Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet not too long afterwards , it was suggested that for a salesman with 20 years ' continuous employment , three years was an appropriate improvement period ; many would think that to be erring on the high side . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you prefer that to be the general way ? ’ |
| 4 | It is far easier from their point of view if they only need to deal with one entity and they will probably prefer that to be the purchaser as it is the purchaser that has taken over the business . |
| 5 | ‘ I have had to develop my own identity through having something to fight against , trying to stay true to my ideals as an artist and not allowing that to be compromised by the opinions and attitudes of others . |
| 6 | Horse experts talk knowingly about an animal having ‘ a lot of bone , ’ and judge that to be a good thing . |
| 7 | I would n't want that to be seen against the other 88 . ’ |
| 8 | And we sort of , do n't want that to be the forty first ! |
| 9 | Can you tell me if there has been a supplementary update disk issued to enable KX-P1124i to be used to its full potential . |
| 10 | This is best explained , not by suggesting that they do not have interests in common or that they are satisfied with things as they are , but by attending to the crushing significance of those ideas in society which preach that to be poor is an individual 's own fault and reflects his or her lack of preparedness to study and train , to work hard , to postpone having a family , or what have you . |
| 11 | Tough love should be kind , gentle and understanding to both the family member and the primary sufferer , while nonetheless allowing each to be fully responsible for his or her own feelings and behaviour and for taking the full consequences of all choices of individual action . |
| 12 | That I support the addition that that we that we should get on with it as quickly as possible and I suppose also that I regret the support that the request for an extra thirty seven thousand or whatever it is pounds in order to enable that to be carried out . |
| 13 | When I went to Noreen 's if I make that to be used with a cushion or without |
| 14 | I do n't know if I can answer that to be absolutely honest I I mean I really feel that erm that would be reading too much into the decision that that our members took at that time . |
| 15 | Commenting on the thirty one thousand , er Mr 's erm er scenario , that the County Council would clearly think this to be erm unreasonable , it would clearly have regional implications er as I said earlier er in my opening remarks er the County Council would accept that it would n't be meeting its regional commitments , erm er it would be difficult in practice bearing in mind the level erm of commitment we 've got and there may well be local problems in in local housing markets with the level of er of growth er at that level . |
| 16 | We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau . |
| 17 | Instead of allowing this to be a frustrating and pointless event , ask yourself why you created it . |
| 18 | I , MARIUS LADISLAS STENIATOWSKI , commonly known as MARIUS STEEN , and hereinafter referred to as such , of 173 , Orme Gardens , London , W2 and ‘ Rivalon ’ , Streatley-on-Thames in the County of Berkshire , Theatrical Impresario , HEREBY REVOKE all wills and testamentary documents heretofore made by me AND DECLARE this to be my LAST WILL 1 . |
| 19 | An exhibition of moving toys has just opened , with not a single battery , microchip or flashing light to be seen . |
| 20 | Although , in years to come , these might prove to be of social interest , many such letters refer only to domestic and personal trivia and , having personally recently discovered a letter written to me over 30 years ago by my wife just before we were married , I would not want this to be read by anyone else at all . |
| 21 | I d I do n't want this to be minuted but I , I think erm we are aware of Susan . |
| 22 | ‘ You see , I did n't want this to be … clumsily handled . ’ |
| 23 | But the , the fact is , that what I , my plea to you today , and and my plea to the committee yesterday is , that I do n't want this to be in the political arena , it is in the political arena , but I think we do need to er er er take it out of the political arena , for the benefit of of all the people that that put us here . |
| 24 | We would want this to be seen logically , through approval of the structure plan , to be taken up in r in the relevant local plan , and for that relevant local plan to then sort out competing claims from prospective developments , in mu in much the same sort of exercise as we 've seen in the structure plan but obviously in a more detailed way . |
| 25 | I did n't want this to be an easy tournament and the benefits are being shown by the invaluable experience players are picking up . ’ |
| 26 | The whole raison d'être of these devices and software is to enable copy-protection to be overcome . |
| 27 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 28 | Somehow he expected TOP to be different . |
| 29 | Having argued that animals can act intentionally ( to which I will return in the section on autonomy ) , he thinks this to be ‘ possible only for those who are self-conscious ’ ( 1983 : 75 ) . |
| 30 | She had intended this to be no more than a comradely rebuke . |