Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] the [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreign investors are beginning to worry that the Mexican peso is less solid than it looks . |
| 2 | Vested interests were reluctant to accept that the typical diet was a cause of coronary heart disease , strokes and cancer , and that people should eat less fat , sugar and salt and more cereals , fruit and vegetables . |
| 3 | I think we had to accept that the first programmes were just to get the whole thing working really erm . |
| 4 | While I am in agreement with the opinion that during recent rugby contests involving England and France many irresponsible and regrettable actions have been carried out by individuals , I refuse to accept that the French players are always the villains and that the English team are as innocent as the colour of their jersey suggests . |
| 5 | Since we believe that all variations in behavioural capacity reflect underlying variations in the nervous system , we have to accept that the human brain is , in some way , different from that of other species . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember once , though , when Sounds were searching for an interview and I happened to know that the whole thing was a set-up . |
| 7 | We were glad to know that the little boy was allowed to ride home with the others . |
| 8 | Oh , and anyone with continuing misgivings about their Sid The Sexist humour may be relieved to know that the post-gig conversation is only punctuated by one harmless knob joke , which is — dare I say it — quite funny . |
| 9 | He wants everyone to know that the Welsh selectors were right to prefer him to Colin Stephens for the game against Scotland . |
| 10 | Even though the prosecutor is able to rely upon the principles of complicity to establish that the particular defendant was guilty , he still has to show that the defendant was encouraging others to use the conduct in question . |
| 11 | Mr Aikens said that to prove contempt the Attorney-General had to establish that the published information was confidential . |
| 12 | ( i ) to secure that the right land is available at the right time for the implementation of national , regional and local plans : |
| 13 | The degree of prescription is reinforced by section 10(2) of the Act , which lays a duty on LEAs , governors and head teachers to secure that the National Curriculum is implemented in their school(s) . |
| 14 | Organisers of Britain 's oldest road race , the annual New Year 's Day Morpeth to Newcastle event , will be surprised to discover that the original prize is up for sale at a special sporting memorabilia auction . |
| 15 | In the end , the Census Bureau expects to find that the total population is about 250m , is getting older , is still moving from the north-east and midwest to the south and west , and that metropolitan areas grew more rapidly in the 1980s than in the 1970s . |
| 16 | For years , he and Hank had exchanged only a few words , but now they began to talk , drawn together by the magic of money ; and Hank was surprised and flattered to find that the elder man was entranced by his sudden success . |
| 17 | He was surprised to find that the medical officer was not resident at the hospital , ‘ … my wife and I , and a friend ( the wife of a highly-placed London County Council Official ) tried to interview the medical officer at his home ’ . |
| 18 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 19 | When was the last time you bought an item at one shop , only to find that the same item was much cheaper in another shop ? |
| 20 | Since most promoters can form stable open complexes under the conditions used , the heparin inhibition was interpreted to indicate that the two promoters were forming unstable complexes ( presumably open complexes , since the incubation temperature was 37°C ) . |
| 21 | Leapor 's plays have an obviously public character , yet it is interesting to observe that the second play was written ‘ At the Request of a Friend ’ [ ML , 2 , 225 ] ; presumably , that friend was Freemantle . |
| 22 | The TV high in the corner was tuned to KWEX and the Spanish commentator was getting as frantic as the fighters . |
| 23 | It would be interesting to know whether the same criteria were used in the restructuring of the reserves . |
| 24 | He had assured Lucille that he fought only because his pension would be jeopardized if he refused , but in truth he had wanted to know whether the old skills were still there or whether , like a cannon fired too fast and too often , he had simply worn himself out as a soldier . |
| 25 | Tallboy was at a loss to know whether the big man was mocking him or not with these innocent tastes . |
| 26 | Earlier , it had emerged that an investigation being undertaken in South Africa into alleged South African Defence Force ( SADF ) " hit squads " [ see p. 37234 ] would not attempt to discover whether the Lubowski murder was linked to such squads . |
| 27 | The World Wide Fund for Nature-Hong Kong is carrying out DNA analysis to discover whether the local dolphin is indeed a separate species . |
| 28 | They 'll be trying to establish whether the two crimes are related or not . ’ |
| 29 | The whole point and purpose of authorities , I shall argue below , is to pre-empt individual judgment on the merits of a case , and this will not be achieved if , in order to establish whether the authoritative determination is binding , individuals have to rely on their own judgment of the merits . |
| 30 | trying to establish whether the young person is ‘ really gay ’ , or asking them to prove it ; |