Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Say is said to be distraught after a domestic dispute at his home . |
2 | Alternatively , just hang plants from hooks above the window , or stand small pots of plants along the windowsill , making sure that the ones you select are going to be happy with the kind of light , temperature and humidity you are providing . |
3 | This occurs when individuals ' act in a way they know is destined to be hurtful to other members of the family , who , in response , reciprocate with actions they know will cause even more distress . |
4 | At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance . |
5 | If you have a good and close relationship with your mother you should be able to talk to her , but sometimes things are not even as straightforward as this , and if you are close to someone who you know is going to be upset or disappointed in you , it may be even harder to do . |
6 | One of those situations when any publicity we get is bound to be bad . ’ |
7 | You would reach your market more economically in a women 's magazine where the percentage of readers who knit is known to be high . |
8 | For white middleclass males , however , pride and dignity has little resonance , when all your life you 've been trained to be aspirational and competitive . |
9 | The following are some of the features that have been said to be characteristic of primitive societies . |
10 | However , in the past , many observations have been recognized to be valid before any rational or logical explanation could be advanced to account for them . |
11 | ‘ Because I have been born in England , I have been taught to be independent , original and to think for myself . |
12 | It is worth mentioning , however , that it is not always the nasal pathways that have been observed to be superior ( Neill , Sampson and Gribben , 1971 ) and that naso-temporal differences have sometimes been observed for one eye but not for the other ( Overton and Weiner , 1966 ; Markowitz and Weitzman , 1969 ; Beaton , 1977 ; 1979a ) . |
13 | The implication is that the R , D and D or centre-periphery model had been wrongly conceived in its application to education , because it was premised on the possibly mistaken view that people are rational beings who will implement ideas that have been demonstrated to be effective . |
14 | Families have been felt to be rigid , narrow , and highly constraining institutions which repress the individual and stop the development of his or her individuality . |
15 | The allergens produced by House Dust Mites have been proven to be dangerous ‘ triggers ’ especially for Asthma attacks and allergic Rhinitis ( nasal congestion without a ‘ cold ’ ) and even in cases of Eczema . |
16 | Dyed Glassfish have been proven to be susceptible to Lymphocystis and the white marks may not in fact have been white spot . |
17 | Even the shape and colour of an article have been held to be acceptable as trade marks . |
18 | Both assault and battery have been held to be statutory offences : DPP v Little ( 1991 ) 141 NLJ 965 ( DC ) . |
19 | Often , both in America and in Britain , hostile takeovers have been shown to be reckless , mistaken and damaging . |
20 | Furthermore , PGE type compounds have been shown to be effective inhibitors of FMLP activated human neutrophils , making it even more unlikely that indomethacin induced inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase underlies the ability of indomethacin to attenuate FMLP induced chemiluminescence from neutrophils . |
21 | Polynuclear aromatic compounds have been shown to be effective as carcinogens , especially when in particulate form , while statistical associations have been noted in men between atmospheric pollution and coal mining . |
22 | These drugs have been shown to be effective against all stages of lungworms with a consequent amelioration of clinical signs . |
23 | The modern benzimidazoles , levamisole and ivermectin have been shown to be effective . |
24 | ZNF proteins contain ‘ finger ’ motifs consisting of approximately 30 amino acids which coordinate a zinc ion , and were first described in the Xenopus transcription factor IIIA ( 6,7 ) , but have been shown to be present in species as diverse as Drosophila and man . |
25 | Salmon have been shown to be capable of the necessary olfactory discrimination , but the most direct evidence that they use their sense of smell comes from experiments , of the kind first performed by W. J. Wisby and A. D. Hasler , in which the salmon 's olfactory sense was impaired . |
26 | Some techniques , such as cost analysis and cost minimisation analysis , proceed on the basis that the alternatives under consideration have been shown to be equivalent in effectiveness . |
27 | In these experiments , two kinds of learning have been shown to be possible in a nervous system with fixed cell numbers and connections , by altering the effectiveness of synapses . |
28 | Where systems have been shown to be weak , the risk would be high . |
29 | Conversely , circulating eosinophils have been shown to be negative , whereas they apparently may express L1 after extravasation into inflamed tissue . |
30 | In this instance health reports specify the pathogens which have been shown to be absent from the animals . |