Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be designed primarily to be cut for hay or silage , for grazing , or for a combination of cutting and grazing . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 3 | I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 4 | The impact of that on Leeds residents perception of the migration opportunities is quite different quite different from a new settlement on a very accessible corridor which would have to be promoted and would have to be built quickly to be to present itself as a successful venture . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've got to die to be dropped from our Fourths , and then it 's best to be cremated just to be on the safe side . |
| 6 | ‘ These arguments ( against fast foods ) use lack of balance to dramatize a point that would be seen instantly to be ludicrous if presented reasonably . |
| 7 | Sometimes the tail-end of a sequence exhibiting sequential affinity , can be seen also to be part of a localised example of integral affinity . |
| 8 | Three species of owl produce slightly higher levels of breakage of the teeth of their prey , mainly of isolated teeth rather than those preserved in the jaws , and these will be seen below to be the same species that produce the greatest degrees of digestion , namely the European eagle owl , tawny owl and little owl . |
| 9 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 10 | Sir Brynmor Jones said jocularly : " The teacher who can be replaced by a teaching machine or any audio-visual aid deserves to be ( 1968 : 281 ) and this might be thought also to be true of replacement by ancillaries . |
| 11 | To an observer Wexford might be thought only to be sitting , like many other inhabitants of Kingsmarkham , waiting for the storm to break . |
| 12 | on site time- keeping and sickness is low but at the end of the day when it comes to the middle of May then she ai n't gon na get a sh she ai n't gon na be employed anyway to be quite honest , unless she pulls her finger out . |
| 13 | Flexible plastic cisterns are circular and are particularly useful — they can be squashed enough to be squeezed through the loft hatch . |
| 14 | In order to satisfy Rule 4 , it may be necessary for modules to be brought online to be hard copied prior to deletion . |
| 15 | If the hon. Gentleman reads the speech by the Secretary of State 's predecessor , he will find that he promised that five places would be set aside to be decided by the local authorities . |
| 16 | The report recommends £7.6 million worth of the programme should be started immediately to be completed by December of this year . |
| 17 | Theirfor would gladly by y[ou]r Gr[ace's] interest be promoted either to be a captain of foot , or a lieut[enant] of dragoons in the new levies ’ . |
| 18 | Quite what this means in engineering terms I do n't know , but as far as the knitter is concerned , it means that if you buy the fine gauge lace carriage separately from your machine , the machine and carriage will probably have to be sent away to be tuned . |
| 19 | In addition , Vogtlander argued , CO 2 emissions are a ‘ global problem ’ and they should be tackled globally to be effective . |