Example sentences of "[vb base] to [be] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , decisions about the needs of kin , and whether one has a duty to put them before one 's own interests , cease to be static sets of responsibilities and become matters for judgement at a particular point in time , with such judgements being related both to the economic circumstances then prevailing , and to the situation of all the other members of the family group . |
| 2 | In addition Eleanor and Marie appear to be central figures in a treatise entitled De Amore written by Andrew , a chaplain at the court of Champagne in the early 1180s . |
| 3 | The principal sources of natural oxides of nitrogen appear to be chemical decomposition of nitrates and lightning . |
| 4 | Student Language Use : As many bilingual students in FE appear to be fluent users of English and speak in local accents it is important to alert participants to the fact that they use two or more languages regularly and operate in two cultures in their daily lives . |
| 5 | Many appear to be recent colonists from temperate regions , representing species that have extended their breeding ranges northward or southward in post-glacial times . |
| 6 | Thus , the Trinovantes , with their tribal centre at Camulodunon and their neighbours to the west nucleated at Verulamion and Braughing , appear to be recent arrivals to Britain , and more or less contemporary movements had brought others into north and eastern Kent from the Seine Valley . |
| 7 | Fragments of Norman mouldings in the tower walls appear to be re-used material from an earlier building . |
| 8 | Further , there appear to be general conventions about the use of language that require ( or , perhaps , merely recommend ) a certain degree of implicitness in communication , with the consequence that it is virtually ensured that what the speaker means by any utterance U is not exhausted by the meaning of the linguistic form uttered ( see Chapter 3 below ) . |
| 9 | There appear to be substantial differences between the " traditional " temporary workers employed in seasonal jobs in such sectors as retailing , entertainments and the holiday industry and the " new " temporary workers employed in some organisations in the manufacturing sector . |
| 10 | Furthermore , there are often subtle differences in what at first glance appear to be similar provisions in different contracts , for example , the provision for liquidated damages . |
| 11 | First , it developed the concept of integrated and comprehensive provision ; secondly , in making a connection between school and wage-earning ‘ it successfully rendered the transition as a social and educational process ; thirdly , it made vocational guidance and after-care appear to be essential features of any youth employment scheme ; fourthly , it showed that the service could offer significant opportunities for exercising a personal influence over the adolescent and his family . |
| 12 | But it does mean that in analysing the effects of what appear to be clear cases of monopoly , we know where to look for the source of the problem . |
| 13 | Culminations of hanging wall complexes over footwall ramps appear to be promising sites for hydrocarbon accumulation , and are likely to have seismic , gravity , and magnetic expression . |
| 14 | There is no other forward movement , nor does there appear to be amy prospect for the future . ’ |
| 15 | The ideas of clients ( or at least , the patronage of a craftsman 's indulgence ) appear to be important factors in the distribution and development of particular arrangements . |
| 16 | Although it is usual to model responsibilities in terms of a hierarchical tree there are bound to be overlaps between what appear to be different levels of the hierarchy . |
| 17 | In building XII , 2 , Cirencester , for example , mosaics appear to be crude imitations of geometric patterns observed elsewhere . |
| 18 | There appear to be reliable effects of mood congruency in recall ( Blaney , 1986 ; though see Parrott and Sabini , 1990 ) and some evidence for state-dependent learning with moods ( Bower , 1981 ; though see Bower & Mayer , 1985 ) . |
| 19 | There appear to be structural differences between the major countries in the pattern of industrial financing . |
| 20 | They expect to be net importers of a variety of items — varying from computers to television programming . |
| 21 | IBM and Motorola expect to be producing PowerPCs in the millions starting next year , aiming to capture a 20% market share in 1996 or 30% to 40% of the desktop market . |
| 22 | IBM and Motorola expect to be producing PowerPCs in the millions starting next year , and they intend to capture a 20% market share in 1996 or 30% to 40% of the desktop market . |
| 23 | Rather , it is an unconscious , gentle process whereby people who want to be loving attempt to be so by telling little white lies , by withholding some of the truth about themselves and their feelings in order to avoid conflict . |
| 24 | Most European nations understand that , which is why they want to be active members of the European Community . |
| 25 | I understood you considered that act to be sheer deviousness on my part . |
| 26 | More crucially there is little social scientific work to fall back upon , in order to demonstrate what people consider to be prototypical examples of prejudice and discrimination . |
| 27 | However , landlords usually calculate the rent on what they consider to be reasonable use of shared facilities , which is already to their advantage . |
| 28 | Senior managers do not want things to go wrong , and will not take what they consider to be unnecessary risks in recommending one supplier as opposed to another . |
| 29 | My friend has his own sauna and spends what I consider to be excessive amounts of time in the sauna cabin with temperatures over 80 degrees centigrade . |
| 30 | There is a quite hideous screaming and wailing coming from what seem to be endless depths within the Slough . |