Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It held , for example , that Italy was in breach of its obligations under the Treaty when it required that researchers employed by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche had to be Italians because they were civil service posts . |
| 2 | However , a couple 's income continued to be aggregated and any progress towards the effective ( rather than formal ) equal treatment of men and women was undermined by the introduction of the ‘ full-time exclusion clause ’ . |
| 3 | With the exception of Speshnev 's subsection , the " Petrashevtsy " ( as Petrashevskii 's associates came to be known ) were no more radical than others who dissented from the administrative and social practices of Nicholas I. The Dictionary of Foreign Words was one of a number of indirect criticisms of the regime to find its way into print in the 1840s . |
| 4 | Coming on the heels of the Ashby Report , which had lacked conviction in Tutorials and had recommended that the reference to them in grant regulations be dropped , the Board 's decision seemed to be another blow to what had traditionally been regarded as the apex of WEA work . |
| 5 | The story of how after his death Bunyan and the Pilgrim 's Progress came to be assimilated by the Church of England is almost as fascinating as that of his life . |
| 6 | Gould 's enthusiasm proved to be the kiss of death , for the collection disappeared without trace shortly after his visit . |
| 7 | Lear 's Psittacidae began to be issued in parts containing three or four plates each from 1 November 1830 . |
| 8 | Mueller 's proposals appeared to be more in tune with their own thoughts at that particular time . |
| 9 | His father 's smell seemed to be impregnated in the large cotton shirt that covered him from neck to calf . |
| 10 | Was that how Nellie 's Mum came to be having a baby , I wondered ? |
| 11 | Strangely , one of the spars from the bed 's headboard seemed to be missing . |
| 12 | An influential figure in selecting Boudiaf 's successor appeared to be Maj.-Gen. |
| 13 | Alice 's heart seemed to be thumping in time with the train wheels as she looked at Harry 's glowing face opposite her . |
| 14 | The accused 's intention had to be considered to determine whether he wished to use it to inflict injury . |
| 15 | Staring at her wordlessly , she noticed that Doreen 's lips appeared to be thinner than usual , and that her eyes held a glitter that betrayed subdued anger . |
| 16 | Ruth 's mind seemed to be changing and collapsing with these wonders ; and the underground cold ate into her . |
| 17 | Thomas 's mind seemed to be elsewhere , and there was no perfunctory laugh in return . |
| 18 | But again Morse 's mind seemed to be tuned to another wave-length . |
| 19 | Well , at least Francesca 's mind appeared to be functioning on a subject unconnected with her damned brothers , McLeish thought grimly . |
| 20 | Allan Ahlberg says : ‘ In the past , a lot of children 's books seemed to be the work of talented illustrators whose pictures looked brilliant framed in a gallery , but when you tried to read the book , there was nothing there , because the words started as a coat-hanger to hang pictures on . ’ |
| 21 | My dear mother 's optimism had to be heard to be believed . |
| 22 | The uproar in the middle of the night when Bernard Murphy rolled home fighting drunk from the seamen 's club had to be heard to be credited . |
| 23 | A FORMER Mayor of Prestatyn , Mark Garfield Jones , offered a £200 reward last night after his daughter 's horse had to be put down following a collision with a van which did not stop . |
| 24 | The nun 's eyes seemed to be popping out of her head as she again wielded the ruler . |
| 25 | There was somehow a smell of sulphur in the air now and Rohmer 's eyes seemed to be glittering in triumph . |
| 26 | O'Faolain 's prediction proved to be accurate . |
| 27 | A friend who tried to go to the man 's aid had to be held back . |
| 28 | However , through all the long years of the Unix wars , Tivoli 's offering seemed to be the only thing that all the key parties could agree on . |
| 29 | ‘ At risk ’ registrations were avoided , though the girl 's well-being continued to be monitored . |
| 30 | Longwall 's management declined to be interviewed . |