Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This situation would be the phenomenalist 's ideal ; all such non-observation statements would be strongly verifiable , and sceptical doubts about them shown to be impossible . |
| 2 | For example , after the History of Sexuality much has been made of Foucault 's analysis of power as a form of totalizing paranoia ; but the analyses in that book , of , for example , the shift from the Catholic confession box to the confessional psychoanalytic couch , are both culturally and historically specific , and Foucault 's remarks about them need to be put in the same perspective . |
| 3 | Do n't get off me trying to be funny . |
| 4 | I mean it 's good for them learning to be amongst a lot of children and they soon learn that erm they ca n't have their way . |
| 5 | Surely it is better for them to strive to be literate than to engage themselves in the fruitless task of emulating the speech of the hearing . |
| 6 | Is n't it because women are by nature inferior , and know it , so usually there is no need for them to crave to be treated as inferior ? |
| 7 | These have proved difficult if not impossible to pin down in any precise terms and demand for them appears to be similarly volatile … . |
| 8 | The space between them seemed to be almost solid , you could see it had edges . |
| 9 | They sat for a minute in silence as if what had passed between them needed to be assimilated in peace . |
| 10 | Sidgwick , for example , argued thus that the typical duties recognized by common sense could not be self evident and necessary since the clashes between them needed to be resolved by appeal to a more fundamental principle , that of the principle of utility , and that it was therefore this alone which possessed such a status . |
| 11 | It was easy for me to pretend to be in love with the Princess . |
| 12 | If one place could not be distinguished from another there would be nothing for me to seem to be saying in saying , ‘ Here ’ in answer to ‘ Where are you ? ’ . |
| 13 | Oh my dear some of them are comparing you with Racquel Welsh or whatever , you know you get the impression they 're looking down their nose , as much to say oh how dreadful for me to have to be seen with this old person ! |
| 14 | It is possible , of course , for someone to pretend to be in pain or to act pain . |
| 15 | They argue that it is easy for someone to appear to be above the age of 17 and say laws should be introduced that place less onus on the newsagent , who may be an innocent victim . |
| 16 | I accept the need to counter the myth that only a biological mother can adequately care for a child , but to say that in the interests of women 's liberation we will pay anyone except the child 's mother to look after it seems to be going a little far in the opposite direction ! |
| 17 | He could indeed hear breathing , though it was true of course that it might be his own , since everything about himself seemed to be happening so far away for the moment . |
| 18 | The mill was powered then by a steam engine , the coal for which had to be carried from the |
| 19 | Let us now abandon the connection with a mechanical system , and treat this as a problem involving any given real matrix A , the eigenvalues and vectors for which have to be found . |
| 20 | Buzz did not feel like sitting in the small lounge at the Eastbourne hotel , which contained a great many genteel , inquisitive , elderly ladies , all of whom seemed to be knitting . |
| 21 | The number of officially registered objectors had by now almost doubled , to over 20,000 , all of whom had to be entered on a database and then sent information . |
| 22 | Not all were as exotic as those with a succession of Miss Worlds , some of whom had to be nursed along ( with a few retakes ) as they struggled for appropriate poise and vocabulary . |
| 23 | Certain of the magistrates were nominated to a special inner group , some of whom had to be present if a session of the magistrates ' court was to be lawful . |
| 24 | But again the songs ( whose content Comrade Wong resolutely translated for us in stage-whispers throughout ) harped on the great achievements of Mao , Chou and Hua , the last of whom seems to be being built up into a great leader matching his predecessors in stature . |
| 25 | Additionally , most published publication counts refer to active practitioners , rather than to Ph D students , many of whom cease to be active in the subject field of their training . |
| 26 | Additionally , most published publication counts refer to active practitioners , rather than to Ph D students , many of whom cease to be active in the subject field of their training . |
| 27 | I interpret it that erm parents saw that they were being asked to do something false , and if I can just correct you on something , these were n't the Governors ' proposals to seek opting out , they were the proposals of a group of parents , some of whom happen to be parent-Governors , but when the Governors themselves came to vote on whether we thought |
| 28 | But our attitude towards them has to be based on the understanding that they want to transform us into a different party — a party which could never win , and might well not deserve to win , against a Conservative government which itself embraces the social market . |
| 29 | ‘ I was very torn about whether to use that picture , 'cause it could be seen as too sensitive , but then , why does every photo of me have to be spread legs , arms crossed , strong woman ? |
| 30 | Most of them looked to be students , but in a month we never managed a longer conversation than ‘ Hi ! |