Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the opportunity proved to be illusory . |
| 2 | The bike has to be roadworthy and under 20 years old . |
| 3 | The retailer needs to be able to plan how she uses her money , to work out how much profit she needs to make to stay in business — and to grow . |
| 4 | The writer professed to be church-going , happily married , to have a large house and be infatuated with young children . |
| 5 | Like all of the Marcos affairs , the trial promises to be complex . |
| 6 | In the current debate on corporate responsibility , the board continue to be mindful of the necessity for a high level of competence and integrity . |
| 7 | The matters about which the board have to be satisfied before making a provisional grant are specified in subs . |
| 8 | The flicker seems to be dormant , at least for the moment . ’ |
| 9 | Offer We have a complete Cellnet Lifetime package to give away ( all the winner pays for is outgoing calls ) . |
| 10 | Is the fallacy bound to be present whenever anyone says anything at all of the sort ‘ good is … ’ , meaning to offer a definition ? |
| 11 | No assessment was in fact raised on Woolwich in the present case , because the money alleged to be due by way of tax was paid , though under protest . |
| 12 | This principle has been applied , and the money held to be recoverable , in cases where the sanction has amounted to duress of the person of the subject or of his goods . |
| 13 | There was no bubbling of water from inside , and the culvert seemed to be disused and silted up with debris . |
| 14 | In America of course the privilege runs to being able to shoot on sight . |
| 15 | At the initial design stage , and during the implementation of the program , the programmer needs to be aware of and act upon a number of factors . |
| 16 | The programmer has to be aware right from the initial design stage of the implications of the program design in terms of memory and speed requirements , and must be aware of techniques for optimizing any combination of these factors that is required . |
| 17 | It was amazing how his underwear and the case seemed to be involved in a kind of dance , in which the arrival home of his shirts might depend on who was found guilty of what . |
| 18 | Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks . |
| 19 | The text has to be short , not more than two thousand words . |
| 20 | The teaching had to be simple and as there was no appropriate textbook , summary notes had to be dictated . |
| 21 | So far , we have seen that while physics was viewed by students as exciting and forward-looking , in practice the teaching tended to be conventional and hierarchical , very much like school , with students being given a body of information to absorb . |
| 22 | ( b ) On termination by the Buyer in accordance with clause ( a ) the following provisions shall have effect : ( i ) all sums payable by the Buyer under the contract cease to be payable ; ( ii ) the Seller must repay to the Buyer all sums paid by the Buyer prior to termination ; and ( iii ) the Buyer is entitled to recover damages from the Seller in respect of any losses caused to the Buyer as a result of the Seller 's failure to make delivery or as a result of the termination of the contract . |
| 23 | Copies of the Express continued to be available , shipped up from England . |
| 24 | In the novels of Queen Victoria 's reign the converse comes to be true : the cottage begins to assume centrality , while the great house dwindles in an ever lengthening perspective . |
| 25 | Similarly , if the framework proves to be unhelpful in reducing a lot of information to a managerial level , then that framework is dropped and new conceptualizations or frameworks are developed . |
| 26 | For the best results , the framework has to be strong enough to support itself and two thicknesses of 12mm plasterboard . |
| 27 | The kitchen seemed to be empty . |
| 28 | The kitchen has to be ready for anything . ’ |
| 29 | The jaw appears to be depressed just distal to the apex . |
| 30 | By the beginning of 1947 the drug began to be available commercially . |