term human beings tends to be understood to be a collectivity of the sum total of human beings ) . |
| 5 | The reason it is important today is because tomorrow has been requested to be appointed to be a special day in prayer for peace justice in Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Afterwards to wear clerical clothes for the first time , and instantly to be expected to be a confidant or soul 's friend , was to many ordinands the more heartfelt turning-point . |
| 7 | for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours . |
| 8 | Think it 's supposed to be going to be a cold more tomorrow . |
| 9 | For were this to be admitted to be the case , the belief that their religious position ( in which women are subordinate , or hold a particular place ) is of God would be undermined . |
| 10 | Like a prescription it needs to be taken to be a cure , like a recipe it needs to be cooked to be eaten , like a cheque it needs to be cashed to be spent . |
| 11 | The reality seemed to be adapting to being a mother felt like starting a new job without any training . |
| 12 | I er er I serve our people with quantity of food that 's supposed to be meant to be a dinner for an old old age person . |