Example sentences of "[vb base] to [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation and the uncontrolled , indiscriminate use of fluoride-containing dental products . |
| 2 | Melbourne dental surgeon Geoffrey Smith ends his excellent article ( 5 May , p 286 ) with the statement — ‘ Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation … ’ |
| 3 | You appear to be experiencing a similar situation to the one which occurred last October . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they appear to be reaching a higher level of competence . |
| 5 | This is why we appear to be witnessing a new round of military coup attempts in those happy places where western prescriptions have been carried out with such fidelity : for example , Fujimoro in Peru last week , and the events in Venezuela in February . |
| 6 | Significantly , farmers — generally reliable Tory supporters — are blaming the Government for the sins of Brussels and appear to be turning a blind eye to the Liberal Democrats ' pro-European stance . |
| 7 | ‘ However , that depends how the Irish Hockey Union view the situation and I expect to be asked a few questions . |
| 8 | So it 's sort of , you know , we want to be favoured because we want all the reward , we want to be given a sweet , we want |
| 9 | Let's suppose you want to be offered a challenging new job . |
| 10 | Many women deserve to be raped a Tory M P's wife said yesterday . |
| 11 | First of all the headline says , Women deserve rape says M P's wife , and then the front page exclusive , Many women deserve to be raped a Tory M P's wife said yesterday . |
| 12 | ‘ People who one day hope to be running a serious business enterprise , Charlie Trumper , that 's who . ’ |
| 13 | Mirrors can be very attractive wall decorations in their own right , although there are others that seem to be lacking a certain something . |
| 14 | That at a given moment I seem to be seeing a brown patch — this I can not conceivably doubt . |
| 15 | The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers |
| 16 | ‘ You seem to be taking a genuine interest in the place , ’ he commented with a touch of irony . |
| 17 | Therefore individuals , who seem to be taking a consistent explicit attitudinal stance , may implicitly be accepted ideologically determined counter-themes . |
| 18 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 19 | Currently , bands seem to be facing a shrinking number of live venues coupled with the enormous expense of going on the road . |
| 20 | As I seem to be getting a real thing about digital clip distortion lately , this elevates the Alpha 2.0 on my list of processors to be seen with . |
| 21 | Now you seem to be laying a great deal of stress on the introduction of minimum standards , what , what 's the point behind that and what does it mean ? |
| 22 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 23 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 24 | ‘ We seem to be spending a great deal of time apologising to one another these days . |
| 25 | At the Pont d'Espagne the road ends , but you can then take a reasonably comfortable path , for about three-quarters of an hour , up through the tumbled rock and ailing pine trees — they seem to be fighting a losing battle against the colonies of grey lichen — to the Lac de Gaube , at an altitude of a trifle under 6000 feet . |
| 26 | To an Elf or a Dwarf , they seem to be having a violent argument . |
| 27 | They never seem to be having a great time . |
| 28 | The Mexicans seem to be following a general trend in renaming their penal institutions , and many prisons are now referred to as ‘ Centres for Rehabilitation ’ . |
| 29 | You may well ask why we seem to be becoming a sick and overweight society . |
| 30 | Does the Great Tower seem to be shifted a few yards ? |