Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [noun] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor does it resemble the bravura footing of Kitri in the Don Quixote pas de deux or the passages in Ashton 's Ondine where his ballerina appears to be floating through water . |
| 2 | If this applies to you and you find some situations more difficult than others , stop and think about those areas where your confidence appears to be at its lowest — what can you do to improve matters ? |
| 3 | Patients were regularly retested ( at a cost of £140 upwards ) and their allergies were found to shift around capriciously so their vaccines had to be changed . |
| 4 | The LDP 's largest faction , that associated with former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita , retained its six portfolios , although its influence continued to be diminished by the current struggle for its control between Takeshita himself and his old associate Shin Kanemaru . |
| 5 | Additionally the full length product spanning repeats 10–13 was observed only in tumor cell lines , particularly in U251 mRNA although its occurrence appears to be rare in the different cell lines tested . |
| 6 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 7 | One might start by repeating examples done by previous mental-art-scientists to get the feel of what it 's about , but since each brain is complexly different from the next , so its expression has to be complexly different and one must soon press on with one 's own structures — and yet there is the universal bond of molecular structure , which is another way of saying " form/art is everywhere " . |
| 8 | Hall effect semiconductors will measure low flux levels although their response tends to be non-linear and temperature dependent . |
| 9 | Dustin starts by playing Timothy Mouse to Voight 's Dumbo , although his voice seems to be dubbed by Mel Blanc , first as Daffy Duck ( whom he resembles somewhat with his beak and slicked-down black hair ) , then as a consumptive Bugs Bunny . |
| 10 | You are often out of your office so your desk tends to be piled high with papers when you return . |
| 11 | Although our results need to be replicated , they suggest that at least those patients with hypoxia and dyspnoea at rest get significant benefit from supplemental oxygen . |
| 12 | If my comments appear to be churlish , perhaps you would like to attend next year having won as many awards as you did and suffer the embarrassment of being approached by clients and peers to be asked sympathetically whether you had won anything . |
| 13 | ‘ It would cause endless difficulties if their decision happened to be misplaced , dozy or ill thought-out . ’ |
| 14 | If her marriage had to be mentioned at all — and she did n't see why it was even necessary , it had absolutely nothing to do with her work as a book illustrator — then at least they could have got the facts straight , and described her as separated . |
| 15 | If her personality tends to be an obsessive one — if she is excessively devoted to tidiness and perfect order in every part of her life and home , a great maker of ‘ lists ’ for everything and a habitual ‘ double-checker ’ in all her activities — you may find that although she is grieving deeply , she may throw herself with remarkable zeal into the business of ‘ tidying up ’ her husband 's financial affairs and concentrating even more strongly on getting everything in the house cleaned and polished ; for this is the method used by most people who are inclined to be obsessional , to control their anxiety . |
| 16 | Finally it was suggested that if her father continued to be unkind or unpleasant , the only way she could increase the level of care she provided would be to move away from her family and live with him . |
| 17 | Even if its efficacy proves to be confined to symptomatic behaviour , and not cognitive improvements , this may well provide knock-on benefits in other treatment areas . |
| 18 | The tale has added bite if its characters appear to be real , its action plausible , if it could ‘ happen to me ’ . |
| 19 | This takes a bit of practice and does not work well if you hands tend to be on the clammy side ! |
| 20 | I have no evidence one way or another as to the extent of risk of an episode occurring within five weeks but realism and commonsense tell me that there is a reasonable possibility that it will not and that even if he does unfortunately suffer such a trauma , he will if his life has to be preserved by artificial means , recover sufficiently for a decision at the main hearing as to further mechanical ventilation for the future . |
| 21 | An antidepressant should never be the sole form of treatment a patient is receiving , even if his illness appears to be entirely of an endogenous variety . |
| 22 | The plane 's on loan from a friend , and Dwayne could not bear it if his friend ceased to be a friend . |
| 23 | If his work needs to be considered in the context of the contemporary politics of the Communist Party , as several commentators have stressed , it also requires reference to work done in the history of the sciences , particularly that of Gaston Bachelard in the history of physics and chemistry , his pupil Georges Canguilhem in the life sciences , and Jean Cavaillès in mathematics . |
| 24 | ‘ Excellent , ’ said the Count , but wondered if his protégée liked to be commanded . |
| 25 | IF YOUR name happens to be Ebeneezer Scrooge you may think otherwise , but a Christmas without crackers is one that passes with a whimper rather than a bang . |
| 26 | If your case proves to be more complex or difficult than usual then the costs would be more but I would not proceed without consulting you further . |
| 27 | If your cabinets seem to be constantly overcrowded , open up all the doors and look at the contents with a critical eye . |
| 28 | If your accommodation has to be changed we will do our best to provide alternative accommodation of similar or higher official classification . |
| 29 | And if your victim happens to be conveniently close to the edge of a tall cliff , by the time he 's bounced down a couple of hundred metres on to the rocks , he 'll be in such a mess that the injury from the blow stands a good chance of being overlooked . |
| 30 | ( If our motives had to be completely pure , which of us would pass the test ? ) |