Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All forty two of them are threatening to leave local authority control and be directly financed from Westminster because they say they have n't got the money to do their jobs . |
| 2 | All forty two of them are threatening to leave local authority control and be directly financed from Westminster because they say they have n't got the money to do their jobs . |
| 3 | Lee , who left the family home in Skelton two years ago , came in from the cold to highlight the plight of the young homeless : the Rural Development Commission says more than 14,000 people in country areas are without a home 12pc of the national total and many of them are forced to leave rural areas altogether . |
| 4 | In support of this view , a number of studies have indicated that language-impaired children make significant improvements if the adults around them are induced to make systematic changes in certain aspects of their language ( Howlin 1984 ; McLean and Snyder 1978 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ To paint Darlington as a jobs blackspot is not just factually wrong , it is also very damaging to the work the council and I are doing to attract new investment . ’ |
| 6 | I am hoping to do fun rides and shows this summer . |
| 7 | ‘ I am determined to promote political reforms . ’ |
| 8 | I am beginning to organise artistic events for all kinds to raise funds for the RSPCA and to promote animal welfare and wildlife conservation issues . |
| 9 | IT 'S not often that I am moved to feel genuine sympathy for a Cabinet Minister , let alone Norman Lamont . |
| 10 | All four I am referring to have replaceable batteries — an improvement on earlier models . |
| 11 | Further to the letters in Readers Forum ( April and August 1992 editions ) regarding pencil holders I am writing to let other readers know that these are available from Lyra ( UK ) Ltd. at the cost of £1.80 each plus VAT . |
| 12 | I am writing to acknowledge safe receipt of the Branch donation of £250 for which we are extremely grateful . |
| 13 | I am writing to congratulate Steffi Graf on her win at Brighton as she displayed her tremendous strength by coming back from a set and 2–4 down in the second to win 5–7 6–4 6–1 , and lift the title for a record 5th time . |
| 14 | I am writing to warn other dog owners of the potential hazard of the rape plant ( you 'll have noticed the bright yellow flowers now covering so many fields ) . |
| 15 | Editor , — I am writing to correct factual inaccuracies in the letter from Patrick Magennis and Anne Begley concerning the difficulty in providing nicotine substitutes in hospital . |
| 16 | Of course , that job had to be done professionally — by a local man , because I am trying to use local contractors wherever possible . |
| 17 | Next year Minnie I will be forty and hardly able to believe it but I am resolved to make great changes with the help of a hard winter 's work . |
| 18 | As you will see , I am attempting to explain Greek tragedy in a completely novel way , in that for the time being I disregard all philological approaches to the question and keep only the aesthetic problem in view . |
| 19 | This does n't mean I am going to abandon representational art . |
| 20 | This does n't mean I am going to abandon representational art . |
| 21 | I am going to criticise modern farming methods , I promise you , but before I do it is also worth remembering that the primary beneficiary has been the consumer . |
| 22 | I am going to make moral judgments . |
| 23 | By this time I am starting to use other grades of pencil , from 6H to HB . |
| 24 | By this time I am starting to use other grades of pencil , from 6H to HB . |
| 25 | I 'm keen on the scabious family and I 'm trying to grow old wallflowers , but they are very difficult and susceptible to virus . |
| 26 | Nicholas said , ‘ I 'm not sitting fainting with horror : I 'm trying to make God-damned plans . |
| 27 | I 'm trying to find new ways of interpreting the symbol itself so that it 's not as polarised . |
| 28 | The issue gets even more complicated when I 'm asked to define multiple orgasm . |
| 29 | So , I 'm going to leave fresh instructions |
| 30 | Management has decided that workers are still not ready to be pushed too far towards Japanese-style working methods , or as one assembly worker at Dagenham put it : ‘ If they think I 'm going to do physical jerks and sing the company song before I start my shift , they 've got another think coming . ’ |