Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rewards of a more subtle kind thus have to be substituted . |
| 2 | Although they were at the agricultural policies undoubtedly continue to be relevant , still have a significant part to play in many current situations . |
| 3 | In addition , practical methods for solving the matrix homogeneous Hilbert problem for particular non-colinear cases still need to be developed . |
| 4 | The effect in Britain was a sizeable reduction in arable areas of production , and the agricultural industry gradually ceased to be the employer of the most workers . |
| 5 | Between the wars , in a word , English literature briefly ceased to be British , and there were those who imagined the change might easily be irreversible . |
| 6 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 7 | At the other end of the scale there are meals that will linger in the mind long after the credit card has recovered , and blowouts at top restaurants still tend to be cheaper than their London counterparts . |
| 8 | Local public administration clearly needs to be seen in the context of the broader political , social and economic system . |
| 9 | There was a lot more professionalism to his jumping as , travelling strongly throughout , the top weight only had to be shaken up after the last to beat previous winner Wellknown Character two and a half lengths . |
| 10 | Would-be ambassadors thus continued to be trained , in so far as they were trained at all , by the time-honoured method of acting as secretaries to older and more experienced diplomats , or by being attached in some subordinate capacity to one of their country 's embassies abroad . |
| 11 | Thus , wrongful dismissal sometimes proves to be ‘ all or nothing ’ litigation . |
| 12 | As we shall see , however , this sense of cultural vitality later comes to be severely inhibited by fears of social instability . |
| 13 | Being born and bred in Ludlow , my favourite team just has to be … |
| 14 | Is the hon. Gentleman really trying to be serious , or will he come through the Lobby with us tonight ? |
| 15 | A top dog always wants to be top dog . |
| 16 | Old age rarely seems to be regarded by a writer as interesting in itself : it is relevant above all as an influence on a young , new life , and never as the culmination of a lifetime . |
| 17 | My favourite method still has to be the good ol' fax . |
| 18 | My favourite method still has to be the good ol' fax . |
| 19 | That commercial television then proved to be popular is beside the point . |
| 20 | I tried a pink old lady with the future of the universe mapped on her face with linear symbols just waiting to be decoded by anyone who had the wisdom and the patience to want to do so . |
| 21 | New land-working agreements frequently had to be negotiated , and enclosure into small fields for peasant cultivation may have replaced open land and the strip system of some villages on the coastal plain . |
| 22 | This situation went against the grain , as the top brass always needed to be on top of every situation and on top of every executive if they were to do their jobs to their own satisfaction ; not necessarily in the best interests of the Corporation , that is to say , but in their own best interests . |
| 23 | There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject-matter and personnel are new . |
| 24 | Concomitantly the production of raw materials normally continued to be maintained or increased . |
| 25 | Private space where people have some resources , is smart and well cared for , but the public spaces always seem to be mucky or breaking down . |
| 26 | Secondly , the strategy has identified that access to outpatient and non-urgent casualty services run by public hospitals also seems to be declining for public patients . |
| 27 | Since both the Victoria and the Caledonian Press explicitly claimed to be offering work to women who really needed it , and who might never marry , arguments about the appropriateness of married women working were not particularly relevant , but they were made just the same : woman should be " man 's helpmeet not his rival " |
| 28 | The Victorians also come in for considerable attention , some of it with a feminist slant , while , not surprisingly perhaps , Latin America still seems to be chic . |
| 29 | As it is , not only is the average specification of cars sold in Britain the highest in Europe , but cars destined for the British market also tend to be bigger , with ‘ upper-medium-sized ’ cars disproportionately popular compared with elsewhere in Europe . |
| 30 | This table shows the increase in capacity obtained with greater salt consumption , and economical running generally has to be a compromise between these two factors . |