Example sentences of "to [be] [det] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | There are areas of the knitting where only the main bed is knitting , so the yarn and tension need to be such that the fabric has sufficient body . |
2 | The phasor potential difference across the capacitance C lags 90° behind the phasor potential difference VR across the resistance R , assuming negligible loading of the output taken between terminals P and O , while All of these aspects are maintained in the phasor diagram of figure 8.12(b) and its geometry is seen to be such that the point P moves over a circle , centre O , as the resistance R is varied . |
3 | Climbing has to be more than a race for E points , pumping away on raddled lumps of overhanging bolt-protected , sweaty limestone , or cavorting on plywood Towers of Babel , studded with artificial holds , floodlit for a ‘ quick-fox ’ titillation of the idle masses . |
4 | When he had at last regained consciousness no one had expected him to be more than a vegetable . |
5 | Most Communists , despite their theoretical commitment to sexual equality , looked askance at any woman who aspired to be more than a tractor driver or street-sweeper . |
6 | This once-for-all improvement in the relative wage of women coincided with the implementation of the Equal Pay Act , and this is generally thought to be more than a coincidence ( see Zabalza and Tzannatos , 1985 ) . |
7 | She was beginning to be more than a bit worried about the expenses involved in her escape , and hoped it would n't be too long before she could escape back to anonymity and London . |
8 | Smack in the middle of Milton Keynes the £1m building sets out to be more than a church . |
9 | The sign contains sufficient of the content of the thing signified to be more than a symbol . |
10 | Desire of Bride to be more than a bride , to be a mother too . |
11 | But the relevant sense of constraint , and the aspects of society that are constrained in the two cases , are vastly different ; and if the longue durée is to be more than a ragbag of everything that endures these disparities would have to be elucidated . |
12 | If the claim that they all legitimate the existing order is to be more than a dogma it must be refined , and Althusser 's work offers no suggestion as to how this is to be done . |
13 | If the thing 's to be more than a game there 'll have to be some risks . |
14 | However , the booklet is intended to be more than a list of records . |
15 | For example , in applying the first criterion — logicality — belief in God is held by religious people to be more than a matter of logic . |
16 | Art has to be more than an ornament , or a reinforcement . |
17 | The talks were clearly to be more than an exchange of courtesies , for Vansittart , Hoare 's permanent under-secretary , was to be present for them . |
18 | She wanted to be more than an outsider in ‘ La Felicità ’ , more than a vague summertime nuisance for whose sake the family had to go travelling , someone only to be communicated with by notes or as a new source of rent . |
19 | Wages , for those who can find work , are unlikely to be more than the equivalent of $15 a month , paid in clumsy wads of devalued roubles . |
20 | Effective cross-cultural briefing , such as that practised at the Farnham Castle International Briefing Centre , has to be more than the provision of information . |
21 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |
22 | It had to be more than the trauma of the afternoon . |
23 | In this latter case the incremental costs of extra memory and software development is likely to be less than the price of a separate hardware controller . |
24 | Obviously , if the calculation is made on the basis of averages , Labour 's proposed tax will appear to be less than the community charge this year , or the projections for the council tax . |
25 | ( 6.5 ) was found to be less than the market risk premium ( ) . |
26 | If the demand price is greater than the supply price for amounts just less than the equilibrium amount , it is sure to be less than the supply price for amounts just greater : and therefore , if the scale of production is somewhat increased beyond the equilibrium position , it will tend to return ; and the equilibrium will be stable for displacements in that direction also . |