Example sentences of "this [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programming in this release is really first rate , and its top graphics and controls allow this to claim to be up to arcade standards . |
| 2 | This ceased to be the case as the middle-class , finding vaults overcrowded , erected miniature fortresses in the new necropolises and encased their dead in double , and even triple , coffins against the depredations of body-snatchers . |
| 3 | As the title implies it originally took place on Whit Monday , but when this ceased to be a Bank Holiday it moved to the new Bank Holiday . |
| 4 | But as the world became increasingly interdependent this ceased to be the case and we became more concerned at our apparent weakness . |
| 5 | On April 9 , 1964 the rethought , turboprop , DHC-5 Buffalo first flew , but this failed to be built in the numbers of its predecessor . |
| 6 | If this is the case , what this points to is the construction of various family forms , both in ideological definition and in social practice . |
| 7 | What all this points to is money in people 's pockets . |
| 8 | Much of the family 's influence derived not from land , but from office holding within the royal demesne , and the implications of this tend to be overlooked . |
| 9 | Exceptions to this tend to be the simpler systems such as those used in text to speech applications . |
| 10 | Much of the family 's influence derived not from land , but from office holding within the royal demesne , and the implications of this tend to be overlooked . |
| 11 | The rate at which the angle is changed must depend on the speed at the time , and this has to be judged because there is insufficient time to check the ASI . |
| 12 | This has to be the most spectacular and atmospheric rock climbing area in Europe , outside the Alps . |
| 13 | This has to be well compacted before the 20m gravel is laid — to a depth of about 50mm . |
| 14 | All this has to be put in perspective . |
| 15 | A book with a title like this has to be full of choice bits of information that confirm what most of us who have been in the Services have always known — that high-ranking officers can do the daftest things . |
| 16 | This has to be one of the slickest cars Japan has yet made . |
| 17 | This has to be a mistake , he had thought , as they were directed ever closer to the front . |
| 18 | We can not deny the reality of biblical scholarship and this has to be expressed clearly . |
| 19 | This has to be taken into account in assessing the significance of the recorded attitudes towards Hitler in the ‘ opinion reports ’ of the regime 's agents . |
| 20 | This has to be more traumatic than if we were slowly introduced to the idea . |
| 21 | Because I promise you , if you do that , on a live transmission like this has to be , you really will scupper yourself . |
| 22 | If this has to be done it must be ( for technical reasons ) within three years of his father 's death — by 30 May 1977 . |
| 23 | All this has to be kept under wraps , Newman . |
| 24 | This has to be one of my favourite mountain areas because of its variety and scale , and amazing accessibility from Glasgow and Edinburgh . |
| 25 | If team nursing is the pattern , then this has to be explained and the other members of the team for that shift can introduce themselves as and when necessary . |
| 26 | This has to be ruled out when the movement of the glass begins to make sense of letters , and even phrases . |
| 27 | An exception to this has to be mentioned , viz. , that Professor Coleman was accustomed , unless prevented by some special cause — to visit Sir Astley Cooper in the evening of one day in the week during the winter half of the year , to indulge in a game of whist . |
| 28 | Note that in certain cases this has to be done as a formality and does not necessarily mean that there is anything suspicious about the death . |
| 29 | This has to be a make-haste-slowly situation . |
| 30 | This has to be one of the easiest-to-make Christmas cake recipes ever . |