Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debt is seen as Pilkington 's main difficulty with estimates of £840m at the end of March now said to be standing at £950m and likely to hit the £1bn figure . |
| 2 | The whole area of Clacton always seems to be a tidy and a very pleasant town to visit . |
| 3 | The hair of Oceanus also appears to be styled on the same matted locks which comprise the lion 's main at Verulamium . |
| 4 | As was made clear in chapter 3 , the question of the appropriateness of DCF obviously needs to be separated from that of the appropriateness of using ROI . |
| 5 | The birth of Jesus thus came to be regarded as dividing time into two parts , because it ended the first phase of the divine purpose and initiated the second . |
| 6 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 7 | Shell Expro 's main office at Altens and the head office of Elf Caledonia at Bridge of Don also had to be cleared yesterday after a warning to the police that bombs would go off at the four sites at 9am . |
| 8 | Apart from bursting bubbles , the Bank of Japan also wants to be sure inflation has peaked . |
| 9 | This talented designer from the south of Italy often appeared to be designing for those wishing to make an entrance at the Cannes film festival rather than turn heads at Maxim 's . |
| 10 | The Council of Europe also needs to be sure that it can avoid the stagnation , bureaucratisation and expense that have often — but not always — characterised international ventures . |
| 11 | The non-renewal of ‘ intervention ’ against Afghanistan also had to be reliable and guaranteed . |
| 12 | The puzzling thing to me is how a man like Stavanger ever came to be mixed up with him . " |
| 13 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher thus ceases to be available at the very moment when the plaintiff needs it . |
| 14 | ‘ With Jimmy just happening to be there ? ’ |
| 15 | Not only was ‘ Schtoom ’ a resounding dancefloor success , it also served to galvanise a latent collective of creative club forces in Scotland simply waiting to be led by example . |
| 16 | Given the dire state of the rouble , computer sales in Russia now tend to be mostly to those pockets of the economy still generating hard currency . |
| 17 | Ahmed 's revulsion from Jane sometimes seems to be shared by the writer . |
| 18 | The presence of Zimbabwean troops in Mozambique now appeared to be the principal obstacle to a ceasefire , with the MNR demanding their complete withdrawal as a precondition for any such agreement . |
| 19 | The world No. 3 from Australia also happens to be the president of the International Squash Players Association and he said : ‘ Jansher was only at the dinner 15 minutes and this is a poor showing . |
| 20 | The argument over housing in Derry soon came to be focused on am important issue of corporation policy — the question of extending the city boundary so as to include more land for housing and industrial development . |
| 21 | This is most obvious in the case of social class-based cultures , but the more recent resurgence of Scottish and Welsh nationalism and the ‘ troubles ’ in Northern Ireland have underlined that the dynamics of regional and ‘ sub-national ’ cultures in Britain also need to be understood in the context of material inequalities and patterns of cultural domination , subordination and conflict . |
| 22 | Thus industries in Britain today tend to be clustered together . |
| 23 | Anyone running a major company in Britain today needs to be keenly aware of the international scene in Laing 's opinion . |
| 24 | The coffee in France always seemed to be superior to the coffee in England , and he had made it just right . |
| 25 | By the way , I know things have been a bit strained at Elland Road in recent weeks , but did the last record to be played before the team came out on saturday REALLY have to be Bruce Springsteen singing ‘ Glory days — well , they pass you by … ’ |
| 26 | Lancaster 's expedition to Brittany also had to be postponed , probably because of the need to recover Berwick , which had fallen to the Scots in October 1355 . |
| 27 | The studios and corridors at Cardiff always seemed to be full of pretty girls . |