Example sentences of "[vb -s] to be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , that 's what he wants to be is n't it ? |
| 2 | One of the reasons for Bell Lawrie feeling that Brewin Dolphin was the right answer to its future was that their approaches are similar and therefore such integration as there needs to be is largely confined to systems . |
| 3 | An indication of the powerhouse force she plans to be is the existence of a shortlist of top business women , earmarked for her ‘ Chief of Staff ’ . |
| 4 | That it appears to be is its power . |
| 5 | The fact that progress appears to be being made with respect to MNC environmental scanning practices should not be overly comforting to MNC executives . |
| 6 | The reaction of parents to infants , and of friends to the speech of those who are gravely ill , is to attribute meaning to any murmur which can be interpreted as relevant to the context of situation , and , if at all possible , to interpret what appears to be being said as constituting a coherent message , permitting the hearer to construct a coherent interpretation . |
| 7 | Sometimes it may be appropriate to support the child who appears to be being facetious : " People often laugh when things are really difficult — maybe it would help us make the decision if we did something quite different for a little while . " |
| 8 | The Government is now proposing that they shall er er that they shall be erm made from a list of persons compiled in accordance with an Order by the Secretary of State and it appears to be being claimed , at least in the press that this somehow is providing for appointments to be at arms length from the Home Secretary . |
| 9 | Smith 's unfavourable opinion , which does not seem justified in respect of Coleman 's professional career , is expressed in what seems to be is an inexplicably biassed manner . |
| 10 | No reparation seems to be being made for killing off the father . |
| 11 | It seems to be being forgotten , perhaps it will be repressed , but its effects will not cease . |
| 12 | Ironically , one casualty of failure to bring it into force would be the express attempt to limit action on the part of the Community through the concept of subsidiarity , even if in practical terms account already seems to be being taken of this concept . |
| 13 | including one from British Telecom , which it seems to be being done quite well , so it 'll be improving the environment week . |
| 14 | History seems to be being rewritten . |
| 15 | But again the songs ( whose content Comrade Wong resolutely translated for us in stage-whispers throughout ) harped on the great achievements of Mao , Chou and Hua , the last of whom seems to be being built up into a great leader matching his predecessors in stature . |
| 16 | Um interestingly enough , when you think about the way in which memory is conceptualised and understood in cognitive psychology , um memory increasingly these days seems to be being understood as a sort of active constructive process anyway . |