Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [pron] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was found that there were problems which were common to both the payroll and the interface projects enabling them to be solved by the same remedy . |
| 2 | Pete is a bony Londoner with a sallow but healthy skin and clean floppy fair hair , Ellie an attractive girl in her early twenties , her light greenish hazel almond-shaped eyes showing her to be of mixed blood . |
| 3 | The word ‘ mothering ’ is sexist in many contexts because it reinforces the ‘ natural ’ connection of women with children and childcare — a connection that feminists have criticised , since under our present social arrangements it has the entirely sexist consequences of defining non-mothers as non-women , restricting women 's opportunities to do other things if they wish , exploiting their unpaid labour and in some cases causing them to be seen as less important than the children they give birth to . |
| 4 | It is true that most jobs have clear cut educational requirements , such that employers assume workers lacking them to be ipso facto unqualified . |
| 5 | The point of the approach is to apply an attitude of critical affirmation to the different traditions enabling them to be studied and discussed in a way which is affirming of members of the traditions without succumbing to naivety or blandness . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 7 | Eventually , with opinion poll surveys showing him to be losing ground in New Hampshire , Clinton brought his wife , Hillary Clinton , to the forefront of the campaign . |
| 8 | The historical models of instituted or integrated arts , as distinct from patronized arts , are mostly too far back , in such evidently different social orders , for the principles underlying them to be easy to grasp . |
| 9 | Spotted grooving on down amongst all the leather and rubber clad ravers at this week 's Skin 2 Charity Rubber Ball which was held at Hammersmith Palais were one or two leather-togged pop stars believing themselves to be invisible in the throng . |
| 10 | It 'll establish efficient links between North Oxfordshire 's farmers and the police helping them to be quick off the mark if anything dubious is noticed . |
| 11 | Did n't you hear a couple of the men warning me to be careful on the way home and not start any arguments with you ? ’ |
| 12 | The general impression running through its pages was a riot of impunity , irresponsible parents , working mothers and lax discipline in schools , with magistrates and police believing themselves to be impotent before a rising tide of mischief and violence — particularly ‘ the recent serious increase of ruffianism among city youths ’ . |
| 13 | Another reason for police believing there to be ‘ something very wrong ’ about the disappearance , is the way in which after Dinah went missing , money began being withdrawn from her building society account — — something which has convinced police that ‘ something serious has happened to her . ’ |
| 14 | In order to obtain data on the difficulty of the questions at different levels it was necessary for the sample of pupils taking them to be drawn from the complete range of target pupils in the schools . |
| 15 | The timber steps illustrated have been made from Forest mini sleepers , which look like logs , but have two flat faces allowing them to be placed one on top of the other . |
| 16 | The men talked on about the project , and the women feeling themselves to be excluded — as perhaps they were — started a conversation among themselves . |
| 17 | Then you come to Godstowe , armed with letters proclaiming you to be Deveril . |