Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO BE FAIR |
| 2 | We bend over backwards to be fair , to get to terms with the pupils , to try to get their confidence . |
| 3 | Afterwards he will raise his voice and holler loud enough to be heard by the whole roomful of guests milling around chatting , perhaps talking excitedly with drinks in their hands , ‘ LADIES and GENTLEMEN ! |
| 4 | There are times when attacks on the lesbian and gay communities seem very clearly to be an attempted stirring-up of popular hatred as a diversion of attention from society 's real problems , and times when the readiness of the government to pander to that hatred looks even more sinister . |
| 5 | Er people make up deliberately to be telling you lies but they still , in some sense , trying to give you a favoured view which is a out and out lie . |
| 6 | ‘ I am one of those people ’ , he has said in the past , ’ who must take exercise not only to be able to give of my best , but just to survive — I mean , I ca n't function without it . |
| 7 | ‘ In the end I think the problem comes down to this : what does public policy demand as best to be done ? |
| 8 | The other reason we claim so often to be arguing about a matter of principle is that there is so little substance in many arguments that a reference to principle is necessary in order to sustain the argument . |
| 9 | Because the books come out then to be edited |
| 10 | At night the landscape glows a dull red , which emanates from the surface of Venus : the rocks , hotter than a domestic oven , glow just enough to be seen at night . |
| 11 | The real social costs of blindness for some have also regrettably to be added . ’ |
| 12 | Connections prove yet again to be ultimately elusive . |