Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At dinner on the night when her doll had been broken , however , Katherine was too upset to pretend to be invisible . |
| 2 | First , it is clear that they would need to be mutually oriented ; they would each need to be aware of what the other was doing at any time . |
| 3 | The contents of motion one seven eight appear to be sound , conference , we have been tried and we have been tried by some regions in a very limited way with some success . |
| 4 | That wants to be black ? |
| 5 | There is a degree of autonomy within each of the four countries , and although they may unite in the same objectives ( such as improvements in educational and professional standards ) , each has to be responsive to the nature and demands of its country of origin . |
| 6 | That has to be unlucky . |
| 7 | And that has to be good news for backpackers keen to shave pounds off the weight in their rucksacks . |
| 8 | That has to be good news ! |
| 9 | Now look here , you trembling ridiculous creature , listen to me , nothing may happen and that has to be OK too . |
| 10 | ‘ That has to be true , does n't it ? |
| 11 | That has to be fundamental to our relationship , but it does n't mean I do n't care . ’ |
| 12 | We mentioned earlier the paradoxes which were that for instance erm we 're looking for a low risk investment or our customers are looking for a low risk investment , they tell us they need well proven technology but that needs to be advanced technology . |
| 13 | Since it is the equation unc that needs to be satisfied , we should choose the potential as a vector ( called , not without logic , the vector potential ) , defined by the equation |
| 14 | ‘ The campaign should be plain — the British tend to be plain thinkers . |
| 15 | It is no longer acceptable to pretend to be entertaining clients while overtly pushing your business at them . |
| 16 | All this has to be overcome with comprehension both at home and within the community . |
| 17 | But this has to be consistent with the value of the produce as compared with the cost of the inputs . |
| 18 | Whether this ethic is actually held by the individual peasants concerned is irrelevant ; presumably they would be unable to specify the grounds for their own actions in this way , but what matters is that their behaviour actually appears to follow this rule , and this has to be sufficient explanation . |
| 19 | A book with a title like this has to be full of choice bits of information that confirm what most of us who have been in the Services have always known — that high-ranking officers can do the daftest things . |
| 20 | The underwriter has to take up shares if called upon to do so , and for this has to be able to obtain the necessary funds . |
| 21 | I 'm too weak to write much , so this has to be brief . |
| 22 | Like new things , Act like barometers of social want to be trendy . |
| 23 | Well this wants to be red . |
| 24 | Some appear to be stuck to the branches and one or two are distinctly fluttering their wings , as if in some kind of trouble . |
| 25 | In some cases , this needs to be relieved by placing a drain ( catheter ) in the bladder for a few days . |
| 26 | This needs to be easy to uphaul and should offer fine control in light winds . |
| 27 | Of course , such an initiative as this needs to be flexible as not everyone will have the same background of experience , and individual needs will vary greatly . |
| 28 | Patients attending hospital clinics had worse glycaemic control , but this seemed to be attributable to the case mix and practice characteristics . |
| 29 | There was a buzz of expectation about them and quite a few seemed to be smiling and jolly . |
| 30 | Some seem to be able to cause their bodies to cure or to prevent certain diseases and even prevent themselves from acquiring genetically inherited ones . |