Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lodgings/digs These are generally unpopular with most students because of cost , set meal times and general restrictions — such as the number of baths allowed — and the times by which you are expected to be home and in bed ! |
| 2 | Nevertheless the official statistics show that , in the 1980s , lone parents have come to be more and more concentrated at the bottom of the income distribution ( House of Commons Social Security Committee , 1991 ) . |
| 3 | Many mujaheddin leaders were reported to be abroad and it was thought that Mujjaddedi , leader of the smallest mujaheddin group as well as of an influential Sufi brotherhood , was trying to delay stepping down in the hope that on their return they would support his continuation in office . |
| 4 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the edges are blurred and no one is sure just when youth may be said to be past and the second stage of adult life begun . |
| 5 | Here , as before , we see how claims which were thought to be just and well-attested in practice , were in danger of extinction from the lack of the documents which met the requirements of a new age . |
| 6 | And this school , of which afterwards he could only remember that he was so homesick , must have helped the mind which was alleged to be backward and was not . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've got to be there and you 've got to sign this to show that you 're aware of it . ’ |
| 8 | had n't got to be there and he could be cured |
| 9 | However , head size , birth weight , and intelligence have been shown to be inversely and linearly associated with maternal phenylalanine concentrations , again without any obvious threshold in effect . |
| 10 | We recognise that logically this demands a transfer of resources and effort from the former to the latter , that in the words I have so often quoted , some social services are ‘ excessive ’ and others ‘ inadequate ’ — that it was bound to be so and that it is so . |
| 11 | Japan remains tied to the Western camp partly because the relationship has become integral to her economy and politics over forty years ' association , and partly because it appears to offer the best defence against Soviet aggression and encroachment — a long-standing fear — in Northeast Asia , and the best hope of Japan 's integrity overall in a world where she has been proved to be economically and militarily vulnerable . |
| 12 | Yes we were actually erm , the position of the control vehicle was erm in front of an ambulance that we had asked to be there and the crew were briefed as to what we were doing and and what injuries possibly could arise . |
| 13 | Consider the following simple model : Clones are assumed to be independently and randomly distributed along the genome , and to all have the same length , 1 , ( in suitable units ) . |
| 14 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 15 | Since Ruth was required to be less and less with the children she found herself with too much time on her hands , and since she was unused to idleness she found the vacant hours trying . |