Example sentences of "to be [verb] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Euro institutionalists see Japan and the United States as if they were multi-national companies rather than countries , and they seem to be trying to respond in kind , as if they were the directors of Europe Ltd . |
| 2 | If some unit larger than the grapheme is used , such as a ( vowel + consonant ) unit , one might expect gead to be pronounced to rhyme with bread , because the most common pronunciation for — ead is the one used for bread . |
| 3 | Right this minute now cos it 's quarter to nine already , we need to be getting going to school considering we were n't going five minutes ago and now we are ! |
| 4 | Non-traders/buyers/users — or ‘ consumers ’ as all the non-traders came increasingly to be called — needed equally to take care , in taking advantage of those facilities , not to be tempted to spend beyond home budgeting limits — economy — and by reckoning debt as part of that budget , they did not fall into or , worse , steer for overindebtedness . |
| 5 | In colonial courts evidence had to be presented according to set procedures ; otherwise it was declared invalid . |
| 6 | And company cars are to be taxed according to price instead of engine size . |
| 7 | To the King indeed , Ken was one of the least unacceptable of the Anglican bishops , and he continued to be invited to preach at court — not , indeed , in the presence of the Roman Catholic king , but in that of his daughter Princess Anne . |
| 8 | Dick , thank you for those kind words , er , specially about er my book , and I think I am considering appointing you as my agent er , you also said er that I 'd dr drawn the short straw indeed you er whispered to me that I was the sacrificial lamb this morning well we 'll see about that but I do know that I have the great honour to be invited to speak to congress this morning on behalf of the G M B parliamentary group . |
| 9 | The emission charges for each pollutant would have to be adjusted to take into account increases in the number of emission sources ( if air quality is not to deteriorate ) and it would have to be adjusted to reflect increases in general price levels . |
| 10 | Pauline Thompson , director of the Disablement Income Group , responded that people with severe disabilities would have to be dragged screaming into care . |
| 11 | Decisions still have to be made based on product profitability . |
| 12 | ‘ We need some people to be made to testify under oath so we can find out what went wrong with that investigation , ’ said Mr Laframboise , stressing that , at this point , it does not matter that most of the physical evidence has been destroyed . |
| 13 | In the capital the police told employers to work their men to the point of exhaustion the day before the terms were to be made known in order to leave them too weary to protest . |
| 14 | Those journalists who recklessly write false stories deserve to be made to grovel in apology . |
| 15 | The Commissioners had a discretion as to the levying of the money , but the court struck their decision down : the discretion was to be exercised according to reason and law and it was unreasonable for R to bear the whole burden . |
| 16 | This is an area for green woodpeckers , which surprisingly are more likely to be seen searching for food on the ground than in the trees . |
| 17 | they liked to be seen to go to church |
| 18 | It is usual for the Stamp Office to be asked to confirm in advance that the scheme will not attract duty so that the court order may be registered , and thereby become effective , without delay . |
| 19 | He began to be asked to act in play after play . |
| 20 | Peter ceased appointing his most trusted aides to the Boyars ' Duma , the Duma 's residual right to be consulted went by default , and the institution withered away . |
| 21 | Critical comments , hostility and overinvolvement , generally termed ‘ expressed emotion ’ ( EE ) , on the part of the relative most closely associated with the patient have been shown to be related to risk of relapse ( Brown et al. , 1972 ; Vaughn and Leff , 1976 ) . |
| 22 | As each of the three variables seemed to be related to risk of relapse , it followed that those living in high contact with high EE relatives and failing to maintain prophylactic medication should be at greatest risk of relapse , while those living with low EE relatives and continuing to take their medication should have the lowest risk . |
| 23 | I 'm thinking particularly of the footpaths leading to and climbing up the side of Malham Cove , where artificial ways have had to be created to cope with erosion caused by millions of feet . |
| 24 | There may be resource implications , but the involvement of such experts is essential if the pupils concerned are to be enabled to perform in English to their full potential . |
| 25 | Techniques such as object oriented design and structured programming will have to be followed to conform to engineering practice . |
| 26 | The ‘ god ’ to be worshipped evolved with life and must be regarded as having had common origin with it . |
| 27 | These are , that good and evil are not predetermined conditions , and that the ‘ god ’ to be worshipped evolved with life . |
| 28 | ‘ Everybody accepted that the existing buildings were of both individual and group value , and not to be demolished save in favour of an outstanding replacement , ’ he commented . |
| 29 | It seemed that everyone had to be classified according to height and weight so that they would compete against boys of roughly the same size in the school sports at the end of the year . |
| 30 | A far more task-orientated approach is seen to be required taking into account both externally identified problems and the wishes and latent abilities of rural people themselves . |