Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The graduate in English was to be to some extent a scholar , in so far as he or she had a sense of the past and the capacity to understand literature in its historical contexts , particularly linguistic ; beyond that , what was looked for was wide reading , an appreciation of masterpieces , and a capacity to write well , attend to evidence , and disentangle sense from nonsense in argument . |
| 2 | The main local interest looks like being New Marske-based Tom Farrell 's open racer In The Secret , which clocked a useful 36.98 secs winning a three-dog 580 metres trial by 6 7 lengths at Sunderland , finishing very strongly . |
| 3 | Oh well it looks like being frosty Friday does n't it ? |
| 4 | The main threat to the southern raider looks like being Irish import Black Parachute . |
| 5 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 6 | Yellow looks like being this year 's colour — the banana does not seem to be able to stay out of the headlines . |
| 7 | Now England have got one last chance to cope with that problem in what looks like being another turning pitch . |
| 8 | Calvert 's Ruffside Rock , which has also impressed at Sunderland , has been drawn in trap one for the March Puppy Stakes , over 460 metres , and the danger looks like being Shawfield-based wind runner Cocoa Powder , out of trap four . |
| 9 | Since , as has throughout been common ground , the defendants were not at liberty to divulge to others information acquired as agents for Mr. Brant , the defendants could not tell the plaintiff the true position without breaching their duty to Mr. Brant . |
| 10 | It has throughout been common ground that the benefit in this case to each taxpayer is that ‘ his son is allowed to participate in all the facilities afforded by the school to boys who are educated there . ’ |
| 11 | Clearly impressed with is new-found walking advertisement , he finds Madonna ‘ very easy to get along with . |
| 12 | at the moment the only source it 's come from is directed projects . |
| 13 | Advent fabric on back — designed to be fast drying . |
| 14 | Furthermore , several pairs of the reaction primers can be mixed in the same tube and allowed to ‘ analyse ’ different point mutations at the same time ( all the different products of the polymerase chain reaction are deliberately designed to be different sizes ) . |
| 15 | Although they all have powers either to initiate or recommend criminal prosecution , they are primarily designed to be regulatory bodies whose main weapon against corporate misbehaviour is administrative , i.e. ( occasional ) inspection coupled with ( polite ) correspondence . |
| 16 | In 1852 Ellerton moved to be senior curate at Brighton parish church , and to hold the evening lectureship at the chapel of ease , St Peter 's . |
| 17 | The females had dropped their young and reared them to the point where they could survive to be next year 's prey . |
| 18 | There would also need to be higher rates of tax built on top of this sum . |
| 19 | It does n't need to be strong wind to ruin the sound on a shot , the lightest of breezes can sound like a Force 8 gale in spite of the foam wind-shield with which the microphone is no doubt adorned . |
| 20 | A corporation tax deduction will be available to Newco for contributions made to a non-qualifying employee trust provided that : ( a ) the contributions are regular and of a revenue nature ; ( b ) the contributions are voluntary ( so as not to constitute annual payments within s337(2) ( b ) TA 1988 ) ; ( c ) the class of beneficiaries under the trust is confined to employees of the settlor company , so there will need to be multiple settlors if all the employees in a group of companies are to benefit and the various companies in the group that are contributing wish to ensure corporation tax deductions ; and ( d ) the companies themselves are entirely excluded from benefiting under the terms of the trust . |
| 21 | They did n't need to be rounded characterisations , just functional bit parts . |
| 22 | The units could have a counter top and there would need to be efficient lighting . |
| 23 | They need to be clear , they need to be simple words , they do n't need to be complex ones , because you 've got to put over what you 're saying very clearly . |
| 24 | Where there are boys alone in the front rows there may need to be parallel opportunities for girls , either by turn or by the formation of a second choir . |
| 25 | The agreement was based on the famous — some would say infamous-five principles : unimpeded progress to majority rule ( already enshrined in the 1961 Constitution ) had to be maintained and guaranteed ; there would have to be guarantees against retrogressive amendment of the Constitution ; there would need to be immediate improvement in the political status of the black population ; there would have to be progress towards ending racial discrimination ; and the British government would need to be satisfied that any basis proposed for independence was acceptable to the people of Rhodesia as a whole . |
| 26 | Dr Pentreath said there would now need to be two registers , each containing data derived from two organisations thus confusing the public and independent groups and undermining public confidence . |
| 27 | Well the question then is do we need to be charging work supervisors |
| 28 | No complaints about roominess up front but , surprisingly for what ought to be a five-seater , three in the back would need to be qualified weight watchers . |
| 29 | Certainly , there would need to be sound reasons to pursue it under such circumstances . |
| 30 | Socio-cultural anthropologists do not need to be expert anatomists or geneticists or specialists in the biology of nutrition but they are likely to talk a lot of nonsense if they do not take account of what experts in such matters have been able to discover . |