Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the ageing body loses its ability to cope with alcohol , the amount that can be consumed has to be reduced . |
| 2 | Where , when just getting to one 's knees loomed as an unavoidable torture and to lie and wait to be rescued appeared to be merely common sense ? |
| 3 | How far this principle is to be carried remains to be worked out . |
| 4 | Why should the Deaf and Dumb be expected to pretend to be what they are not ? |
| 5 | Furthermore , Mary is scarcely a woman whom women today might be expected to find to be a symbol who represents them . |
| 6 | The British Government rejected the Sleipner gas deal and whether or not alternative import arrangements will be made remains to be seen . |
| 7 | The first commitment to be made needs to be one of time . |
| 8 | What is crucial for the Government is not only to help provide jobs but to be seen to want to be doing that . |
| 9 | Exactly how this will be done remains to be seen , but one wonders what the effects will be . |
| 10 | Ludens , I 'm in love , I 'm desperate with love , I 'm sunk in it , I 'm ruthless , I feel as fierce as hell about this , I could kill anyone who stands in the way , I must have both of them , and I will , all right it may look like a battlefield , but what has to be done has to be done now and like this . |
| 11 | To be properly executed under the 1974 Act rules about the form and number of copies to be supplied have to be complied with . |
| 12 | Soho was predominantly a male environment : women , to be tolerated had to be either very beautiful , girlfriends or wives . |
| 13 | So the need to record sufficient data to enable definite conclusions to be reached has to be balanced against the requirement to make the best use of staff time and resources . |
| 14 | The pace at which new financial systems can be introduced needs to be carefully judged . |
| 15 | Whether coal-bearing Westphalian strata will be found remains to be seen , but as thin coals are also known in the Namurian and Upper Viséan in the Dungannon area , a rich potential source rock for gas seems very probable . |
| 16 | Every morsel of support to be found needs to be brought into play . |
| 17 | The holy grail of limitless energy , ‘ harnessing the power of the Sun on Earth ’ , is metaphorically an irresistible force and today , 40 years after the quest began and with over twenty billion dollars already spent trying to achieve it , the barriers to be overcome seem to be immovable . |
| 18 | The depth and complexity of problems to be overcome begin to be apparent . |
| 19 | Which test will be followed remains to be seen . |
| 20 | Somewhere in the process , hopefully at the beginning , the design rules that will be followed have to be established , either as a written specification or electronically in the form of a style sheet or template . |
| 21 | The underlying values by which organizations are to be run have to be strongly set through a variety of management processes — in particular , through reinforcement by top management and the reward system . |
| 22 | JustText obeys the normal Macintosh rules of pull-down menus and so on but all the commands to control the way in which the text will be printed have to be typed in as codes like { f9 } or { us } . |
| 23 | Since most , if not all , big bream swims lie some distance from the bank , groundbait which has to be thrown needs to be packed quite tightly in order not to break up while in flight . |
| 24 | Of course , for conversation to provide opportunities for learning in this way , children must be encouraged to continue to be active participants , initiating talk about topics that interest them , asking questions and expressing their opinions . |
| 25 | How the latter will be achieved remains to be seen , but it has been mooted that a surcharge should be levied on tropical timber , to be paid by the market , which could be used to undertake research into ways of achieving and ensuring tropical forest survival . |
| 26 | In the absence of any details it is difficult to assess the force of these references to biology and sociology … . ( 1 ) What , if any , were the false biological views in question ? ( 2 ) How did it follow from them that women could not be ordained to the priesthood ? ( 3 ) What are the views which have taken their place ? … . ( 7 ) Have the views about women which have now come to be held proved to be true ? |