Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His earlier much-fabled ‘ ruthless determination ’ and fanatical single-mindedness were now becoming to be regarded as a major liability , and the command to the 6th Army to fight to the last man was seen as its fateful demonstration . |
| 2 | A company qualifying to be classed as small is entitled to the following accounting exemptions : ( a ) It need not file a profit and loss account . |
| 3 | Martin Braine found that if children between five and six years of age are shown a standard visual illusion — such as a stick in water appearing to be broken , by light refraction — they will distinguish correctly between ‘ looks ? ’ and ‘ really ? ’ questions , but that if they are asked the neutral question ‘ Is the stick straight or broken ? ’ they will say that it is broken . |
| 4 | No telegraph or telephone , just as in early days of railways , when nobody knew where a train might be until it arrived ; a track laid with rails and chairs which in some cases were dated 1865 and ballasted with earth ; semaphores of antique pattern , dropping into the post for ‘ all clear ’ and appearing to be operated on no principle at all … ’ |
| 5 | The hind-quarters and thick tail of another Colchester animal are similarly dotted , as is a complete animal in an oak wood with a strangely-shaped snout , appearing to be tied to what is a bridle-bit and rein ( fig. 14.3 ) ; this very strange creature may represent a boar in captivity . |
| 6 | the property was deposited by or on behalf of the guest expressly for safe custody with the proprietor or some servant of his authorised , or appearing to be authorised , for the purpose , and , if so required by the proprietor or that servant , in a container fastened or sealed by the depositor ; or |
| 7 | The fact that the social desirability of not appearing to be prejudiced is linked in discourse to its expression means that an analysis of the ideology , or the wider pattern of ideas , should not avoid the theme of ‘ prejudice ’ . |
| 8 | Young led , in terrace parlance , the steaming in , which at one stage involved at least 10 players with punches appearing to be thrown . |
| 9 | Thanks to his hobby some splendid pictures of his son and daughter 's early life were preserved — on their tricycles , walking through the local park , playing with their cousins , skating and skiing , and some more imposing ones of them with the grown-ups — getting into the car while Kerry the chauffeur holds the door open ; looking very serious with the uncles and aunts , their mother appearing to be taken up with the idea of not being photographed with them ! |
| 10 | Easily Accessible : There is lots of walking to be done as New Capernwray is only half an hour from both the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales and the immediate area has much unspoilt countryside to explore . |
| 11 | A second , conservation-oriented design met with more approval but action was blocked by the imposition of an environmental safeguard on the area by the then Minister for Beni culturali Vincenza Bono Parrino , which permitted no more than monitoring and surveying to be carried out . |
| 12 | ‘ You mean you 're itching to be rid of me so you can get off this island ! ’ |
| 13 | It is indeed difficult to understand how the idea gained circulation that the Danes were itching to be allowed to change their minds . |
| 14 | The morning was taken up with sales presentations , but all were itching to be allowed out on the water . |
| 15 | Some would like uncovering to be extended to Test matches in England . |
| 16 | The parties in government have not found the social forces with the potential of making revolution ( or counter-revolution ) pressing to be shaped and led . |
| 17 | Alongside demands for increased professional autonomy for teachers , their professional organizations were also pressing to be included in the education decision-making processes . |
| 18 | Although Leif was continually pressing to be allowed to update her kitchen free of charge , Ashley had refused . |
| 19 | Chester College is pressing to be allowed the title of university college , but its hopes appeared to have been dashed last month by education junior minister Tim Boswell . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , it 's dying to be born this one . ’ |
| 21 | I 'll drop in on the Colonel , and tell him his pretty young secretary is just dying to be bummed ! ’ |
| 22 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
| 23 | At the time of asking for your holiday booking to be confirmed , you must sign a Booking Form accepting this Charter . |
| 24 | When you or your travel agent asks for your holiday booking to be confirmed , we allocate your chosen holiday to you and give confirmation of the booking at that moment . |
| 25 | He claimed she had salted money away in Brazil , where she fled briefly before returning to be arrested , using Liberian companies and bank accounts in Monaco and Luxemburg . |
| 26 | This enables softening to be done simply and economically with waters of a wide range of hardness by passing them through a bed of the granulated material . |
| 27 | Was co-operative store keeping to be regarded ‘ not as an end in itself but as a step towards the Co-operative or Socialist Commonwealth … envisaged partly in terms of producers ’ self-government' ? |
| 28 | The accident has led to new calls for motorway driving to be included in the driving test . |
| 29 | The next move in social care planning was to advise the daughter and son-in-law to leave , applying to be rehoused . |
| 30 | Boys were often to be found on their knees before this icon , praying to be made into pop stars and for release from a lifetime as a motor-mechanic , or a clerk in an insurance firm , or a junior architect . |