Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been criticized for failing to do enough to prevent a spate of serious attacks on foreign workers and asylum-seekers in the state , and had also been accused of working for the Stasi . |
| 2 | The combined maps issued by the three tramway companies used a symbol to indicate through services , under the description ‘ Services are operated ’ , and the intending passenger might have been forgiven for expecting to see Company 's cars working on them . |
| 3 | Ministers are rebuked for failing to face House on rise |
| 4 | The jury in the Severn Bridge Gantry trial has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict . |
| 5 | Since then , many of His followers have been martyred for refusing to keep quiet and toe the ‘ official ’ line . |
| 6 | They maybe should have been booked for continuing to put the ball in the net … aswell as Lukic maybe not trying to save ( as if that made a difference ; - ) The Wallace incident at maine rd however is a different story . |
| 7 | I can readily confirm to my hon. Friend , to whose long-held interest in education I pay tribute , that we are committed to continuing to fund adult education of all kinds — vocational , leisure , basic education and English as a second language . |
| 8 | In fact , Black South African writers are committed in trying to rewrite our history , our true history , because it has been so much misrepresented and twisted , and used against the people themselves . |
| 9 | But even when you are constrained by having to answer a question set for you , it is useful to bear in mind the range of possible essay genres , so that you can decide exactly which combination of focus and mode of argument you are required to adopt . |
| 10 | Yachts have been fined for neglecting to fly one in Turkey , and reprimanded for a torn one in Greece . |
| 11 | It does n't seem plausible to think that anyone with any knowledge of the difficulties which would have been presented by trying to recover and rebuild enough aircraft to produce the film would have seriously considered the idea . |
| 12 | It is essential that you check that this has been done before attempting to start the engine , otherwise a nasty accident could result . |
| 13 | Most of her life , it seemed to her , she had been hampered by having to look after Sally and she had no intention of having her Saturday evening 's fun spoiled . |
| 14 | Traditionally , an answer to this problem has been sought by trying to define a " principle of individuation " for ontological particulars . |
| 15 | Given that there is surplus liquidity that banks are prevented from using to grant loans , Goodhart 's law may apply quite severely . |
| 16 | Several victims have appeared on TV complaining that their lives are ruined through having to live in the shadow of the pylons . |
| 17 | They 're charged with conspiring to leave what 's described as an ’ article ’ under a parked van near shops on Girdlestone Road in Oxford intending people to believe it was a bomb . |
| 18 | COUNCILS have been accused of refusing to come to the rescue of hard-pressed small firms struggling to meet their Uniform Business Rate demands . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been accused of wanting to send people 60 miles down the road to hospitals they do n't want to go to … of doctors not having enough money to pay for drugs … of going to close down vital wards … |
| 20 | Thus , for example , Goldman has been accused of trying to instill Christianity — and his own particular brand of it — by the backdoor . |
| 21 | TWO High Street banks have been accused of trying to conceal up to 2,500 redundancies by announcing them on election day . |
| 22 | More recently he had been accused of planning to allow Mongolia to be absorbed into the Soviet Union prior to the death of Stalin . |
| 23 | THE birthplace of the railways has been accused of failing to cash in on its heritage . |
| 24 | He had , however , been accused of failing to prevent the assassination of three presidential candidates [ see pp. 36844 ; 37312 ; 37371-72 ] . |
| 25 | Islington SSD has been accused of failing to follow the complaints procedure specified under the Children Act after allegations of abuse in a home for refugee children . |
| 26 | The 20-year-old single woman , who had been accused of attempting to murder the baby on 25 November last year , admitted the reduced charge . |
| 27 | The Hindu report infuriated the opposition in parliament and there were renewed demands for the resignation of Mr Gandhi , who has repeatedly been accused of attempting to cover up the scandal . |
| 28 | The defendants , two men and a woman , are accused of conspiring to supply the drug LSD . |
| 29 | They are accused of failing to use their initiative and not opening emergency gates . |
| 30 | From the beginning she had been angered at having to take the girl in , for Lavender had been lovely , and Liti detested her for it . |