Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Victorians also come in for considerable attention , some of it with a feminist slant , while , not surprisingly perhaps , Latin America still seems to be chic . |
| 2 | But a cautious McHale yesterday refused to be drawn on Ford 's chances of landing a contract for next season . |
| 3 | Fat Paul still seemed to be reeling at this development . |
| 4 | Items of trade destined for southern Germany now had to be transported across the Corridor and then down the length of Germany . |
| 5 | The new Eve momentarily wants to be a tragedy queen ; for a few flickering instants , she wants to be like almost ali the characters in literature whom we find most beguiling — Cleopatra , Anna Karenin , Madame Bovary , Eve herself in Paradise Lost — a figure who has risked everything for the sake of une grande passion . |