Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Marxists , petty bourgeois producers seem destined to be replaced by monopoly capital , while the advantages rendered by economies of scale have been sufficiently impressive for neo-classical economists to stress the unreality of atomistic competition . |
| 2 | A women 's team was launched at her university and this season they seem destined to be the top student side in the UK as they are currently unbeaten and through to the semi-finals of the students ' cup competition . |
| 3 | You know alleged to be gold or silver from suitcases . |
| 4 | This form of prayer , then , gathers up all our experiences and takes them to the King of Kings , and we think about them in his presence — all the hurts , all the joys , all that stops us becoming the kind of persons we feel called to be . |
| 5 | ‘ They have named a Commissioner Zen , whom they claim demanded to be present when the ransom money was paid , threatening to wreck the pay-off by a show of force if they did not comply . |
| 6 | Fianna Fáil appeared to be equally divided on the issue . |
| 7 | That 's why we 've come to be the two individuals who are , in inverted comma , Responsible for whatever happens during an incident . |
| 8 | ‘ Gilbert and I 've decided to be friends . |
| 9 | ‘ So , you 've decided to be co-operative ? |
| 10 | We 've decided to be more flexible about how we organise the lessons . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm glad you 've decided to be sensible at last . |
| 12 | service , look you 've applied to be a |
| 13 | So they 've got to re-do the foundations and everything |
| 14 | You 've got to be truthful , like in a court of law . |
| 15 | Jobs are scarce at the moment , so you 've got to be realistic . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Ever since I resigned , I 've had to put up with this incessant , ‘ You 've got to be realistic , ’ from you . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've got to be realistic . ’ |
| 18 | You 've got to be realistic . ’ |
| 19 | You 've got to be positive , or you 'll never get out of this mess . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Above all else , you 've got to be 100 per cent committed to the job and , most importantly , to your dog , ’ Keith advised . |
| 21 | ‘ With an auction , you 've got to be certain that at least two buyers are there who can commit themselves , and the difficulty is that buyers who can proceed are few and far between , ’ said David Phillip , a director of Yorkshire estate agents Dacre Son and Hartley . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've got to be careful : they cause lots of trouble , ’ said Manoel , glancing nervously at the groups of patrolling military police and the slate-grey truck used to cart away vagrant minors who spend their days here sniffing glue , bathing in fountains , picking pockets and sleeping rough . |
| 23 | Maybe the police has made me this way , but do you not see that if you 're going to come in here asking me questions about my family , if you 're going to want to know all these things , I 've got to be able to trust you ? |
| 24 | Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job . |
| 25 | You 've got to be able to talk to people on their own level , you get the best out of people if you treat them a certain way . |
| 26 | In this industry you 've got to be very much an ‘ open-door ’ person . |
| 27 | You 've got to be prepared to listen to a lot of varied opinions about many difficult problems , assess the people who give you those opinions and at the end of the day you 've got to be very decisive and determined . |
| 28 | You 've got to be prepared to listen to a lot of varied opinions about many difficult problems , assess the people who give you those opinions and at the end of the day you 've got to be very decisive and determined . |
| 29 | You 've got to be very conscious too of people 's personal problems and relationships . |
| 30 | Therefore , you 've got to give it leadership and you 've got to be seen . |