Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [be] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rated at 86,000 Xstones and is claimed to be $500 cheaper than comparable stations from Network Computing Devices Inc . |
| 2 | Alan lives in Paisley and is engaged to be married to Lorraine McDonald , a Research Fellow of Strathclyde University . |
| 3 | It appeared that Lord Coleworthy had heard all about the trouble from Fairfax and was trying to be a peacemaker . |
| 4 | However , this concern may not be wholly justified as he has been an active member of the CNAA and is known to be a keen supporter of public sector provision and an advocate of breaking down the barriers between the two sectors of higher education . |
| 5 | She moved to Scotland in May and is engaged to be married . |
| 6 | The Al Zulfiqar group is believed to be based in Damascus and is said to be headed by Mr Murtaza Bhutto , the Prime Minister 's brother . |
| 7 | The killing of the bird caused dismay to the RSPB because it was released in Scotland and is thought to be the first to have made its way to southern England from a release programme . |
| 8 | Subsequently this craft turned up on the south west coast of Southern Ireland and was proved to be a regular smuggler in those waters . |
| 9 | Currently , the Navy runs half its school at Aldershot and the other half at Devonport and is believed to be keen , for financial reasons if nothing else , to re-locate on to one site . |
| 10 | The French government airlifted 450 troops to reinforce its 1,100 strong Chad garrison on Jan. 3 after armed rebels advancing from across the Nigerian border into the eastern Lake Chad region had captured the towns of Liwa and Bol and were reported to be threatening the capital , N'Djamena . |
| 11 | A second area of made ground was present to the east of Langloan and was thought to be a backfilled clay borrow pit . |
| 12 | It is related to the development of a resurgent caldera to the south of Snowdon and is considered to be of late stage fumerolic origin as it predates the Caledonian deformation ( Reedman and others , 1985 ) . |
| 13 | It will be composed of observers from Spain , West Germany and Canada and is scheduled to be deployed in the area by the end of the month . |
| 14 | The grounds , 2000 acres of parkland , was designed by the famous Capability Brown which contains a large man-made lake crossed by the Grand Bridge designed by Vanbrugh and is reputed to be the finest bridge in Europe . |
| 15 | The home side have lost Mike McEvoy with a shoulder injury he collected in the Essex Amateur XI 's match against Hertfordshire on Sunday and is expected to be out of action for a fortnight . |
| 16 | The home side have lost Mike McEvoy with a shoulder injury he collected in the Essex Amateur XI 's match against Hertfordshire on Sunday and is expected to be out of action for a fortnight . |
| 17 | He is hosting a shooting party for a dozen close friends at Sandringham and is said to be ‘ most unwilling ’ to alter his plans . |
| 18 | You could , for instance , to select a name at random , call somebody a Kevin and be seen to be especially rude . |
| 19 | Rabah Kebir , a senior figure in the Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) who had reportedly escaped from house arrest in August and was said to be attempting to form an Islamist government in exile , said in an interview with Le Monde of Sept. 18 that the FIS wanted a dialogue with the government , and denied that the party had been responsible for the Algiers airport bombing , or for the assassination in June of the former HCS President , Mohamed Boudiaf [ see p. 38981 ] . |
| 20 | HP SharePlex/iX will be sold through Hewlett-Packard and is expected to be orderable on May 1 . |
| 21 | The latter engine will then travel to the Midland Railway Trust headquarters at Butterley and is proposed to be in operational traffic on MRT tracks during the weekend of September 12 and 13 . |
| 22 | Goalkeeper David Seaman damaged a shoulder against Stockport but is expected to be fit to report to the England squad tomorrow . |
| 23 | They have been brought up from Derby and are expected to be used on forthcoming charter excursions , possibly over the Settle-Carlisle line . |
| 24 | He lives in Kilmarnock and is engaged to be married next year . |