Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lay about higgledy-piggledy but were obviously intended to be set up as practice jumps . |
| 2 | Moreover , Robson Rhodes the Accountants found that many firms that were proceeding along conventional lines in terms of raising finance , often suddenly moved to being financed totally under the LGS . |
| 3 | It must be of immense value today , in fact probably some of the work is too highly priced to be allowed out into the schools for which it was bought . |
| 4 | The case was noteworthy for the fact that a section hitherto thought to be aimed only at espionage had been employed against peaceful protesters . |
| 5 | So used to being chased away . |
| 6 | In 1967 he wrote : ‘ Human beings will become so used to being crushed together that when they are on their own , they will suffer withdrawal symptoms : ‘ Doctor — I 've got to get on to a crowded train soon or I 'll go mad ’ . ’ |
| 7 | We 've all got to be looking over our shoulders . |
| 8 | This poem is generally agreed to be made up of material from different dates and there are considerable textual differences between manuscript versions . |
| 9 | Above : Specially designed to be wallmounted outdoors , the Mazda 2D GEM is a versatile , rainproof light , ideal for porches , drives and paths . |
| 10 | The replies ranged from ‘ not much ’ , because the school had a bursar , to ‘ all day ’ , because a non-teaching head ‘ has to do something all day ’ or because the head was always seen to be going out to talk about devolution ! |
| 11 | Er , that they 've either got to , well they 've preferably got to be bought rather than , just |
| 12 | The things that still needed to be done here were : Guttering to be replaced . |
| 13 | He spoke irritably , his mind filled with figures that still needed to be written down . |
| 14 | If the spiritual foundations of the drug culture ever needed to be proved again in the twentieth century , its great introductory fanfare in the 1960s surely did the trick . |
| 15 | She seemed to have come down to earth , leaving behind the soap-opera image that she had once appeared to be caught up in . |
| 16 | The axial rotation rate of the Earth is directly observed to be slowing down , such that the sidereal axial period is lengthening by about 1.5 × 10 -5 second per year . |
| 17 | This was clearly intended to be used not only during the workshop to receive the professionally published course material [ not the usual duplicated sheets ] but as a personal organizer which would be a continual reminder to the participant of the course content . |
| 18 | Forest cover has been substantially reduced over the past two decades , although the local people are also reported to be becoming more aware of the need for conservation measures . |
| 19 | SPM forces were later reported to be closing in on the capital from the south , with help from the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ) , which claimed by March 21 to have defeated USC forces near Ceel Buur , 350 km north-east of Mogadishu . |
| 20 | Texan Steve Wyatt is also said to be sending along something . |
| 21 | Nonetheless the 1991–92 figure clearly needed to be brought back to a more affordable level , and during the ‘ star chamber ’ exercise in the spring to which referred last year , the contract with Westminster Strategy ( our PR consultants ) was renegotiated , and the budgeted figure for the current year has been reduced to £170,000 . |
| 22 | The Government is also understood to be divided over whether the increase in base rates will provoke a recession . |
| 23 | HP is also known to be weighing up Microsoft Corp 's NT , and the Apple/IBM Taligent venture . |
| 24 | It was made , but it was also found to be known already and to have been patented in the USA , along with Sontochin , by Winthrop . |
| 25 | It has been considerably delayed , and it is now expected to be launched formally in the autumn . |
| 26 | Work is on schedule and the locomotive is now expected to be steaming again later this year . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 28 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |
| 29 | The drawings have now had to be purchased individually and other British institutions have been invited to join the consortium , with the British Museum acting as broker . |
| 30 | Indeed HP and IBM are now thought to be working on much closer relationship ( UX No 430 ) . |