Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In moral education , the young person needs to acquire sufficient knowledge and understanding to be able to make a mature , personal response to Jesus ' invitation in relation to judgements of moral value . |
| 2 | They may envy us our power and dependency , which , despite appearing to be contradictory qualities , are not . |
| 3 | There is also the interesting case of the experimental company which ‘ staged ’ ‘ dramatic situations ’ , such as a fierce marital row , in restaurants , while appearing to be ordinary customers . |
| 4 | Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles ? — do you speak English ? ’ |
| 5 | Of the two , he was faring worse , panting , gasping , even appearing to be near collapse . |
| 6 | FOR THE second Wednesday running racing from Hong Kong will be screened by SIS in the betting shops this afternoon , with Southwell 's all-weather fixture again appearing to be cold shouldered , writes Chris Hawkins . |
| 7 | The male deceives the second female by appearing to be unpaired . |
| 8 | While Liz was nibbling pistachio nuts , surveying dominions , Shirley , hot , red and angry ( but not appearing to be angry ) was listening yet once more to her mother-in-law 's description of her digestive system and what the doctor had said about the swelling of her legs , a commentary which followed closely upon her complaints about the absence of her two older grandchildren who had ( in Shirley 's view very wisely ) buggered off to a disco at Maid Marian 's Nitespot . |
| 9 | Perception of extension is subject to relativities too , the same thing appearing to be different shapes according to our view . |
| 10 | The Policyholder may claim a constructive total loss when the subject matter of insurance is reasonably abandoned to the Insurer on the account of its actual total loss appearing to be unavoidable or because it could not be preserved from such actual total loss without an expenditure that would exceed its value when recovered/repaired . |
| 11 | Our Institute must find a way to defend our interests in the matter of fee income while appearing to be concerned for the public interest as well . |
| 12 | She subtly covered this up by appearing to be concerned about what dangers might face us here at Templecombe . ’ |
| 13 | He exists , stressed and traumatised , in complete conflict with his biological program , literally dying to be free . |
| 14 | He exists , stressed and traumatised , in complete conflict with his biological program , literally dying to be free . |
| 15 | A human figure was somehow trapped in the plasterwork of that wall at the waist , twisting and scrabbling and thrashing to be free . |
| 16 | The conclusion is that we need enthusiasm for living to be healthy and energetic . |
| 17 | I reached it , peeled it off sadly , wishing it could have had its liberty , and walked back with it flapping to be free . |
| 18 | Of course , there 's always the chance that your friends might already be a bunch of werewolves , vampires , swamp monsters and slime creatures just pretending to be normal ? |
| 19 | Families may be placed high in these hierarchies for a variety of reasons — because they have brought with them the high status they had in their villages , because they have acquired status by helping new families settle here in the fifties and sixties and kept them in a state of perennial obligation , because they have gone up in class and ( as a Sikh woman in Newham told me ) ‘ claim status by pretending to be ultra-devout and criticising others who are less so . ’ |
| 20 | ’ But Aunt Louise had closed her eyes and was pretending to be asleep . |
| 21 | She opened the front door and stepped out into the corridor , which was more private than the flat if mother was only pretending to be asleep , which was possible . |
| 22 | And remembering it now , with the child of that night growing towards a life of its own in my body , I was appalled again by the memory of a frustration worse than any self-denial , which ended at dawn with us lying apart from each other , both pretending to be asleep but both staring with dry wide-awake eyes into a bottomless pit of dismay . |
| 23 | She sensed he was pretending to be asleep when she got in to bed . |
| 24 | JEWKES reveals BELVILLE disguised as Nan , pretending to be asleep in a chair . ] |
| 25 | He lay still , his back to her , curled up , pretending to be asleep . |
| 26 | Thérèse pretending to be asleep . |
| 27 | ‘ I lie there pretending to be asleep then I feel this thing pressed against me . |
| 28 | ‘ You looked so beautiful , pretending to be asleep in the passenger-seat — ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Lady Agnes told me , laughing at a virgin pretending to be pregnant ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Lady Agnes , what did you mean by referring to Queen Yolande as a virgin pretending to be pregnant ? ’ |