Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In whatever format you keep them , the notes you make need to be clear ; if they are not self-explanatory at the time you write them , they are unlikely to be intelligible later , when your memory of working on the particular book or topic has faded . |
| 2 | Or perhaps it proves that women tend to try to be attractive to upstage one another and they completely forget that men are going to find them attractive too . ’ |
| 3 | I want to try to be kind to the hon. Member for Gordon because he is out of his depth . |
| 4 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 5 | Acknowledge their status , and they may let you know when the person you want to talk to is available . |
| 6 | Stop trying to be funny . |
| 7 | The creatures which live there manage to survive by being able to predict these violent changes . |
| 8 | You know alleged to be gold or silver from suitcases . |
| 9 | But Richard like to unwind by being active . |
| 10 | ‘ Do I tell him that we assume Riddle to be dead ? ’ |
| 11 | For administrative reasons the problems we set have to be multiple choice . |
| 12 | ‘ They have named a Commissioner Zen , whom they claim demanded to be present when the ransom money was paid , threatening to wreck the pay-off by a show of force if they did not comply . |
| 13 | I 'm , I 'm just saying that one way we can see things easily and another way we ca n't , and we do want to check it , we do want to be sure that there is continuity . |
| 14 | Radical reform is necessary to enable those who do want to be active in political life to do so . |
| 15 | It perhaps will never be realised as it is questionable as to how many people do want to be active in politics . |
| 16 | Do you believe in discipline , that children do need to be obedient ? |
| 17 | But they do need to be small enough to fit on the cover without taking up much space , and light enough not to tear the paper . |
| 18 | Administrators of services do need to be careful not to isolate recipients too much . |
| 19 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 20 | But investors do need to be wary of new-style income shares — such as those issued by Olim Convertible , Kleinwort High Income and Edinburgh Income — which rely more heavily on growth in the underlying assets to prevent substantial capital loss . |
| 21 | But we do need to be wary of inferring too much central direction , partly because this implies that banks or companies were forced into compliance . |
| 22 | Firstly , while it goes to great lengths to be friendly and avoid jargon , because it is an American book , you do need to be happy with US slang speech to enjoy it , and sometimes even to understand it , as in ‘ Obtuse code-word sorters divvy those ’ , ‘ Most DOS programs are text-based critters ’ , or ‘ To counter this bad trip , the Windows programmers created a communal work place where all the programs could groove together peacefully ’ . |
| 23 | Now , in terms of functional group isomerism I 'm gon na take a slightly different example right let's take this one here first of all I 've now started to do what the examiners will do now I 'll make them identical structures there somewhere and you really do need to be able to name them in order to see where they are or if they are . |
| 24 | We do need to be able to show forgiveness in all the things that we do but it is n't easy and Jesus devotion to is a great challenge to us as to just how far we can go . |
| 25 | So , sure , we do need rote-learning , we do need to be able to say ‘ Three times four is twelve ’ , we must n't have to work it out on our fingers . |
| 26 | With turkey you can go for red or white but whatever you choose needs to be big and flavoursome . |
| 27 | Yeah but you see that 's if it 's cash every time , that 's when they start wanting to be fishy about it . |
| 28 | If they do appear to be effective for recognition , this will have consequences for the design of pattern recognisers . |
| 29 | Any discussion of crime must be cognizant of the fact that serious adverse consequences can and often do follow from being indifferent to the outcome of one 's actions ( or inactions ) . |
| 30 | Most religious traditions , however , do claim to be theistic — to believe in a god or gods . |