Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( i ) shares of an existing class already listed are to be issued which would increase the issued shares of that class by 10 per cent or more , or ( ii ) securities of a new class are to be offered as consideration which are to be listed , or ( iii ) debt securities of any amount are to be offered as consideration which are to be listed . |
| 2 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 3 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 4 | ‘ I can truthfully say that being with the recent squad has been like being with a family . |
| 5 | In many parishes the parish magazine has been in being for a number of years and is a great repository of local information — which event was held by which organisation in which year , who won prizes at the horticultural show , etc. , etc . |
| 6 | According to the Guinness Book of Records , the oldest archery company in Britain is the Society of Archers of Yorkshire which was not formed until 1673 but has been in being since then . |
| 7 | This inspectorate has been in being three hundred and fifty years . |
| 8 | There was a lot of reluctance to take the action they have , at the same time the scheme has been in being since 1946 . |
| 9 | ‘ If the sums he mentioned are to be believed , it puts a most terrible responsibility on my shoulders . ’ |
| 10 | The components used were to be 1 litre of Siporax , plastic media ( Flocor ) and open cell foam . |
| 11 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 12 | Therefore , if the assumption that the speaker is actually cooperating is to be preserved , some informative inference must be made . |
| 13 | What I do not need is to be awoken at 4 a.m. in the depths of winter , forced from my bed and summoned to gawp at an empty space where once a football stand stood . |
| 14 | We do n't , we , I do n't even know where Penny want 's to be buried . |
| 15 | make sure Keith our want 's to be cremated |
| 16 | The capital cost is to be financed from a local property tax . |
| 17 | Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable . |
| 18 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 19 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 20 | The last thing most of these people want is to be given reasons for changing their minds . |
| 21 | If you find that the property you want is to be sold at Auction , remember that a lot of time , effort and fees can be expended prior to an Auction and there is no guarantee that you will be successful in purchasing the property . |
| 22 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 25 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 26 | What you want is to be able to answer a few sensible questions uniquely identifying you , the trouble is there 's probably a repertoire of only ten of those questions , you 're going to get asked three or four of them , but those questions , your date of birth , your telephone number , the er address of your bank and so on and so forth , if you 're a private detective you can get those , you can have them on a sheet of paper and you can pretend to be whoever you like . |
| 27 | You do n't work for money , the haves conceded , all you want is to be near us in order to become us . |
| 28 | Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want . |
| 29 | What we want is to be working here . |
| 30 | ‘ What members really want is to be got going again and not just towed off to a garage . |