Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the two causes appear to be of a similar size in the case of body temperature ( Fig. 1.3 , top ) but the internal cause in the case of urinary flow ( Fig. 1.3 , bottom ) is rather smaller , with daytime and night-time values on the constant routine being more similar . |
| 2 | It is important to differentiate between those mosaics which appear to be of a similar quality and character , as well as of the same , general appearance . |
| 3 | At Chedworth , however , the simple geometrics of rooms 11 and 14 appear to be of a different quality to those portrayed in Lysons ' engravings of plates 44 and 45 ; although here ( and also at North Leigh : pI . |
| 4 | As at Tockington , the type C arrangement at Halstock is associated with another mosaic which displays a saltire design , ( although it should be noted that the latter appear to be of a finer standard than the former ) . |
| 5 | They appear to be in a catatonic state , but this is deceptive because they may then suddenly bite the hand that holds them . |
| 6 | Alternatively , if you expect to be in a high earning bracket , you might consider setting up a limited company , even if you are the only salaried employee , rather than launching the same business as a self-employed individual . |
| 7 | This suggests that speakers do more than simply animate a persona now and again for narrative purposes : they actually switch " selves " from time to time , depending on " who " they want to be at a particular moment , relative to their interlocutor . |
| 8 | Now the more certain that we want to be about a particular inference , right , the smaller is the significance level . |
| 9 | They want to be in a free and democratic Iraq where they can vote for their leaders and have a democratically accountable Parliament . |
| 10 | Confidence is one of the key qualities you acquire from being on a national team . |
| 11 | Those extending down to the river however look to be of a rude construction . |
| 12 | The basic idea is that in order to study a single linguistic feature , the investigator will elicit a set word or phrase in entirely naturalistic conditions from persons who happen to be in a given place at a given time . |
| 13 | Nowadays the urinary symptoms seem to be of a lesser order . |
| 14 | Educated women seem to be at a particular disadvantage because they are expected , and expect themselves , to accept the loss gracefully and suppress irrational feelings associated with a process which is not unlike mourning . |
| 15 | Some commodity arbitrations relating to quality and price seem to be in a separate category in this respect . |
| 16 | The Jewish people seem to be in a continuous latency period in that they have forgotten that they murdered Moses , and , before him , the Primal Father . |
| 17 | Last year we had an irritating habit of losing ; now we seem to be in a nasty spell of drawing matches . |
| 18 | I like to be in a happy show . |
| 19 | They like to be in a large practice on the whole with other veterinary nurses . |
| 20 | The ‘ splitting off of consciousness ’ , and the alien , critical attitudes which result , help to account for departures from convention which are particularly marked in women 's writing at many points throughout the twentieth century , and continue to be as a strong area of postmodernist development . |
| 21 | As mortgages tend to be for a long term and in view of the fact that 75% of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding it is reasonable to classify this as a long-term liability . |
| 22 | Vertical packages tend to be of a pioneering nature , whereas horizontal packages tend to result from the development of existing ideas . |
| 23 | Although strikes tend to be of a shorter duration they are concentrated around this key period when they are accompanied by picketing , working slowly to the rule book and the physical harassment of managers . |
| 24 | Within any strain of a species , deep structures tend to be in a fixed position relative to certain landmarks on the skull , such as the joints between the bones that form its upper surface ( Pellegrino , Pellegrino , and Cushman 1979 ) . |
| 25 | The state should give substantial financial inducements to mothers of pre-school children to care for them at home ; because of the economic situation , this may , to begin with , have to be on a sliding scale according to need . |
| 26 | You may work out that the two holes have to be of a suitable size for an individual ( ? ) to put two fingers in , possibly near enough to each other to put two fingers of the same hand in , and , having established this scale , it seems likely that the object referred to as the finger stop is only centimetres removed , rather than kilometres removed . |
| 27 | His signs have to be of a special kind , directed at non-participants in the fiction . |
| 28 | The big thing about reading and all that is — you have to be in a fit state for it . |
| 29 | If you are dieting in the long term , you may need to take multi-vitamin/multi-mineral supplement ( e.g. Diet Balance ) — if you need to be on a weight-loss programme for more than 10 weeks , or if you have to rely on prepared reduced-calorie meals , and especially if you have any of the signs of vitamin or mineral deficiency . |
| 30 | They need to be in a better physical and mental state before the play offs . |