Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workers who were too low or irregularly paid to be accepted by Friendly Societies and did not join a trade union , might contribute through the Post Office . |
| 2 | To be effective , children 's mathematical experience needs to be rather more wide ranging and demanding than presently seems to be the case . |
| 3 | Because of this ritual we wondered if Madame was privy to his secret , if she knew the story , if she sat by him because she knew that O 's great self-possession and his quietness were in fact the signs of a pain which had to be kept hidden , a pain which stayed fresh and so had to be controlled every hour of the night . |
| 4 | If your dog has n't presented a problem for years , is getting old but still appears to be healthy , and starts to display antisocial behaviour — check it out with your vet before you start to punish him or her for what might be a cry for help . |
| 5 | Probably he was not sorry and never wanted to be recalled to secular politics again . |
| 6 | Since the work of S. S. Stevens in the 1930s and later , it has been recognized that , although the Weber-Fechner Law holds for many sorts of sensory experience , the exponent varies widely ; nevertheless , the principle of a quantitative correlation between external stimulus , neural activity and experienced sensation remains intact and now appears to be well-established . |
| 7 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 8 | At this time I remember too the widely reported story I had once thought apocryphal but now know to be in Dr. Ronald Glasser 's The Body is the Hero . |
| 9 | A coastguard spokesman said : ‘ They were very cold but otherwise appear to be unharmed . ’ |
| 10 | Intensely shy but always wanting to be good , she went round the ‘ table ’ , kissing each one of us and hoping for a hug in return . |
| 11 | The effects of these nerve cells on arousal and learning are very complex and still need to be sorted out , he added . |
| 12 | Martinon 's performances of the four earlier Symphonies are if anything even better : wholly persuasive readings of works which are very little-known but certainly deserve to be heard . |
| 13 | This identification put Giraud and his American backers on the defensive and ultimately proved to be de Gaulle 's trump card . |
| 14 | It is amazing , with hindsight , to see the awakening of the theory of evolution dismissed by Gould as nothing more than a number of ‘ pleasing chats ’ ; but Gould was not a revolutionary and never claimed to be ; his en tire life and all of his works were designed to get him accepted by society and by science , not rejected by them . |
| 15 | Further , 25% of tutors ' fees were not grant-aided and thus had to be met from other sources principally donations , subscriptions and through appeals to branches , with some assistance from the National WEA when its own difficult financial position allowed , usually about £50 a year . |
| 16 | The point is that you do not in this ‘ original position ’ know how to be biased and hence have to be fair : justice in this context would have to be ‘ blind ’ . |
| 17 | He spoke a little French and was plausible , but he looked unreliable and indeed proved to be . |
| 18 | The point is that both Tilapia and Carp can be fed on a mainly vegetable diet whereas farmed cod , haddock , and whiting are carnivorous and apparently need to be fed with other sea fish . |
| 19 | At the first meeting of the new cabinet , Bell was surprised and mildly irritated to be repeatedly told , first by Meese and then by the president , of the need for teamwork . |
| 20 | Clients like to think they are creative and often aspire to be part of the agency team creating and producing the campaign . |
| 21 | The boy was offhand and always trying to be clever . |
| 22 | foods rich in fat or refined sugar might seem very attractive but usually prove to be far too tempting for our own good ; it is far too easy to over-indulge in these kinds of food . |
| 23 | An ODA official claimed that the department was unaware that the project was " as environmentally sensitive as now seems to be the case " . |