Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And g m quite a lot of them are going to be dependent on rented accommodation and in particular , well both council cou both , both council rented accommodation and private rented accommodation . |
| 2 | Some of them are held to be responsible for relaxation phenomena at low temperatures while folds are of great importance in the crystallization of polymers . |
| 3 | This hypothesis is supported by the fact that most plant families that produce bird-dispersed seeds are of very wide distribution and that several of them are held to be primitive , e.g. Annonaceae , Lauraceae , while several genera conspicuous in this trait are found in both tropical America and Australasia . |
| 4 | ‘ You and I are going to be strong against temptation . |
| 5 | Lord Chatwin and I are going to be married . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you know where Craig is you must tell me , do n't you understand , he and I are going to be married , I must see him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Maria Luisa and I are going to be married ! ’ |
| 8 | I am determined to be happy despite your scolding ! ’ |
| 9 | What I am referring to is elementary structural-functionalist sociology , in which modernization is seen as a process of structural differentiation ( Ausdifferenzierung ) . |
| 10 | Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny . |
| 11 | When I am trying to be stricter than usual with myself , I plan a really busy week so that I am out more than is customary . |
| 12 | Barnes , 30 , added : ‘ I knew fairly soon that I was out of the Test match and now I am struggling to be fit for the Taranaki game on Wednesday . |
| 13 | Earlier this summer he similarly told the Observer 's Mark Frankland ‘ The more I am forced to be active in politics , the more I enjoy doing theatre . ’ |
| 14 | My order will not succeed as an order unless the person I am talking to is obliged to clean their boots ( condition 3 ) , and I have the right and the power to make them do so ( condition 4 ) . |
| 15 | I am expected to be present where there is beer flowing . ’ |
| 16 | I loved him ; that is why I am allowed to be harsh . |
| 17 | ‘ I am waiting to be next ’ , wrote Baxter , ‘ the door is open . |
| 18 | ‘ You are my guest and I am attempting to be nice to you . |
| 19 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 20 | ‘ So do you think I am going to be afraid of Lennox Lewis ? |
| 21 | Mr Chairman I am going to be brief within the er triscale and resources we have available to us we may , I think , a reason of what an attempt to get back in current idiom , back to basics . |
| 22 | All right , I am going to be brave and am going to talk about failure . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm hoping to be able to get around to every house in the village with the petition , ’ said Mrs. Gilmour . |
| 24 | So erm I 'm hoping to be able to do it , just off what I can do , m my experience as it is like . |
| 25 | I 'm trying to be honest about him , and about myself . |
| 26 | I 'm trying to be nice . |
| 27 | And I 'm trying to be serious today . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm not being coy ; I 'm trying to be useful . |
| 29 | Yes and they they provided me with boxes of tapes and batteries and eh Walkman and so on and so forth and eh , I 'm trying to be conscientious . |
| 30 | I 'm trying to be calm and … and helpful for us all round . ’ |