Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have to look at the range of ideals which are somehow clustered together to guide us , arrayed as they are in some sort of a rough priority system , and take out of its slot the unquestioned ideal ‘ be a man ’ . |
| 2 | This is because in considering what are the interests of the shareholders the directors are not obliged actually to consider what the subjective desires of the shareholders might be . |
| 3 | This quotation from the Muslim News shows how important the distinction is , and what misinterpretation is possible if pupils are not helped sufficiently to see it : |
| 4 | They 're now determined never to buy their clothes at C&A . |
| 5 | Less than a dozen of the official green candidates are now expected even to make it through to the second round of voting next Sunday . |
| 6 | She comments , ‘ I doubt if my working life has been well organised enough to call it a career , but running various businesses has been very satisfying ’ . |
| 7 | That doctors ' sex , age , years as a principal , training , or teaching and training activity were not shown significantly to influence their patients ' diabetic control . |
| 8 | It was widely felt that Théodore , a bitter critic of Aristide who wished severely to restrict his future powers , was not guaranteed to be acceptable to the army or business sectors which were not expected easily to drop their opposition to Aristide 's return . |
| 9 | Your dad 's always tried never to tell you lies , or stories that would scare you or make you superstitious , but — ’ |
| 10 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 11 | One is hard pressed even to find them in London . |
| 12 | However , I was not prepared just to accept him with no experience at all and I asked him to give me some sort of evidence about the amount of flying he had done . |
| 13 | Todd 's work was not introduced here to present his conclusions as uncontestable ‘ facts ’ — for there is much to debate regarding the nature of his sweeping generalizations — but rather to illustrate the importance of aspects of diversity which are not directly linked to either or both of the physical environment and the world of work . |
| 14 | Reasonableness was to be judged by an objective test , although the court was not entitled simply to substitute its own view for that of the parent . |
| 15 | The Committee did not have the power to repeal the decree , but Gorbachev was now required either to rewrite it or repeal it himself . |
| 16 | Gardiner was then driven away to continue his life sentence at Gartree Prison in Leicestershire . |