Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb -s] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the Vatican rightly claims to be the country with the world 's lowest birthrate ; since most of its permanent residents are Roman Catholic clergy and nuns , the chances of a baby appearing in their midst are slim by anyone 's reckoning . |
| 2 | Hull justly claims to be the birthplace of the Civil War . |
| 3 | Is the Secretary of State aware that the United States still appears to be at war with Vietnam and that it is blocking all aid and trade in the International Monetary Fund and World bank and through misuse of the COCOM regulations ? |
| 4 | The new Eve momentarily wants to be a tragedy queen ; for a few flickering instants , she wants to be like almost ali the characters in literature whom we find most beguiling — Cleopatra , Anna Karenin , Madame Bovary , Eve herself in Paradise Lost — a figure who has risked everything for the sake of une grande passion . |
| 5 | Gorer , in his 1970 study of sex in England carried out on behalf of the Opinion Research Centre remarks that , " England still appears to be a very chaste society " . |
| 6 | February always seems to be the busiest month for me . |
| 7 | ‘ Most of the time , ’ she said slowly , ‘ Jonathon hardly seems to be there . |
| 8 | Blackbird Leys now seems to be succeeding in the struggle to improve its image , and later in the programme Nick Clark talks to the people who live there . |
| 9 | Brenda here appears to be accommodating to her brother by using Creole . |
| 10 | Ahmed 's revulsion from Jane sometimes seems to be shared by the writer . |
| 11 | The whole area of Clacton always seems to be a tidy and a very pleasant town to visit . |
| 12 | IF Evander Holyfield 's fists prove as fast and slick as the promoters ' tongues have been these past few days , his world heavyweight title defence against Riddick Bowe tonight promises to be a masterpiece . |
| 13 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher thus ceases to be available at the very moment when the plaintiff needs it . |
| 14 | Elaine desperately wants to be free : free to fall in love , work hard and have fun . |
| 15 | The hair of Oceanus also appears to be styled on the same matted locks which comprise the lion 's main at Verulamium . |
| 16 | Already famous as Bread 's Adrian Boswell , Jonathon Morris now wants to be well-known — as himself . |
| 17 | Gooch , having exceeded the mighty Hammond 's Test aggregate , edged into his stumps ; Hick messed up an attempted pull against Waqar ; Smith was held brilliantly by the substitute fielder at third slip ( Latif also happens to be the deputy wicketkeeper ) ; and on the stroke of tea Stewart , having batted imperiously for four hours , fell disappointingly to a catch at cover off slow left-armer Mujtaba . |
| 18 | Mr McGovern also claims to be free of the banks , never having incurred much long-term debt . |
| 19 | As was made clear in chapter 3 , the question of the appropriateness of DCF obviously needs to be separated from that of the appropriateness of using ROI . |
| 20 | The rest of the United Kingdom now seems to be beginning to move out of recession ; is it not true that Northern Ireland is about to move deeper into it ? |
| 21 | So Bernard really needs to be what the company has in mind . |
| 22 | Somehow what is left of Beaufort conspires to embody these political and religious transitions ; when the mists lie in the valleys of southern Lebanon , the remaining walls can be glimpsed above the clouds , but because of the peculiar geography of the place — because the ravines and wadis fold in uneven formation and in odd directions — Beaufort always appears to be in a different location , its broken ramparts a nightmare denture which eludes every contour and coordinate . |
| 23 | The world No. 3 from Australia also happens to be the president of the International Squash Players Association and he said : ‘ Jansher was only at the dinner 15 minutes and this is a poor showing . |
| 24 | Although it was originally IBM 's idea , Hewlett-Packard now appears to be taking the lead — but the inclusion of other companies such as SunSoft Inc and Novell Inc is far from assured . |
| 25 | Hannah never appears to be overawed by the great names . |
| 26 | The Council of Europe also needs to be sure that it can avoid the stagnation , bureaucratisation and expense that have often — but not always — characterised international ventures . |
| 27 | Apart from bursting bubbles , the Bank of Japan also wants to be sure inflation has peaked . |
| 28 | Anyone running a major company in Britain today needs to be keenly aware of the international scene in Laing 's opinion . |
| 29 | Prost 's observations need to be weighed against his mounting paranoia as Senna continually proves to be the faster of the two but , when you see only one member of the McLaren-Honda management standing by Prost 's car on the grid in Spain while five key people fussed around Senna , Prost 's fears would appear to have substance . |
| 30 | TNC still needs to be tailored by OEMs for specific Unix flavours , although the company says it plans to bring out a shrink-wrapped version in the future . |