Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a newcomer into single seaters he seems to be doing well . |
| 2 | But in some respects he seems to be left over from a previous age . |
| 3 | These crises he showed to be caused by a general lack of planning ( ‘ anarchy ’ ) of the capitalist methods of production , by the impossibility of attaining correct proportions between the various elements of the process of reproduction under capitalism , especially between production and consumption . |
| 4 | These crises he showed to be caused by a general lack of planning ( anarchy ) of the capitalist methods of production , by the impossibility of attaining correct proportions between elements of the process of reproduction under capitalism , especially between production and consumption … he showed the cause to be the incapability of capitalism to maintain an equilibrium among the various elements of production . |
| 5 | In other words he wished to be God himself , and not a creature . |
| 6 | As was so often the case , he sucked up nourishment from books he happened to be reading , finding parallels in the lives of characters to his own dilemmas and solutions . |
| 7 | Within months he determined to be ordained , believing that the Congregationalists most closely represented the standpoint and theology of the Confessing Church . |
| 8 | Within months he determined to be ordained , believing that the Congregationalists most closely represented the standpoint and theology of the Confessing Church . |
| 9 | From obscure origins he rose to be the best-known Wiltshire clothier of his day , famous in the 1540s for his use of the buildings of Malmesbury Abbey as industrial workshops . |
| 10 | When she demanded whether there were any suspicious circumstances he refused to be drawn and took over the questioning : ‘ Why did n't you say Ayling was here on Friday ? ’ |
| 11 | His arguments , if they prove anything , prove not that the principle is wrong , but that , according to the applications he supposes to be made of it , it is misapplied . |
| 12 | Surrounded by imperial possessions and troops he had to be content to remain active only within its walls . |
| 13 | This needs repeating several times because with his notorious drip paintings he came to be thought of by some as a dripster , a drooler , a mere pourer . |
| 14 | ‘ He will go along with things he considers to be in the best interests of the service and staff , but when hard decisions need to be made Jimmy will not be found wanting . ’ |
| 15 | In spite of his efforts he seemed to be able to do no more than mumble . |
| 16 | As early as 1910 , Mercereau had sent to Russia an exhibition of works by Gleizes , Metzinger and Le Fauconnier , and a few artists whose aims he felt to be similar . |
| 17 | At matches he had to be watched like a hawk in case he wriggled out of his headcollar , and set off for the tea tent , where his doleful yellow face and black-ringed eyes could coax sandwiches and cake out of the most stony-hearted waitress . |
| 18 | He specialised in collecting the work of four artists he considered to be the true Cubists , Picasso , Braque , Leger and Gris . |
| 19 | What is more , Marx was not consistent in his account of ideology and while he sometimes seems to be referring to what Mannheim was later to call ‘ total ideology ’ , at other times he seems to be referring to a ‘ particular conception ’ of ideology with its psychologistic basis . |
| 20 | Robin died within the year , having grown violent at times like his uncle Jonas , during which episodes he had to be restrained . |
| 21 | He spoke to them and persuaded them with his books and his paintings , through radio and television , by his speeches and his straightforward and trenchant statements to the press about the issues he believed to be so crucial for the welfare of the world . |
| 22 | As Northern Ireland Secretary from 1989 to the last elections he proved to be a skilful diplomat and he is widely acceptable to all factions of the Conservative Party . |
| 23 | And when things were going against his men he seemed to be suffering mental agonies . |
| 24 | There was Abdullah Ali , a businessman in exile , who was known to Rashid , and who had eaten in a restaurant in London with men he believed to be his friends , who had died in St Stephen 's Hospital of a rat poison that had been sprinkled on his food during a moment of inattention . |
| 25 | But in practice he found himself able to control the Residents only by appointing men he deemed to be sufficiently compliant , an expedient to which he resorted when Temple retired prematurely from the service in 1917 . |
| 26 | And to be company for him in his old age among this sorority of Slavonic women he seemed to be siring . |
| 27 | Having to get up very early in the mornings he tended to be in bed by the time she arrived home on the last bus from Bath . |
| 28 | Like many old soldiers he liked to be by himself , to reflect well away from others . |
| 29 | The basic requirement is that at least 14 days before the day fixed for the hearing , the defendant shall inform the plaintiff of the documents he wishes to be included in the bundle . |
| 30 | The lawyer never spoke to anyone , never smiled and never lifted his eyes from the innumerable papers he seemed to be reading through his monocle . |