Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Polish Telecommunications Co , previously the Polish Post , Telegraph and Telecommunications Company until it was separated from the Post last January , looks like being one of the first to run IBM 's mainframe version of AIX on its E9000 Series mainframe . |
| 2 | Another Williams-bred youngster , Pond Curlew , which receives start of eight metres , looks like being favourite for the Easter Handicap after clocking the fastest time of 27.44 , though he takes on Florida Bill , unbeaten in three rounds of the competition , also off eight metres , tonight . |
| 3 | ‘ It looks like being another of your museum pieces , Charles . |
| 4 | New US legislation , attempting to avert another such environmental catastrophe , has introduced a requirement for tankers operating in US waters to be double-skinned in future . |
| 5 | Right , and there 's various pros and cons to be aware of . |
| 6 | Severe urgency was defined as an urgent need to defecate which has to be relieved in less than one minute to avoid incontinence . |
| 7 | No Steven has to be deaf with ears like that . |
| 8 | ‘ In such cases the documentation has to be correct from the word go and if Mr Grainger puts it all down in writing his account will be used as the basis for our inquiries . ’ |
| 9 | In a situation where many short sectors are to be flown , with minimal turn-round times , not only does the crew co-ordination have to be well-drilled , but also the aeroplane has to be right for the job . |
| 10 | Embodying the alienation of the Westernized Latin-American intellectual , the protagonist of The Lost Steps , a musician resident in New York , recovers his lost identity as a man and as an artist when he undertakes an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco , a journey that takes him backwards in time to a prehistoric world ; but his eventual return to civilization implies a recognition on Carpentier 's part that , for a twentieth-century Latin American , going back to one 's roots has to be compatible with the realities of the modern world . |
| 11 | The sub-schema DDL has to be compatible with Cobol ( or the chosen language ) as it will be embedded in it . |
| 12 | But this has to be consistent with the value of the produce as compared with the cost of the inputs . |
| 13 | Thus if leadership is to be practised throughout the organisation then it has to be consistent with political objectives and compatible with the role of the politician . |
| 14 | Any action has to be additional to member states ' own policies ; it has to take into account the views of the region ; it has to be adopted unanimously by the Council , and the European Parliament ( EP ) can veto it . |
| 15 | One has to be grateful to him for intervening personally . |
| 16 | WIMBLEDON v LIVERPOOL Wimbledon are unchanged , which means Lawrie Sanchez has to be content with a substitute 's role . |
| 17 | Peter has to be content with the single class reader provided by the school , which he already knows by heart . |
| 18 | The ADC felt that this was ironic , given that a property has to be close to amenities if it is to be excluded from the Right to Buy ; |
| 19 | The first is that of the bitmapped font where each size and style has to be hand-crafted from an original master and tailored to suit the resolution of the output device , typically 300dpi . |
| 20 | It has to be tall to really taste nice . |
| 21 | Put forward the idea that " answers " are like hypotheses in science which have to be tested and tried out and replaced by better ones if necessary , but the testing has to be appropriate to the subject-matter . |
| 22 | In which case , if all the other factors have been adequately controlled , any difference in output has to be attributable to the independent variable since it is the only difference between the two groups . |
| 23 | One has to be ever-vigilant in feeding what I believe are now referred to as ‘ multicultural ’ gatherings . ’ |
| 24 | The physiotherapist has to be encouraging at all times , but this stops short of praising the patient when he has not achieved a required movement . |
| 25 | The form that criticism takes has to be specific to its object . |
| 26 | One can not be critical in the abstract : one has to be critical of some thing , And the act of criticism takes place in the context of standards . |
| 27 | The carer has to be involved in this process , so that every time the patient washes his face , hands or body , you help and remind him to do so correctly , without increasing his spasticity or putting himself into danger through careless movements . |
| 28 | Therefore , it is the Government 's duty to explain why Britain has to be involved in the process of economic and political union which will be launched at Maastricht . |
| 29 | In order to become ill one has to be susceptible to that illness . |
| 30 | Our image of the typical newspaper reader in Britain has to be that of someone reading a tabloid , not a highbrow quality paper . |