Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phew , it looks like being a scorching summer . |
| 2 | it looks like being a nice |
| 3 | As Boys ' Own adventures go , this looks like being a grand one . |
| 4 | The fight to stay up looks like being a long one . |
| 5 | The fight to stay up looks like being a long one . |
| 6 | THIS IS ELECTION YEAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE BEING A DAMN CLOSE RUN THING |
| 7 | ST HELENS will be defending an impressive Regal Trophy record when they take on last year 's beaten finalists Leeds at Knowsley Road tomorrow in what looks like being a tremendous clash of the giants . |
| 8 | Mr Clinton is apparently determined that this will have no effect on what looks like being a cordial relationship between two leaders who have much in common , especially as Mr Major says he had no knowledge of it . |
| 9 | The first second source to be announced for the Digital Equipment Corp Alpha RISC looks like being a real surprise : Mitsubishi Electric Corp , not noted up to now as a fabricator of microprocessors , is negotiating a tie-up with DEC that could lead to Mitsubishi making and selling the Alpha , Reuter reports from Tokyo . |
| 10 | The first second source to be announced for the Digital Equipment Corp Alpha RISC looks like being a real surprise : Mitsubishi Electric Corp , not noted up to now as a fabricator of microprocessors , is negotiating a tie-up with DEC that could lead to Mitsubishi making and selling the Alpha , Reuter reports from Tokyo . |
| 11 | The other one glances at the sunset and remarks , Ha , it looks like being a wet day tomorrow . |
| 12 | Despite agreement among party leaders that the elections should be held in ‘ a mild climate , ’ it looks like being a divisive contest . |
| 13 | ‘ All in all , it looks like being a tough battle . |
| 14 | Super Mario Bros directed by husband and wife team Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel opens nationwide next month and looks like being a big attraction with young audiences . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Boro manager Lennie Lawrence looks like being a three-time loser to North-East rivals Newcastle in the transfer market as Kevin Keegan last night emerged as favourite to sign talented Crewe midfielder Craig Hignett . |
| 16 | Now whether Derry — and what looks like being a weakened Derry side , into the bargain — can overcome Down in their own back yard with so much at stake is another matter altogether . |
| 17 | THE dinosaur film epic Jurassic Park looks like being a runaway success judging by the reaction of audiences who packed cinemas in New York last night for the first showing of the film . |
| 18 | November 17 , when North meets South in Ireland and the Danes go to Spain , looks like being an eventful day . |
| 19 | OUR fifth great Daily Mirror allotments competition looks like being the best ever , according to judges . |
| 20 | Agassi has managed to sign up a licensing deal with Tecmagik and this looks like being the long-awaited definitive tennis game on Sega systems . |
| 21 | Discovering the fantasies of others , too , may be threatening ; the discovery , for example , as Rosalind Coward ( 1984 ) suggests , that the ‘ mild ’ man one lives with is a secret addict of sadomasochistic pornography . |
| 22 | Its novelty lies in being the first formal account of language ability that is part of an overall theory of cognition . |
| 23 | In favour of the marginal cost argument , it is submitted by the taxpayer that there has to be a causal link between the benefit in kind taxed under section 61(1) and its ‘ cash equivalent : ’ section 63(1) defines the cash equivalent of the benefit as being an amount equal to the cost of the benefit . |
| 24 | Er it has to be a small group . |
| 25 | ‘ Firstly , I want to play better on our next record than I did on this one ; that always has to be a major goal for me . |
| 26 | There has to be a substantial increase either in income tax or in VAT to pay for the Labour party 's spending plans . |
| 27 | I think the pr if there has to be a primary purpose it is a actually to take out the traffic which does n't belong in Harrogate |
| 28 | Behind every great candidate , there has to be a great agent and who could be better than Mr Joe McLean MBE , the Conservative agent for Bishop Auckland , with his 41 years ' experience ? |
| 29 | Nonetheless the narrator retains about 50 lines out of 450 , and if , as is likely , the form of drama here is that which requires only one actor , shifting his voice to declaim all the lines , perhaps miming the actions and reactions of the characters , then the narrator 's voice has to be a distinct presence in the performance of the text . |
| 30 | He said , ‘ Of course , there has to be a three-month trial — ’ |