Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the European institutions , it is the Parliament which would seem , amid controversy , to be poised to be a central democratic force in the construction of Europe . |
| 2 | He believes it important to be seen to be a good community person and to put back in some of what we take out . |
| 3 | That is to say they think in terms of particular human beings ( and the term human beings tends to be understood to be a collectivity of the sum total of human beings ) . |
| 4 | The reason it is important today is because tomorrow has been requested to be appointed to be a special day in prayer for peace justice in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | The obligations to be dealt with are the same , but the approach is very different as between the buyer and the seller . |
| 6 | If for the Frankfurt School the problem to be dealt with was the relation of the phenomena of fascism , and particularly Auschwitz , to the ideals of the enlightenment and the progress of reason , for the French poststructuralists the historical perspective was similarly long . |
| 7 | Sir Adrian personally believes there is a lot of satisfaction to be derived from being a top executive , although he spurns the more visible trappings of success . |
| 8 | Afterwards to wear clerical clothes for the first time , and instantly to be expected to be a confidant or soul 's friend , was to many ordinands the more heartfelt turning-point . |
| 9 | for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours . |
| 10 | For were this to be admitted to be the case , the belief that their religious position ( in which women are subordinate , or hold a particular place ) is of God would be undermined . |
| 11 | It must have been galling , to say the least , for a man from such a background to be accused of being a Nazi by student revolutionaries at the London School of Economics , whose only experience of a ‘ fascist regime ’ was being refused service in the college bar after closing time . |
| 12 | Though at the time , ’ she added with a wry shake of her head , ‘ it was something of a novelty to be accused of being a criminal . ’ |
| 13 | Like a prescription it needs to be taken to be a cure , like a recipe it needs to be cooked to be eaten , like a cheque it needs to be cashed to be spent . |
| 14 | ‘ If you are a high-flier in commerce or industry , the last thing you want to be associated with is the closure of a hospital . ’ |
| 15 | I er er I serve our people with quantity of food that 's supposed to be meant to be a dinner for an old old age person . |
| 16 | The first to be remarked upon is the close ties which have developed between giant firms and military contractors This is seen as of particular salience in advanced technological industries . |