Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [to-vb] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of international law what the institutions of positive law have to offer is a means for settling dangerous disputes and limiting the destructive powers which could be used to resolve those disputes in an unacceptable manner . |
| 2 | Reliefs or statues on Attic graves in this period seem to have been a fashion among the rich aristocracy , especially for those who died young . |
| 3 | Within the post-war period , the two most enduring changes appear to have been a marked transfer from rough pasture to either woodland or farmland , and Parry et al . |
| 4 | If one takes the views of the architects explicitly asked this question in the AMERG survey then the reforms seem to have been a mixed blessing ( 42 per cent thinking them to be beneficial and 29 per cent not to be ) . |
| 5 | What the tourists come to see is a raised dais of grass hemmed in by a retaining wall . |
| 6 | Around the core that these estimates seek to identify was a much large penumbra of sympathizers willing to assist the revolutionaries , be it with money or temporary lodgings . |
| 7 | Naturally , he took a great interest in horse-shoeing , and horseshoes seem to have been a main interest in his continental journeys– He had a great fondness for the application of setons , particularly in cases of lameness — a curious lapse for such a humane man . |
| 8 | Will a great management-swindling of shareholders prove to have been a fellow-passenger ? |
| 9 | And , as we noted , the movement of which Jesus and his followers seem to have been a part regarded the Maccabean regime as a prototype for their own aspirations . |
| 10 | ‘ Your interviews seem to have been a great success , ’ said Melissa casually as she helped herself to cheese . |
| 11 | From their shapes , these marks seem to have been a form of writing . |