Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is that each party can count on the votes of its committed supporters ; what each wants to do is to capture the votes of those perceived as occupying the middle ground between the parties . |
| 2 | The Cohen Committee admitted that these complaints were not altogether unfounded but all that has resulted is section 192 of the Act which invalidates provisions in trust deeds ( or elsewhere ) which purport to exempt a trustee from , or to indemnify him against , ‘ liability for breach of trust where he fails to show the degree of care and diligence required of him as a trustee having regard to the provisions of the trust deed conferring on him any powers , authorities or discretions . ’ |
| 3 | That has to have been explained to you on the phone . |
| 4 | It is not enough to assume that all that has happened is that we no longer believe in hell , and that mutes , carrying black ostrich plumes , are out of favour . |
| 5 | All that has happened is some well organised opposition to the Baldonnell site . |
| 6 | All that has happened is that the relations of production have been turned into historicized human relations . |
| 7 | Although this picture looks complicated , all that has happened is that the handle plus blade have been duplicated to make the other half of the scissors . |
| 8 | All that has happened is that I met Hugo at a party and came to understand that , as well as having friend and spouse , a woman needs the excitement of a lover from time to time : a re-basing , as it were , in the physical : the reincarnation of the carnal self in a body which gets , over the years , far too controlled by spirit and mind . |
| 9 | All that has changed is the prevailing theory on how best to achieve this fitness . |
| 10 | It could be argued that the propositions considered earlier as regards the patient so requesting would be applicable , since all that has changed is that the relevant legal decision-maker is the parent or guardian , so that the doctor would be absolved from his duty . |
| 11 | It remains true that all of the major parameters of Course regulations and management remain today as they were established by David Mobbs ; all that has changed is the values given to certain parts of the equation . |
| 12 | All that has changed is the nature and volume of data , and the way it is created and accessed . |
| 13 | All that needs saying is that Mould is back with a razor sharp cleaver , a new band , a re-tuned view of the uneven-ness of life . |
| 14 | all that needs saying is that Mould is back in a big way … |
| 15 | The compulsory retirement of active , healthy elderly people who were willing to continue working was seen as a contributory factor to the high rate of suicide among the aged ( WHO 1959 ; Logan 1953 ) which peaked at age 70 ; deferred retirement was advocated as a preventive measure ( Batchelor and Napier 1953 ) . |
| 16 | [ Except that it was n't snowing , because this has to have been November . |
| 17 | One of the best examples where this has happened is the restoration of Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire . |
| 18 | The way that this has happened is repeated in different ways in the first few verses of our reading : |
| 19 | The reason that this has occurred is because the bureau has installed a different set of fonts to you and , because of the limited set of font numbers available they have ended up with a different set of IDs to you . |
| 20 | But if the the reason this has occurred is because of a poverty amongst rich countries rich people which is causing poverty amongst poor people which is material . |
| 21 | The extent to which this has occurred is to be investigated . |
| 22 | This looks to have been painted a long time ago . ’ |
| 23 | The process of undercutting the existing wage rate would continue until all of those willing to work had been absorbed into employment . |
| 24 | This is to the effect that General Loehr prefers to surrender his forces to an Anglo-American command and not to Marshal Tito or Russian command in order to " save members of Croat armed forces and his own troops from Tito and the Bolsheviks " " On 7 May this appeal had been firmly rejected . |
| 25 | No no no what what Can I can I just say well I 'm What what the treasurer of an event like this needs to do is to note down the source of the cash he receives , to note where it 's coming from different products , how much is being received from that |
| 26 | Dealers felt they could be choosy , passing several highly touted lots , including a Louis XIV Boulle marquetry writing table ( which some believed to have been extensively altered ) , unsold at $325,000 ( est. $400–600,000 ) and a set of four Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Boulle marquetry cabinets ( est. $400–600,000 ) which failed at $250,000 . |
| 27 | Some seem to think being blind and deaf means you 're a total idiot . ’ |
| 28 | Many of the Minoan sailing ships were probably small enough to drag out of the water on to a beach , but some seem to have been very large . |
| 29 | Some seem to have been rebuilt on a larger scale , presumably to cater for a more centralised population ; an example may be Wharram Percy in Yorkshire . |
| 30 | Discussions with Bruce were initiated immediately after the Lincoln parliament of September 1327 , and the English seem to have been prepared to accept most of Bruce 's proposals . |