Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've obviously got to be able to speak to people at all levels , ’ said a supervisor of his field men . |
| 2 | We 've all got to be healthy enough to challenge the situation . |
| 3 | I do think we 've just got to be self critical about . |
| 4 | You 've just to got be ca You 've just got to be careful that you get it i i you 've got it pristine working and it 's gon na work for two days . |
| 5 | You 've just got to be careful because |
| 6 | I mean you 've just got to be careful and not lose it have n't you ? |
| 7 | You 've just got to be aware , they 're a slightly different shape , and they 're also bigger . |
| 8 | You 've just got to be sensible . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They must n't forget there 's a recession going on and we 've just got to be realistic about money . ’ |
| 10 | And I 've always liked to be ready for surprises , especially the lethal sort . |
| 11 | I 've always wanted to be involved in things that tried to somehow create a women 's network . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've always wanted to be mysterious and a little bit sinister and have girls swoon when they see me . ’ |
| 13 | I think you 've always got to be aware too that what goes on in schools does , and should , reflect what 's going on out of schools . |
| 14 | I 've always tried to be truthful to you , Frances . ’ |
| 15 | That 's a point , erm first person I 've ever known to be bored with last night at the . |
| 16 | The underlying philosophy has been that schools require more INSET to be school-focused , linking the enhancement of a teacher 's individual professional skills with the defined needs of the school as a whole ; and further that the capacities of a school staff to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses must be improved and result directly in more effective forward planning to remedy recognized weaknesses . |
| 17 | Well you 've taken the colour out there obviously in photocopying it but you 've also got to be crafty and think of things like that as well . |
| 18 | You 've also got to be able to get comfy and take a breather when you can or you 'd never last a race . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've also got to be able to express yourself well in writing — there are a lot of reports to compile . ’ |
| 20 | I 've also got to be careful because they 've got size eights upstairs as well that Robert got them |
| 21 | You 've really got to be able to play all the keys on the piano on this one . |
| 22 | Second , they argue that because human intervention is involved in the production of transgenic plants or animals , they have somehow ceased to be biological and thus patentable . |
| 23 | Teachers have always tended to be conservative in what they teach . |
| 24 | You have always got to be ready to smile and joke back with everyone who has a friendly jibe at you . ’ |
| 25 | Teachers seeking advancement have traditionally had to be mobile — much more so than their legal or medical colleagues ; there is everything to be gained by arriving as an unknown quantity in a new school — promotion will usually attend such a move , and all the unfortunate errors perpetrated in one 's early years can be left far behind . |
| 26 | When lines of poetry spring spontaneously to the mind of a lawyer , I thought , they have surely ceased to be true . |
| 27 | I have never ceased to be proud of that winged machine . |