Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reclassified ‘ Type J/1 ’ ( reports that No. 11 was similarly treated appear to be unfounded ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Those who have had their homes repossessed expect to be able to get a council house easily , ’ she added . |
| 3 | He had never before met a woman so entirely free of the constraints which he had come to associate with being female . |
| 4 | I do n't insist what I 've done has to be important forever to the theatre . |
| 5 | And it 's more than er , and you can certainly do a better job than the Carlton so I mean , you do n't call , I mean , you do n't call him any competition at all I do n't but , you 've got to look at being able to do functions for two hundred . |
| 6 | Once she 'd got known for being presentable , turning up sober and on time , not leaving early with the spoons and able to tell left hand from right , word got round and she 'd been passed from college to college by grateful manciples . |
| 7 | But they 've got to have to be consistent , |
| 8 | He needs to , but he 's got to want to be able to that , and if he does then he 'll learn it , he 'll understand that putting brackets round the two and the one means do that first . |
| 9 | When AIDS was first identified in the USA , all those affected seemed to be gay or bisexual men . |
| 10 | Although these technical advances will not significantly alter the dominant influence of climate on the length of the growing season or on the difficulty of harvesting crops in the hills , the ideas on which they are based seem to be relevant and applicable to a wide range of hill environments and can accommodate many of the regional variations in farming practice . |
| 11 | Your people will be switched off the moment the objective that you have set appears to be unobtainable . |
| 12 | This is because those involved tend to be aware of the unwritten set of rules which determine when it is legitimate to attack and when to desist . |
| 13 | What we are being asked to choose between are promissory notes , not achievements . |
| 14 | The depth and complexity of problems to be overcome begin to be apparent . |
| 15 | The holy grail of limitless energy , ‘ harnessing the power of the Sun on Earth ’ , is metaphorically an irresistible force and today , 40 years after the quest began and with over twenty billion dollars already spent trying to achieve it , the barriers to be overcome seem to be immovable . |
| 16 | Gathering accurate information and perceptions on which to base our work has been a time consuming and laborious exercise but we have all learnt a great deal in the process and the model which has emerged appears to be acceptable to all of those who have been involved and the information networks have begun to do their time honoured job . |
| 17 | Apples of Sodom was how ancient writers described fruits that looked delicious but when eaten proved to be full of ashes . |
| 18 | The 375 years since it was unearthed seems to be short when compared to the 900 years or more it had lain buried . |
| 19 | The House of Commons Environment Committee ( which could be presumed to care about being popular ) , the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee ( which has more expertise and rather less concern with popularity ) and the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution ( which has most expertise of all and absolutely no interest in popularity ) have all been robustly and consistently critical of most parts of the waste-disposal chain . |
| 20 | Of course , for conversation to provide opportunities for learning in this way , children must be encouraged to continue to be active participants , initiating talk about topics that interest them , asking questions and expressing their opinions . |
| 21 | Cassie 's first reaction was that the temporal abnormality with which Rose Cottage was afflicted seemed to be worsening . |
| 22 | The human system is geared to this acquisition , and even when what is learned appears to be maladaptive or produces negative traits , it derives from a natural process . |
| 23 | Though the wider wrongs of intimidation and interference with trade by unlawful means may protect mere expectancies , there is no doubt that for the purposes of the tort we are now considering there must be interference with a subsisting contract between B and C. Hence if the contract allegedly broken proves to be void there is no tort . |
| 24 | Finally , the result obtained has to be self-consistent with the properties assumed for the continuum . |
| 25 | The latest report on the employment of black graduates also concludes that they experience greater difficulties than white graduates in obtaining employment ; in addition , the jobs obtained appear to be inferior to those gained by white graduates ( CRE , 1987 ) . |
| 26 | Kept saying to be careful . ’ |
| 27 | Research allocations are typically modest and payback periods required tend to be short . |
| 28 | Most gases and vapours being readily adsorbed tend to be odorous , some of the most objectionable being organic sulphur compounds such as mercaptans and amines . |
| 29 | One of these women had been paid to pretend to be sick , and Ingrid was to take her place . |
| 30 | Both the alternative development possibilities suggested appear to be attractive , but you need n't restrict yourself to them alone . |