Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plans referred to are short-term plans for periods of from one week to one month . |
| 2 | Two are highly valued , namely lidya ( shy , timid , ashamed ) and höntugen ( frightened , fearful ) , and can be said to be integral aspects of the Chewong person ( Howell 1988 ) . |
| 3 | Furthermore , there are often subtle differences in what at first glance appear to be similar provisions in different contracts , for example , the provision for liquidated damages . |
| 4 | ‘ There would have to be similar moves from the counties and I do n't think that is very likely . |
| 5 | It is not my intention to argue that villagers confused the two institutions , or that they thought magistrates and demons to be similar types of beings . |
| 6 | Any proposals for road and rail investment in the South East must satisfy the government 's general criteria and will not be approved simply because they are deemed to be necessary adjuncts to the tunnel . |
| 7 | Not one that bleeding hearts would approve of , no doubt , but we , as the committee , were absolutely within our rights to sell off what we considered to be unnecessary stocks of wine in order to allocate the money to members ’ more urgent needs . ’ |
| 8 | Senior managers do not want things to go wrong , and will not take what they consider to be unnecessary risks in recommending one supplier as opposed to another . |
| 9 | There were to be extraordinary inconsistencies in the description of that fateful call by the main participants . |
| 10 | Continental basins generally seem to be long-lived features with a subsidence history often extending over a period of 100 Ma or more . |
| 11 | Not only are there likely to be unphysiological levels of stimulation , but it is frequently unclear , from published reports , how extensive the effective stimulation zone actually was . |
| 12 | There appear to be substantial differences between the " traditional " temporary workers employed in seasonal jobs in such sectors as retailing , entertainments and the holiday industry and the " new " temporary workers employed in some organisations in the manufacturing sector . |
| 13 | Although the hit rate does not differ significantly between junctions there do seem to be substantial differences between individual films . |
| 14 | There appears to be substantial numbers of people who join or leave , become active or inactive , over time . |
| 15 | There is likely to be substantial increases in CPU times , although it might be possible to reduce this by a factor of 5 . |
| 16 | These are unlikely to be suitable hosts for the preservation of exhaled sulphides . |
| 17 | Many of the projects arose not just because they seemed to be suitable topics for academic research , but at the direct instigation of teachers or sometimes students . |
| 18 | All sorts and conditions of native societies were declared to be suitable candidates for it , even when they possessed , to Western eyes , no discernible political organization at all , and so no evident agency through which indirection might be achieved . |
| 19 | French was a guest in the VIP box at Ellis Park for the South Africa v All Black Test and he know there were to be immediate problems for the Wallaby tour the moment the first chord of Die Stem was struck . |
| 20 | However , should Gazza and Co. lose , there are bound to be immediate demands for the sacking of manager Dino Zoff . |
| 21 | If such stipulations are made for so mundane a practice as motoring , they would seem to be reasonable precautions for protecting our environment for the rest of time from possible damage by man-made creatures . |
| 22 | Their Saturday evening concert at the Arts Centre showed them to be individual artists of the highest quality who together produced something greater than just the sum of the parts . |
| 23 | If not , and if there are to be individual assessments of the criteria , will the Foreign Secretary assure the House that if Germany decides that the criteria have been met and recognises the republics but Britain decides that the criteria have not been met , the United Kingdom will reserve the right not to recognise the republics ? |
| 24 | Oral and intragastric infusions of beer were found to be potent stimuli of gastric acid secretion , with a response of over 95% of that produced by pentagastrin . |
| 25 | Either there have to be bilateral agreements between the competition-policy authorities in different economies , or they have to cede the authority to act to a supranational body . |
| 26 | They are also more likely to be directed at people below retirement age ; indeed , the latest challenge in micro-surgery appears to be successful operations on ever younger patients . |
| 27 | The illustrations were to be typical representations of ecosystems that actually exist with inhabitants adapted to live there . |
| 28 | What little new fiction by youngish writers there has been has tended to be incestuous tales of fast-track living in the media boomtown of the Eighties : books sold and written in the Groucho Club bar . |
| 29 | After this Firbank resumed his nomadism , and the settings of his books , too , were henceforth to be fantastic versions of foreign places : Vienna , Havana , Seville . |
| 30 | By law , therefore , bookies ' offices have to be seedy reminders of the 1960s — an outrageous imposition when , for many , the Saturday punt is the week 's intellectual activity . |