Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constructed index is transformed so as to move from 0 in 1970 Q4 to a peak of unity assumed to be reached in 1989 Q4 . |
| 2 | This approach accepts that in any merger there will be certain benefits and certain disadvantages ( ie costs ) and that some sort of assessment has to be made in order to consider the overall impact . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're a lady of mystery , full of secrets waiting to be unlocked , but that 's no problem . |
| 4 | I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm |
| 5 | In order for strategic planning and decision making to be effective , a different set of values needs to be held by senior officials . |
| 6 | It described where the prisoners were held : ; the people of Tazmamert appear to be hardly aware of it or too frightened to talk about it . |
| 7 | Sadly , the bar had closed and the staff had long since departed so the celebration pint of bitter had to be put on ice for another day . |
| 8 | Relationships with in-laws , especially with parents-in-law , conventionally are regarded as problematic and therefore it is not surprising to find that patterns of support seem to be affected by the quality of the relationship . |
| 9 | Any decision in favour of change has to be allied with the ability and the confidence to change . |
| 10 | Child care policy and practice in the United Kingdom , Flanders , and the Netherlands appear to be converging towards family and community-oriented services , although the pace of change seems to be slower in Flanders than in the other two countries . |
| 11 | This catalogue of adjectives needs to be frequently declaimed and asserted , even in the teeth of what most people will call ‘ the evidence ’ . |
| 12 | Such knowledge has to be coupled with further instinctive knowledge that the perpetration of acts known to be wrong will bring some kind of retribution . |
| 13 | Effective : In an attempt to make distribution more controllable and easier , for the administrator rather than the user , it is common for the number of products distributed to be restricted . |
| 14 | The costs of products need to be determined so that they can be compared with budgeted costs . |
| 15 | This type of hair tends to be naturally dry and prone to breakage , so it requires special care . |
| 16 | In other ways , too , the evidence of coins needs to be used with sensitivity , since the depictions on coins are not at all like modern photographs . |
| 17 | Pretending you 're sexist or racist , which a lot of comics seem to be doing up here at the Festival , is n't good enough . |
| 18 | It would seem that the primary activity of operations needs to be split into direct and indirect costs , with the latter analysed into major cost-driver categories as interpreted by Kaplan . |
| 19 | It was a good thing I did meet him , as the Well of Lunatics proved to be a long way away . |
| 20 | As we do not know exactly what will appear in second-hand booksellers ' catalogues , the choice of books will of necessity have to be left to us , but your certificate will state the title of the book which you have presented . |
| 21 | Prisoners who do not of necessity have to be detained for the protection of the public are in some cases more likely to be made into decent citizens if , before completing the whole of their sentence , they are released under supervision with a liability to recall if they do not behave . |
| 22 | Detailed clauses ensured that ( i ) the President once elected could not be a member of a political party ; ( ii ) the military were denied seats in the Senate ; ( iii ) members of the Securitate and militia bodies guilty of repression and public officials guilty of abuses were not eligible for election ; ( iv ) candidates for election to the Assembly of Deputies had to be over 21 years of age and for the presidency and Senate over 30 , with no upper age limit ; ( v ) prisoners and the mentally handicapped were not eligible for election or to vote ; ( vi ) independent candidates were eligible to stand for the Senate and Assembly if supported by at least 250 electors and for the presidency if supported by 100,000 electors ; ( vii ) the votes of Romanian citizens abroad via diplomatic missions , consulates or trade agencies would be treated as votes cast in the city of Bucharest ; ( viii ) the financing of political parties from abroad was forbidden ; ( ix ) strict procedures would be applied to check and validate nominations ; ( x ) hours of polling would be from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m . |
| 23 | All others were reduced to the ‘ non-historical ’ , the rubbish of ages bound to be swept into one or other Great Power but , in the short term , dangerous instruments of the Tsar or the Habsburgs . |
| 24 | However , we also identified problems that needed to be resolved : purposes have to be crystal clear ; matters of status , leadership and the division of responsibility have to be negotiated ; and all such collaborations have to be jointly planned . |
| 25 | On the face of it , two lines of defence seem to be open to him . |
| 26 | ‘ The army will concentrate on Quatre Bras , ’ the Duke of Wellington seemed to be speaking to himself as though he groped towards a solution of the problem Napoleon posed , ‘ but we sha n't stop him there , and if so , ’ Wellington 's gaze flicked across the map , then settled , ‘ I must fight him , ’ he paused again to lean over the map for a few final seconds , ‘ here . ’ |
| 27 | As the church began to take shape the fivefold Vineyard philosophy of ministry began to be applied and still forms the church 's reason for being . |
| 28 | The latter part of March appears to be something of an uphill battle , and no doubt you will continue to feel nonplussed because of others ' outrageous demands over finances or business associations . |
| 29 | But after a while straight pieces of knitting cease to be satisfying and we progress to shaping , which speeds up the making-up process and also saves on materials . |
| 30 | In the case of the other three functions , it will be argued that it is difficult to see how they could be treated as separate : for example , the placement of tonic stress is closely linked to the presentation of ‘ new ’ information , while the question/statement distinction and the indication of contrast seem to be equally important in grammar and discourse . |