Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of a planning process Anne was talking about , you 'll have to forgive me for being relatively new to Oxfordshire and coming from an area where we had a planning system which was largely the one I was describing , and the planning role that I saw I wanted to develop was very much already mentioned which was actually going round to small groups of people , to the local caring groups on a much more informal basis , and getting their contribution about that and then feeding it back into the system , which you say is there in a sense . |
| 2 | It is the intention and the spirit of the Act to encourage them to be more accountable to their Boards of Governors , and , to a large extent , to become self-sufficient within the limits of their given finance and income generated by legitimate business activities . |
| 3 | I used to tease her about being so house-proud and she 'd tell me how her Aunt Rosina brought her up to do everything just so . ’ |
| 4 | So , instead , she said , ‘ I really want to thank you for being so good with Emily today . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , no , I was only teasing , and I really only came in to tell you that I 'm leaving tomorrow , and to thank you for being so kind , and — well , to say goodbye . |
| 6 | To help it to be more acceptable , or is it already acceptable to those who do not yet attend ? |
| 7 | But the Senior Management Team saw him as a somewhat shy and introverted person and sought to persuade him to be more outward-looking and to be the teacher in the Art department to liaise with the Needlecraft department , a development which they were keen to see . |
| 8 | Personally I would like to believe it to be peacefully verdant . |
| 9 | The thought which came most readily was to restrict the amount of paper which each student could use and to force them to be more economical with it . |
| 10 | ‘ I wanted to ask him to be more reasonable with my uncle over the fields . ’ |
| 11 | One reason for insisting on this possibility is to prevent us from being too complacent and self-congratulating about what we are engaged in , here and now . |