Example sentences of "[vb base] to be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideas of problem solving appear to be well known or obvious , but most of us will be able to recall situations where we spent hours or days on a problem whose solution was ‘ obvious ’ once we found it . |
| 2 | Thus a state whose institutions appear to be newly absorbed or influenced by the partisan considerations of government is likely to suffer erosion of legitimacy whenever it is challenged on a particular point . |
| 3 | It showed that most species are patchily dispersed , while many appear to be randomly distributed and a very few are uniformly distributed . |
| 4 | The interaction between c-Myc and Bcl-2 differs from the usual form of oncoprotein cooperation as observed between c-Myc and activated Ras in that , although c-Myc/Bcl-2 fibroblasts proliferate continuously in the absence of mitogens , they neither appear to be morphologically transformed nor to form foci in monolayer culture ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 5 | His conclusions are original and thought-provoking , and deserve to be widely discussed for they challenge the major assumptions of traditional academic psychology . |
| 6 | This book sheds some light on events that deserve to be better known as for many the months that elapsed proved fatal . |
| 7 | If you seem to be well organized and in command of the situation then you are likely to get an equally efficient response . |
| 8 | Another pleasing choice was Alnus Cordata which is one of medium to large size and has heart-shaped leaves which always seem to be freshly polished and gleaming , accompanied from summer onwards by cone-shaped fruiting heads . |
| 9 | In both cases the intronic ORFs and their introns seem to be intimately linked and appear to be propagated together . |
| 10 | Also , lifts that are open to all and sundry seem to be readily vandalised or used as public toilets . |
| 11 | It 's in response to Mr Allenby 's question we seem to be patiently waiting for I think he posed it some time ago about the county council 's view on whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy or whatever you call it , a major exceptions policy in the structure plan , whether the county council would object to it being pursued in the in the local plan . |
| 12 | Food hygiene courses continue to be well supported and already this year a further 100 employees have gained their Food Hygiene Certificate . |
| 13 | The tennis courts at Arlebury Park are to be resurfaced shortly , and the football pitches at both Arlebury and Stratton Bates continue to be well used and are an ongoing maintenance expense . |
| 14 | They are also costly which is , perhaps , the major reason why they tend to be little used when compared with the cross-sectional , single survey . |
| 15 | Walker ( 1981 ) , for example , has shown how psychology regards the male as ‘ norm ’ ; any results which show that women behave differently tend to be either ignored or dismissed as an anomaly . |
| 16 | Although printed indexes tend to be either controlled or natural language , many large databases can now be searched in both ways . |
| 17 | Real choice is most likely for a small minority of shoppers who tend to be better educated and richer than average . |
| 18 | Once established in any region the fisheries tend to be long enduring since coral is a self-perpetuating resource . |
| 19 | There are a number of companies dealing with media only and represented by The Association of Media Independents but they tend to be highly specialised and are unlikely to take any inexperienced person . |
| 20 | The reasons for it remain to be fully understood but it will certainly reopen the debate about this aspect of dependency — chosen or enforced ? |
| 21 | Once the national point of view has been established the decks are cleared for the exploits of three young heroes to whom battle is fun and orders exist to be cunningly circumvented when there is a chance of appealingly extraneous adventure . |
| 22 | Some are intersected with elegant stripes or studded with radiant spots ; others affect to be genteelly powdered or neatly fringed . |
| 23 | Theda asked , adding , ‘ I only wish to be adequately prepared if she should question me . ’ |
| 24 | Any attempt to unite them would , therefore , have to be carefully planned if it were to win the acquiescence of the parties involved . |
| 25 | His sports activities have to be carefully chosen and graded . |
| 26 | Such models have to be carefully researched and done accurately to scale . |
| 27 | It 's our job to bring you comprehensive performance results on PCs that are up for review , and we have to be even handed while we do it . |
| 28 | The sixteen giant stainless steel tanks in which this waste is kept have to be constantly agitated and cooled to stop the liquid either precipitating or becoming too hot . |
| 29 | For accurate work both temperature and pressure have to be precisely controlled and spurious effects due to the difference between the temperature of the specimen and that of the pressurizing gas allowed for . |
| 30 | The curricula and finer details of National Board approved programmes still have to be fully considered and agreed . |