Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was achieved by utilising the sorting facilities of the database to focus the direction of the study on areas where there seemed to be potential for improvement . |
| 2 | If you charter from Corsica — where there seemed to be no real shortage — take as much extra as you can manage . |
| 3 | They describe some typical conversations in which comments from one person did not link in an expected way to preceding comments — where there seemed to be a very loose connection between what one person said and the next . |
| 4 | So a Primary school headmaster , for instance , could find his school offering movement experience to children who had female teachers to the neglect of those children who were unfortunate enough to have a man as their teacher , and similarly , Movement and Drama appeared as a subject on the time-table in our Secondary schools where there happened to be a woman in the P.E . |
| 5 | Where existing standards fall short of complete clarity , allowing abuses to develop , or where there seems to be misunderstanding of the law , the Task Force has stepped in to bring about correction . |
| 6 | One such exception concerns circumstances where a particular person does not have close relatives , where there seems to be an expectation that kin in the outer circle should give more support than they otherwise might , as it were deputizing or substituting for the non-existent children or parents . |
| 7 | And finally where there seems to be no intrinsic need for a preposition : to see her is to love her . |
| 8 | And this on an island where there appeared to be next to no gold and a few sparse cotton plants . |
| 9 | It was subsequently agreed that the examination would address information needs by type , ie to concentrate on one or more categories where there appeared to be a problem , as indicated by the earlier interviews with staff and the issues reflected in the rich picture . |
| 10 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |
| 11 | Examine a particular category of information where there appears to be a problem . |
| 12 | Even for over achievement , or where there appears to be no problem , it could be worth reviewing the target levels to consider if these have been set incorrectly ; perfection the first time round might well be suspect ! |
| 13 | If one could select those areas where there appears to be the largest proportion of sites which seem to have been affected , they are in Hampshire , Hertfordshire and north Kent , possibly indicating that they suffered the greatest disturbance . |
| 14 | Where there appears to be a mismatch , this is usually appreciated pretty well instantaneously because the speaker receives immediate feedback from the conversational partner . |
| 15 | In short the collapse of Taurus — where the name of the game was not to upset vested interests — has paved the way for a compromise where there appears to be a general acceptance of the IFMA view that : ‘ the solution to the problems are presented with a view to satisfying the requirements of the principal users , not third party service providers . ’ |
| 16 | I think that what we have to decide today , or one of the things that needs to be decided is , is the new settlement in the longer term a sensible answer given that all the all the various considerations , and that erm arguing about residual numbers , here or there has to be taken in the much longer context , I think that 's what all I would like the to say at the moment on on new settlement erm because of the situation I am in of not being able to er say too much in detail about it , I sha n't be making very many contributions to this particular debate . |
| 17 | She sat in the drawing-room and received all the callers , genuinely grateful for any tribute to Aunt Emily although there seemed to be , among all the people who came so punctiliously , hardly anyone who had known her really well . |
| 18 | I shall mention some of the issues to which the hon. Member for Stamford and Spalding ( Mr. Davies ) referred , although there seemed to be a lack of logic in his remarks because he cheered the Government on while encouraging them to be careful . |
| 19 | It thus becomes difficult to identify a specifically black LE , although there seem to be certain features of accent which community members are able to use to identify unseen speakers as black . |
| 20 | Although there appears to be little synergy between Unit 's existing business and engineering , the group believes it can introduce better management systems in the target company . |
| 21 | Although there appears to be little documentary evidence to support it , there is a long tradition that Trinity Mill , at some time in its life , was a fulling mill . |
| 22 | At Ruskington the inadequacies of the data make it difficult to draw firm conclusions , although there appears to be a smaller proportion of graves with amber than at Sleaford . |
| 23 | Adhesion need not be a formal act and may be demonstrated through behaviour , although there appears to be a presumption against this . |
| 24 | Although there appears to be no authority on the point , principle dictates that the offence of wilful obstruction is a specific intent offence . |
| 25 | There is broad cross-party support in principle for the teaching of citizenship in schools , although there need to be safeguards against using this part of the curriculum to promote a partisan , party political ideology or concept of citizenship . |
| 26 | You could reach a position of authority , although there seems to be some cost in personal terms . |
| 27 | It seems very likely that although there seems to be little in the idea of subliminal advertising , it is quite possible for a familiar ad for a familiar product to have at least some effect of reinforcing a favourable attitude without , to all intents and purposes , being consciously noted by the consumer at all . |
| 28 | Although there seems to be fairly clear evidence in favour of an interactional view of sentence comprehension , there remains the question of whether syntactic analysis is optional or obligatory . |
| 29 | Professor Williams suggests that threats to the complainant 's children will suffice , although there seems to be no express authority for this proposition . |
| 30 | Furthermore , it appears that electronic exchanges have wider bid-ask spreads , which might be a reflection of inadequate liquidity due to the lack of locals ( although there seems to be no inherent reason why individuals trading on their own account could not use an electronic system so long as it enables the scalping and other arbitrage trading practices typically carried out by locals ) . |