Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it promised to be the most weird — was definitely the most lethal . |
| 2 | Their fleets soon arrived at Constantinople and the war promised to be the most wide-ranging since the fall of the first Napoleon . |
| 3 | Far Eastern cultures appear to be the most favourable in which to grow old . |
| 4 | Among the diurnal raptors , the various species of eagle appear to be the most important predators of larger animals . |
| 5 | Platyhelminthes appear to be the most primitive triploblasts but , apart from possible trace fossils , their fossil record is almost non-existent . |
| 6 | The procedure in each case will be to begin with some general first impression of the passage ; and then to make selective use of the checklist in order to bring to the attention what appear to be the most significant style markers of each . |
| 7 | Query expansion and user feedback during the search process appear to be the most promising routes to follow . |
| 8 | Cheap rubberized plastic masks appear to be the most effective measure yet in combating aggressive tigers . |
| 9 | While features which are points of contrast between two dialect systems appear to be the most salient for would-be imitators , they are also potentially the most difficult to copy correctly . |
| 10 | we appear to be the most consistent pub in the area , with er customers and what have you . |
| 11 | We focus our attention on the three months following the eruption , when the SO 2 -induced perturbations are expected to be the most significant . |
| 12 | Even student teachers , who might reasonably be expected to be the least jaundiced and most optimistic informants , are n't happy . |
| 13 | The mainstream critics ' thankless task ( their privilege ) is only completed when every last cultural product is herded into this universal corral of taste where , to quote Bourdieu once more , ‘ the most classifying privilege has the privilege of appearing to be the most natural one ’ . |
| 14 | The hard-top — wife and mistress combined in one body — was claimed to be the most successful innovation the industry had made in years . |
| 15 | The route concludes with a descent into Borrowdale which is often claimed to be the most beautiful valley in the whole of England . |
| 16 | Correlations with the C-reactive protein and serum alpha-1 acid glycoprotein which some authors have claimed to be the most reliable laboratory indicators of activity are further illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 . |
| 17 | This has to be the most spectacular and atmospheric rock climbing area in Europe , outside the Alps . |
| 18 | The content has to be the most important thing . |
| 19 | ‘ IF you liked Planes , Trains and Automobiles — you 'll love this , ’ says the cover of what has to be the most banal video of the month . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ It has to be the most important year of my life . |
| 21 | When I look back on it all , the fourth and last day has to be the most exciting and memorable . |
| 22 | This has to be the most awesome wall around , so get down there and get cranking — be warned though , within four hours of it opening four people had damaged their tendons : remember always to warm up first ! |
| 23 | This has to be the most elegant and beautiful of all the tern tribe . |
| 24 | The nineteen eighty Employment Act gives the possibility to the employers through the U K to de-recognize legitimate trade unions and these trade union re representatives has to be the most damaging piece of government legislation of the last two decades . |
| 25 | It it has to be the most difficult sell in the world selling selling a piece of blank space . |
| 26 | Excel 4.0 makes both tasks quick and less prone to embarrassing errors , and has to be the best on the market today . |
| 27 | As a divertimento this determinedly uningratiating piece has to be the least successful on the disc , but it sounds like the one most likely to survive the translation to the concert- hall . |
| 28 | I want to be the most famous person on the planet , a household word . ’ |
| 29 | Robb , the brilliant 20-year-old from Liverpool bidding to be the youngest-ever to take the two-lap crown , was always off the pace in the 800 metres , won by Kenyan William Tanui . |
| 30 | A survey of more than 300 marriage counsellors showed that ‘ confirmation ’ — treating the marriage partner 's words and self as worthwhile — was considered to be the most important factor in a healthy relationship . |