Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beside this stood the cooker , installed , apparently , by someone who distrusted the island 's electricity supply ; it was a gas cooker , and had been placed there to be within easy reach of the cylinders of Calor gas that stood just outside the window under a lean-to , beside a stack of peat . |
| 2 | ‘ I am honoured even to be thought Inspector Rose 's Watson , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) The conditions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above are : ( a ) that the premises of the club are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests of athletic sports or athletic games ; ( b ) that one or more of such sports or games is or are usually carried on out of doors and , when so carried on , can ( unless artificial lighting is used ) only be carried on during hours of daylight ; ( c ) that the said premises are regularly used , or are intended regularly to be used , during the winter period , for providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests , during the hours of daylight , of such a sport or game as is mentioned in paragraph ( ii ) above ; ( d ) that having regard to the time at which the said sport or game is usually carried on by members of the club and their guests , the permitted hours set out in section 53(3) of this Act are not suitable for the supply of alcoholic liquor in the said premises to persons who participate in that sport or game . |
| 4 | These citizens will be served by instruments of Government at Union level , which are intended eventually to be made democratically accountable . |
| 5 | When one colony is markedly smaller than the other and so can not field an imposing team , it is raided , the queen is killed , and workers , pupae and larvae are carried off to be set to work in the victors ' nest . |
| 6 | The 343 workers whose sackings led to Britain 's most bitter industrial dispute since the late 1980s are to meet tomorrow to be told by the unions the details of the rundown package on offer . |
| 7 | However , if you are editing in camera , and if your camcorder has a fade-button , it is quite practical to put the fades in as you go if you are organised enough to be able to pick the points at which they should come . |
| 8 | Although the Commissioners are committed not to be swayed by the national interests of their own countries , it is clear that Sir Leon Brittan , the Competition Commissioner , has come up against stiff opposition from his colleagues when he has investigated anti-competitive behaviour in some of their countries , most recently over his veto of the Franco-Italian takeover of De Havilland in October 1991 . |
| 9 | Card 19 from the 600 and 700 basic pack also seems to have been designed specifically to be knitted in striped slip . |
| 10 | It would be simplistic and indeed inaccurate , however , to ascribe a single ‘ mood ’ to the workforce , although industrial relations are considered generally to be good as memories of last year 's conflict dim . |
| 11 | The former are considered by the council of ICAO to be necessary to help bring about the regularity and safety of air transport while the latter are considered merely to be desirable . |
| 12 | Although most agency workers are taxed and pay social security contributions as if they were dependent employees , and most think of themselves as an employee of the agency for which they work , the relationship between them and these agencies has been deemed not to be one of employment . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 14 | Many large companies are lobbying furiously to be allowed to build and operate bridges , roads and the like for profit under franchise . |
| 15 | Even with them pleine-airsme was not quite what it had been made out to be . |
| 16 | I have been made out to be a liar but I am determined people will know the truth . |
| 17 | Guy of Lusignan was by no means the handsome fool he has often been made out to be , but his grip on the crown was precarious and the resources of his kingdom were depleted . |
| 18 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 19 | Very occasionally , they can be found on the eyelashes and eyebrows , but they are said never to be found higher than that . |
| 20 | They are made usually to be handled by the learner , but how often to you actually see nurses using the models ? |
| 21 | Plastics are not the villain they are made out to be as regards the volume of waste . |
| 22 | Soft-sided cases are more likely to be damaged when they 're stacked up to be transported |
| 23 | They 're designed primarily to be fast and powerful and therefore they 're very polluting and in fact , when you look at the engineering and craftsmenship , it could be much more usefully employed making models more fuel efficient and therefore , less polluting . |
| 24 | ‘ And they 're growing up to be quite American , ’ Nellie went on . |
| 25 | ‘ Some lioness you 're turning out to be , ’ she muttered , with grim humour . |
| 26 | Watching puppies of all different shapes and sizes , hair types and characters , rushing around together at these classes is great fun , and they 're learning how to be dogs and human companions all at once ! |
| 27 | ‘ Your mouth gives away the fact that you 're not the frigid woman you 're making out to be — aside from all the other proof I have ! ’ he needled her by saying curtly . |
| 28 | They all paid a fortune to come on this trip and they 're entitled not to be upset . ’ |
| 29 | BEER enthusiasts have been told not to be put off by the ‘ folky ’ image of Darlington 's Small Beer Festival . |
| 30 | And then , as though it had been waiting there to be born , a plan had begun to come to life in her mind . |