Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to lay claim to the land , settlers were compelled in such a milieu to be seen to clear it of trees , so the result was ecologically undesirable . |
| 2 | My belief that I am in pain may be justified , perhaps , but I can hardly be said to base it on reasons , conclusive or otherwise . |
| 3 | we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that , |
| 4 | The ground had therefore to be carefully prepared ; the nobility had to be encouraged to rally to his cause , and the commons had to be persuaded to support it with grants of money . |
| 5 | It seemed very hard that she should have had to uproot herself completely while her husband could not even be bothered to accompany her on holidays to her own country . |
| 6 | The re-emergence of feminism , which began as a flash of vision , and continued with an examination of the evils and gross distortions of patriarchy , and led to a whole variety of campaigns on behalf of women , now needs to concentrate on the differences between us as women which have divided us under patriarchy and which can not be allowed to divide us as feminists . |
| 7 | Just as materials offered to young children in the classroom can be chosen to provide them with experiences leading to the acquisition of mathematical ideas , so the provision and organisation of outdoor activities can encourage children to explore such things as balance , weight , height , depth , direction , speed , spatial order , shape and size with very little participation from an adult . |