Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Priestley 's most famous addition in 1774 is widely claimed to be oxygen . |
| 2 | This is as true of nineteenth-century Whitley Bay ( which literally ceased to be farmland ) as it is of almost all of Longbenton , developed as a Newcastle over spill after 1945 . |
| 3 | Death only wants to be life . |
| 4 | ‘ He might be only pretending to be gaga , ’ said Pooley . |
| 5 | In 1932 a journalist wrote of Roosevelt : He is a pleasant man who , without any important qualifications for the office , would very much like to be President . |
| 6 | Sceptics may be willing to concede on bees and lighthouses — and on many other examples hitherto thought to be market failures — but the case of clean air remains awkward . |
| 7 | It was not all going to be wine and roses ; and Leonard again felt the sharp problem of the Canadian writer at that time — having a small home market , not wishing to become artistically part of the ‘ 53rd State ’ of America , and yet having nowhere else to go . |
| 8 | ‘ There is obviously going to be displacement of people as specialist sites are concentrated , ’ says Ms Brown , adding that it would be necessary to ensure that the right amount of nursing support and training is available as the displacement of nurses takes place . |
| 9 | There are so many combinations of what to have , what to get , what we ca n't get , what we need really I think is , what we need is obviously going to be priority is n't it ? |
| 10 | The front runner has long seemed to be head injury , in which a microdialysis probe might readily accompany a pressure monitor and provide a guide to metabolic state . |
| 11 | The depolarization ratio is only required to be zero for totally symmetric modes of molecules of cubic or icosahedral point groups . |
| 12 | Perhaps that is why I 'm not all that much attached to being part of a permanent company for too long — I get bored by being around in one place for too long . |
| 13 | It is time to take into account the feelings and views of the ‘ natives ’ and to make it quite clear that anyone who does not want to be part of the family should n't come to the house . |
| 14 | Many women , especially if they have a lesbian or feminist identity , do not want to be part of the male power structure that the male-dominated homophile groups have : those women with a commitment to women tend to form their own groups . |
| 15 | I do not want to be part of some supposedly dominant united states of Europe which , it is argued , would exert a similar influence to the United States of America and the now defunct USSR in world affairs . |
| 16 | Only two trade unions indicated that they did not want to be part of the SZOT confederation . |
| 17 | I am sure others like me do not want to be part of this . |
| 18 | That they did not want to be wage slaves in a factory . |
| 19 | ‘ They told us the Ukrainian single would have gone to number one and we told them we did not want to be number one . |
| 20 | 20.1 The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement . |
| 21 | This is not intended to be nomination in the traditional sense and once the subcontractor has been named ( subject to reasonable objection by the contractor if the naming is during the course of the contract ) , that subcontractor becomes almost entirely the responsibility of the contractor . |
| 22 | We may often be sure that we can judge by the quality of the drawing or painting , but there are always at least some cases in which our uncertainty is deepened by the absence of the expected signal , that it is or is not intended to be art . |
| 23 | Now my submission is not intended to be representation that the new settlement should be in the greenbelt and great weight must still be given to it 's protection . |
| 24 | Col. Djibril Ould Abdullah , the Interior Minister , who was generally considered to be second in the political hierarchy after President Moaouia Ould Sidi Mohammed Taya , lost his post in a Council of Ministers reshuffle on Feb. 4 , being replaced by the Fisheries and Maritime Economy Minister , Col. Mohammed Sidina Ould Sidya , a southerner . |
| 25 | You do not need to be chairman of the meeting to wield power , various other roles and devices will also serve your purpose . |
| 26 | Victorians like George Eliot did not need to be expert in iconography ( the reading of this painting is still disputed ) in order to sense in such interiors a spiritual meaning in material things . |
| 27 | The interesting part is that the measuring fibre does not need to be part of the current carrying circuit , giving a high degree of electrical isolation . |
| 28 | Those publicans stocking a guest beer will lose their rights to do so , since Enterprise Inns is not considered to be part of Bass . |
| 29 | The statement emphasised that the Black Sea Fleet , comprising some 45 warships and 300 smaller vessels , was not considered to be part of the strategic forces , although it did have nuclear capability . |
| 30 | ’ The guidelines give examples of structured and unstructured CPE and of activities not considered to be CPE . |