Example sentences of "have [vb pp] to be [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What little new fiction by youngish writers there has been has tended to be incestuous tales of fast-track living in the media boomtown of the Eighties : books sold and written in the Groucho Club bar . |
| 2 | He was involved in the charities and voluntary organisations PR seminar , and has volunteered to be public relations and marketing director for Junior Chamber Aberdeen next year . |
| 3 | ‘ Just because you 're married does n't mean you 've got to be Siamese twins , ’ I said loftily . |
| 4 | But the almost mesmeric brilliance of Severiano Ballesteros first of all broke down what had appeared to be insurmountable barriers and then allowed him to charge through the gaps , devastating anything in his path . |
| 5 | The Union of the Crowns did not mean that England and Scotland had ceased to be separate countries . |
| 6 | Then , to my relief , what I had taken to be great patches of surf resolved into luminous shoals of herring or mackerel , which shot away at our approach , each individual fish an incandescent streak . |
| 7 | Where they have considered human reasons these have tended to be simplistic explanations of defence or relationships to field systems and land uses . |
| 8 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper Ms Lyles noted that while there have been major surveys of British watercolours in recent years ( such as that held at the British Museum in 1985 ) these have tended to be in-house shows , with the emphasis on highlights from individual collections . |
| 9 | I mean in the past in has always turned out that what people have thought to be elementary turns out never to be elementary . |
| 10 | I believe they have proved to be responsible bodies , who have worked well with their Chief Constables and the local authorities their members represent and they are proud of the forces they are providing . |
| 11 | Your two employees and the service technicians certainly have proved to be excellent ambassadors for your company . ’ |
| 12 | The WRAC recruits have proved to be excellent shots and many of the scores achieved would be the envy of their male counterparts . |