Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [vb base] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staleness can set in , so that one partner or both cease to be inventive , settle for the familiar and thus fail to move the partnership along . |
| 2 | It is really the Plan Five and Plan Six that that tend to be the bulk of our business , which , as I say , gives up to a thousand pound parts and labour , which is obviously a lot better than two hundred pounds . |
| 3 | It is inevitably the case that these tend to be people who are not rich enough to engage in high-powered tax planning , or who , for lack of knowledge or advice , fail to take the necessary precautionary action . |
| 4 | His idea was that these have to be fused in some way in industrial societies otherwise such societies could not survive . |
| 5 | We are arguing , on the basis of what actually happens in classrooms , that a purist adherence to any methodological orthodoxy can generate considerable problems , that these need to be addressed openly , and that in any event the notion that the act of teaching can be made the subject of procedural mandates is suspect and unrealistic . |
| 6 | He contends that these seem to be the only things which are really very good when imagined in isolation . |
| 7 | On the grounds that these seem to be used paradigmatically for ordering , questioning and asserting , respectively , one might argue that it is pointless to search for internal linguistic motivations for these three sentence-types : they recur in the languages of the world because humans are , perhaps , specifically concerned with three functions of language in particular — the organizing of other persons ' actions , the eliciting of information , and the conveying of-formation . |
| 8 | Before handing in your script , make sure that all your unwanted work is crossed out and that all work to be presented is in order . |
| 9 | The thousands of children who are born every year , we do n't even know in this country how many there are , because the figures the ca n't be kept , er er and these tend to be children erm born of er , anonymous donors and and I think that as a society we are wreaking such problems for the future , we 're creating secrets for families , and I would really like to hear from my fellow women here about that . |
| 10 | The Brother Chunky has rubber wheels below the sinker plate as well and these have to be moved into position . |
| 11 | A communication system is of no value to the users unless there is a critical mass of users and these have to be bought . |
| 12 | People who were familiar with computers ( terminals to the Polytechnic network for example ) or with LlBERTAS generally found LlBERTAS easier to use ; they often found Okapi 's coloured keys more difficult than LIBERTAS 's mnemonic commands ( LIBERTAS is not what most people would understand by a command-driven system , but most of the choices and options are single letters or words like BACK , and these have to be followed by pressing the RETURN key ) . |
| 13 | Chemical bonds and chemical reactions depend on these electrical forces ; all chemical reactions are , in essence , reorganizations of electrical forces , and these continue to be vital at cellular , tissue , organ and total body levels , being manifested in the electrical charges detectable on cell membranes , all the way from simple cells to muscles and nerves . |
| 14 | Interestingly , German managers whilst not showing any difference in their feelings of physical health , did show superior psychological health compared to their British counterparts , and these appear to be due to their more frequently and effectively using stress-coping techniques such as ‘ social support ’ , ‘ task strategies ’ , ‘ time ’ and ‘ involvement ’ . |
| 15 | Staffing the curriculum and matching the needs of pupils have resource implications and these need to be taken into account when developing a marketing policy . |
| 16 | Biochemical alterations occur in seawater in a marine aquarium , and these need to be rectified by water changes . |
| 17 | Moreover , with a variety of acoustic transducers in use there is yet no agreement on performance characteristics : different microphones can produce different acoustic signals , and these need to be standardised . |
| 18 | As Hold away ( 1979 ) points out in relation to the teaching of reading , there is a set of universal conditions which facilitate success , and these need to be applied even more meticulously in the case of children who are experiencing difficulties . |
| 19 | There are a number of arguments against such a strategy , and these need to be taken seriously , and , where appropriate , countered in the manner by which the minimum wage is introduced . |
| 20 | One should not overlook the possibility , however , that some activities are not adding value at all , and these need to be removed completely . |
| 21 | Similarly , as pointed out by an exploratory group working on aesthetic assessment , there are no available procedures suitable for assessing artistic appraisals and these need to be developed ( APU , 1983 ) . |
| 22 | So far none of the other languages have addressed this problem and all appear to be stuck firmly at 300dpi . |
| 23 | The greens are tiny and all seem to be located close to , or nearly in , the lake , and the speed of the greens is extremely fast . |
| 24 | None are particularly satisfactory and all seem to be unprovable . |
| 25 | Traditionally , you should row towards the swan , but swan-upping can be hard work and many prefer to be towed . |
| 26 | That is neither right or wrong ; we both have an interest and both want to be in on the decision . |
| 27 | Two significant points emerge from the above examples and both need to be considered in the context of a model of political communication . |
| 28 | There are two ways in which it can be a coincidence that a 's belief is true , and both need to be ruled out . |
| 29 | The US duo arrived in Spain on a private jet from North Carolina , where they played in the US Tour Championship on Sunday , and both have to be back in the States next Monday . |
| 30 | Neither is to be found in alluvial sands or gravels and both have to be mined from the parent rock . |