Example sentences of "to be [verb] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But other shocks to the system followed in quick succession : a new language and culture ; the insensitivity , not always unintentional , of foster parents , teachers and hostel administrators ; the cruelty of other children ( and some adults ) who equated all things German with Nazism ; the coming-to-terms with the long-term or permanent loss of family and friends who had been left behind , and the awareness that refugees could not expect to be treated other than as second-class citizens — to mention only the common causes of illness and depression . |
| 2 | Eventually you will reach the point where you will wonder why one thumb appears to be getting tired and will look down to find that you were holding on a lot of stick trim without even being aware of it ! |
| 3 | It 's terrible to be getting old and forgetful . ’ |
| 4 | The general consensus , however , was probably that teams and committees had to be seen to be operating tough but fair standards . |
| 5 | The dredge ( mainly oats ) grows well to be cut green and made like hay in August . |
| 6 | All motorbikes have to be ridden side-saddle and bondage is right out : rolled umbrellas , stretch jeans and fishnet stockings are banned , on pain of having a Sony Walkman taped permanently to your skull playing a looped tape of Barry Manilow 's Greatest Hits … except for Barry Manilow fans , who get John Cage instead . " |
| 7 | Despite the continuing efforts of its best soothsayers , the Advanced Computing Environment initiative seems to be gathering unstoppable and irreversible entropic momentum . |
| 8 | People are frequently not aware that horses need companions ; and to support this idea they may even point out a horse in a paddock that appears to be grazing alone and away from all the other horses . |
| 9 | Respondents wanted the office to be kept tidy and records well organised , and no-smoking areas allocated . |
| 10 | For 90° corners where resistance needs to be kept low or to reduce noise . |
| 11 | It takes months of painstaking work to grow the perfect orchid , and the potential prizewinners have to be kept cool and dark to stop them fading . |
| 12 | From the start , his two definitions of culture , that of a class and that of the whole people , ‘ have to be kept distinct but always in relation ’ . |
| 13 | There are only so many things you can sell to someone who merely requires to be kept warm and dry as they walk up a hill . |
| 14 | Naturally , I understand the balance of , the balance has got to be kept right and we should n't sacrifice the training of our activists to get more revenue in by renting it out to commercial firms , UNISON , I do n't know , the Pet Food Retailers ' Association or whatever . |
| 15 | ‘ It had to be kept simple so it could be translated into different languages ( the show will tour Europe in the autumn ) , but it is dangerously close to the P-word , ’ giggles Gibson . |
| 16 | The plan of campaign was to be kept simple and direct . |
| 17 | Everything is to be made secure ; all gates are to be kept closed and locked . |
| 18 | All shafts , levels , adits , watercourses and works to be kept open or upstanding for present or future working , and to yield up these at the end of the term , with the bottoms clear of all dross and rubbish ; and the drifts , cross-cuts , sumps , pits , buddles , water-courses , dwelling houses , cabins , smelting houses , store houses , bingsteads , smithies , forges , workshops , etc . |
| 19 | For these reasons , the Siamese has to be kept calm and healthy if it is to retain its beautiful sealpoint pattern . |
| 20 | This particular comment was too good to be kept secret and so did the rounds of Parisian society , but in general what everyone remembered about these gala occasions was the sheer splendour of it all , to which the guests themselves contributed by the richness of their uniforms or , in the case of civilians , the elegance of the men and the style of the women . |
| 21 | Their association was no longer to be kept secret and , anyway , Laura denied that he had come . |
| 22 | Krabbe 's manager Jos Hermens and panel president Wolfgang Schoeppe have refused to comment on the findings of the reports which have only just been completed and were supposed to be kept secret until the final ruling was announced . |
| 23 | Any hospital needs to be kept clean and the patients need good food . |
| 24 | Some schools have permanent pools outside , but as with the sand pit , they need to be kept clean and free from intruders . |
| 25 | The burnt skin needs to be kept clean and after-sun creams and lotions can be soothing . |
| 26 | Previous experiments with gene therapy , involving one Italian and two American children , have so far only altered blood cells rather than bone marrow cells and have had to be repeated monthly because of the cells ' limited life span . |
| 27 | He had a calm lean face never to be called handsome and if he looked up he would put on his quick protective smile to say Do n't ask about me I 'm all right talk about somebody else … |
| 28 | It is an additional fact , too important in practice to be called incidental but not necessary enough in theory to be called inevitable , that these causal arrows have become bundled up . |
| 29 | This superstition harks back to when a drunken trooper inadvertently cursed the Mauthe Dhoog , only to be struck dumb and die three days later , a fan referred to by Sir Walter Scott in his Lay of the Last Minstrel : |
| 30 | Women earn less than men , have lower hourly rates of pay even in the same occupation , are more likely to be employed part-time or in homeworking , and are more vulnerable to unemployment . |