Example sentences of "[vb base] to be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the height of the gale I go down to the pier to see how our local boats are doing , but all the anchors appear to be holding firm . |
| 2 | There does not , however , appear to be recorded significant rise in core body temperature during moderate weight training . |
| 3 | Aspects of this more sociological and humanistic interpretation of teaching quality will be developed within the chapter through a discussion of teacher cultures , careers and strategies , and their implications for the maintenance and persistence of those ‘ transmission ’ styles of classroom teaching which appear to be incurring official disapproval . |
| 4 | You certainly appear to be experiencing dramatic alterations in the working pattern of your life and the Full Moon on September 5th may well bring about another major change or sizeable upheaval . |
| 5 | And a glance at the supermarket shelves reveals that many manufacturers appear to be ignoring environmental concerns , especially about packaging . |
| 6 | For Deutschland ( literally ‘ Germany ’ ) is the name given , half in envy , half in derision , to that region beyond the Ghetto where successful neighbors appear to be imitating German Jewish standards of living . |
| 7 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
| 8 | Not least , Tokyo share prices will fall if Japanese companies , lulled into complacency , appear to be delaying overdue cost-cutting . |
| 9 | This can matter if you expect to be working late and the bus stage is some distance away from your place of work . |
| 10 | and with a leprous man came over and began doing a to him saying , Lord if you just want to you can make me clean , and so stretching out his hand he touched him saying , I want to be made clean and immediately his leprosy was , vanished away , then Jesus said to him , see that you tell no one , but go and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses appointed for the purpose of a witness to them when he entered into Calpurnia that 's the other two , that the other |
| 11 | You just want to be left alone to die . |
| 12 | We want to be left alone . |
| 13 | They want to be left alone ; fear being touched because of the bodily soreness . |
| 14 | Subordinates want to be left alone while their superiors want no surprises . |
| 15 | Sometimes I just want to be left alone to do it my way , whether it 's right or wrong . |
| 16 | We just want to be left alone . ’ |
| 17 | " I want to be left alone . |
| 18 | I just want to be left alone ! ’ |
| 19 | I just want to be left alone . ’ |
| 20 | Industries want to be left alone so that they can continue to export more than the Japanese . |
| 21 | Sometimes you just want to be left alone , so I understand the violent reactions some celebrities have when they 're infringed upon . |
| 22 | They want to be proved right . |
| 23 | Its two major parties scarcely deserve to be called political . |
| 24 | Endless ads have been Green or organic , from the guy who rips his plans up to wreck the countryside and earns himself a beer , to the couple in the deodorant ad who just happen to be frolicking naked in the forest with camouflage make-up . |
| 25 | The maintenance of this repertoire is made more difficult , in that the majority of children in Roman Catholic schools seem to be taught contemporary hymns and other religious music by religious education teachers , rather than by the music staff . |
| 26 | They seem to be using repro-antique furniture : and remember that an 1850 sideboard looked like a repro in 1850 . |
| 27 | But they seem happy to attribute orderliness and completeness to others , and indeed seem to be made happy by doing so . |
| 28 | In more recent times , Luciano Berio has used the same technique in his Sinfonia , Labirintus H , and electronic works , so that we seem to be hearing different music — symphonic , jazz , military , vocal , etc. — as if radios were tuned to different stations and the music merging , conflicting , and changing . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's wet and windy , and I 'm bloody cold , but things seem to be progressing okay . |
| 30 | Kinnear said : ‘ It was a marvellous display by our lads — but the fans up here seem to be getting hysterical . |