Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stirling has yet to be convinced even by Samuel 's figure . |
| 2 | Although Ian Wright will be included and is likely to get another chance , Taylor has yet to be convinced he is the right man to play alongside the Blackburn striker . |
| 3 | Tomas turns out to be sexually as well as politically opportunistic , resulting in vengeance , desperation and a lot of emotional broken glass . |
| 4 | The journey , however , proves to be a descent into hell , for Comala turns out to be a ghost town which has been devastated by the oppression of his father , the tyrannical landowner Pedro Páramo , and whose few remaining inhabitants live in despair , convinced that they have been banished forever from the grace of God . |
| 5 | Telephone Frank turns out to be not only a money expert , or an expert on not having any . |
| 6 | Quakers ' manager Ray Hankin has yet to be informed of the FA verdict but the punishment could only be a one-match ban . |
| 7 | Hedges as boundaries have not been invented , and England has yet to be enclosed by the landlords in neat and formal fields . |
| 8 | Many other companies , of course , are supporting environmental work but IBM seems almost to be unique in its corporate commitment to use of high technology for facilitating ‘ sustainable development ’ . |
| 9 | A one-piece red culottes suit given by former Eastenders star Anita Dobson has still to be sold . |
| 10 | The loss of defensive co-ordinator Dave Wannstedet , to become the new head coach at Chicago has yet to be fully assessed but it was his planning that neutralised the Bills ' threat . |
| 11 | A successor at Corporation Road has yet to be appointed . |
| 12 | But Monpazier seems now to be at peace with its past . ’ |
| 13 | THE UK TURNS OUT TO BE A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE TROUBLED SIEMENS NIXDORF EMPIRE |
| 14 | A major conclusion of the workshop was that ‘ A biological impact by [ Cape fur ] seals on commercial fisheries in southern Africa has yet to be demonstrated . ’ |
| 15 | Whether it will be launched in the UK has yet to be decided . |
| 16 | The two other sisters , Miranda and Janet , go radically different ways ; Janet becomes a Tory , while Miranda grows up to be a very conscious feminist . |
| 17 | But the England manager , Graham Taylor seems not to be the man for the job . |
| 18 | Emily turns out to be really quite decent . |
| 19 | President Bush has yet to be convinced that ‘ going green ’ will translate into real votes come the presidential election later in the year , and his advisers ( who enjoy nothing so much as bashing a few Greens on the media before breakfast ) have sown so many doubts in his mind about ‘ the lack of scientific evidence ’ that global warming is not seen to be one of the challenges he now faces — despite the fact that his country is responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide , the main greenhouse gas . |
| 20 | Perhaps for Bartram the greatest satisfaction came from his correspondence with leading botanists and horticulturists in Europe and his valuable exchange with Philip Miller has yet to be considered ( see pp. 81–89 ) . |
| 21 | So far it appears that other monuments in care have not been affected , although Mousa Broch has yet to be visited . |
| 22 | The rate of gall stone formation during CSOI has yet to be discovered , but is probably lower . |
| 23 | Further , Hopko finds there to be ‘ a direct analogical , symbolic … relationship ’ between , on the one hand , Adam and Christ , and , on the other , Eve and the Spirit . |
| 24 | Although Brian claims not to be a ‘ whiz-bang merchant ’ , his build-up to the grand finale , the combustion of a mixture of nitric oxide and carbon disulphide ( which allegedly came close to killing von Liebig when an explosion caused the glass tube containing the mixture , to send shards of glass flying in all directions ) , instilled some trepidation into the audience . |
| 25 | More importantly , Griffin seems either to be confused or just wrong about consciousness . |
| 26 | The popular budget and mid-priced range from EB seems not to be with us any more , alas , but the importers are bringing in a good looking range from Gravity which they hope will take over from where EB left off — prices from about £45 to £55 . |
| 27 | Microsoft Corp MS-DOS and Windows emulation will figure on it ( UX No 385 ) , and although pricing for Solaris 2.0-on-Intel has yet to be fixed , it is expected to be significantly below the Sparc version . |
| 28 | In the leaflet Dr Clarke says : ‘ Darlington has yet to be a Leicester or a Bradford . |
| 29 | Although only fragments remain , Dunseverick manages not to be outdone in the legend stakes ; Conal Caernach who lived here is said to have witnessed the crucifixion of Christ while serving in the Roman army . |
| 30 | The decision to proceed with the hydro-electric and irrigation project has been taken despite the fact that essential funding from the EC has yet to be approved . |