Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some newcomers have been indifferent to the sensibilities of the local population ; others , as we shall see , have been oversensitive to what they believe the needs of the village to be-In each case the effect has been the same : members of the former occupational community , faced with an invasion of ‘ their ’ village by outsiders , have tended to retreat in upon themselves and form a community within a community , cutting themselves off from the separate world of the newcomers . |
| 2 | In the above examples , the topics referred to are certain meanings , and meanings , as we saw , do not qualify as ontological existents in any case . |
| 3 | The plans referred to are short-term plans for periods of from one week to one month . |
| 4 | But the new-look candidates he pointed to are virtual unknowns . |
| 5 | The other market for CICS/2 may do something — the company hopes to sell it to are those businesses ‘ upsizing ’ their applications . |
| 6 | The temperature rise was found to be 13.7 K. Calculate the approximate enthalpy of neutralistion for the reaction given that the specific heat capacity of water is 4.184 x 10-- kJ g-1 K-1 . |
| 7 | For instance , Hickey includes many conversational passages that purport to be verbatim records , but must be reconstructions of what Hickey thought was appropriate to have been said on the occasion . |
| 8 | Anne was sort of expecting blubbery cabinet ministers and worn clergymen , slavering and ready to practise their secret vices , but the guests turned out to be unidentifiable nobodies . |
| 9 | The Z-rock ( Cinoptilolite Zeolite ) which we placed in a test tank has split into pieces along what appear to be sedimentary lines and turned yellow . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | On the other side of the Strada Stirbei Voda in the west of central Bucharest which has been converted from a charming street into a new boulevard , almost opposite the old and soon to be redundant opera-house , lies the huge shell of the new National Museum of Romanian History . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ There would have to be similar moves from the counties and I do n't think that is very likely . |
| 14 | The satellite intersections with these three events would have been termed ‘ mantle ’ , ‘ cusp ’ and ‘ cleft ’ in a spatial interpretation , but the radar shows them to be similar events seen at different phases of their evolution . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | There appears to be little evidence that as a society we have become so rich that a substantial number of people are at this point . |
| 17 | Despite these , this data , there seems to be little evidence yet of any change in common practice of three month check cystoscopies in the first year , six monthly in the second year , and yearly checks thereafter . |
| 18 | In relation to offences involving personal violence there would appear to be little evidence from the survey to substantiate claims that Merseyside is an exceptionally violent area In relation to household crimes , however , the rate in Merseyside is substantially higher and in the case of burglary three times higher than the national average . |
| 19 | There seems to be little evidence to support the view that twelve persons chosen at random can decide what is dishonest better than could Parliament or the judges . |
| 20 | There seemed to be little hope for the future , just a mundane job and low pay and fewer prospects for meeting the opposite sex once university days were over . |
| 21 | Following this there was considerable despondency amongst the committee as there seemed to be little hope for the future . |
| 22 | There would seem to be little doubt that Parliament could , by passing an Act ( which would , of course , necessitate the Royal Assent ) establish a republic . |
| 23 | There seems to be little doubt that the liberal reforms of the US occupation did attempt to safeguard basic individual rights and reinforce the institutions of a free market economy . |
| 24 | There seems to be little doubt , however , that the development of the form imbricata is determined genetically . |
| 25 | There appears to be little doubt that , of the fixed extinguishing systems available , the automatic sprinkler system has advantages for this type of risk . |
| 26 | There seems to be little doubt that Robert is right in identifying this Clearchus with the pupil of Aristotle ( C. R. Acad . |
| 27 | There seems to be little doubt that before 1348 the country was overpopulated in relation to its resources — Hatcher estimates the pre-plague population in the 41/2–6 million range , and probably nearer the higher figure ( 75 , p.68 ) — and that the contribution which the extra population made to its total productivity was negligible . |
| 28 | Briefly summing up , there seems to be little doubt that Mozart distinguished dots and strokes , and while he was nonchalant about the graphic shapes where it mattered little , he distinguished the signs with deliberation where it did matter . |
| 29 | The fact that local people had not been informed of the exploratory work as it proceeded , or asked what they thought , had been discussed at some length during the evening , and there seemed to be little doubt that people who are to be " invaded " by a major installation for which they will bear much incidental , site-specific cost , would like to be party to discussions about the project . |
| 30 | There seems to be little work from the Labour local member . |