Example sentences of "[verb] to be [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a tight turn the back foot will need to be placed a long way back on the board . |
| 2 | To be considered ‘ disabled ’ for this purpose you will normally need to be receiving a benefit such as Attendance Allowance , Mobility Allowance , Invalidity Benefit or be registered blind . |
| 3 | Firstly , because the PRS has a carved top , the gap from the underside of the bridgeplate to the table may need to be set a fraction more than ″ , depending upon the amount of ‘ pull up ’ required on the tremolo . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't even need to be having a nervous breakdown to become a burden to a priest husband , you know . |
| 5 | Despite the jitters the cost escalation has caused in the City , the French appear to be taking a more sanguine view . |
| 6 | Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation and the uncontrolled , indiscriminate use of fluoride-containing dental products . |
| 7 | Melbourne dental surgeon Geoffrey Smith ends his excellent article ( 5 May , p 286 ) with the statement — ‘ Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation … ’ |
| 8 | Unfortunately you now appear to be experiencing a rather peculiar phase in which nothing seems to go according to plan and all you can do is bide your time and wait for others to come to their senses . |
| 9 | You appear to be experiencing a similar situation to the one which occurred last October . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they appear to be reaching a higher level of competence . |
| 11 | ‘ But since then our League form has slumped and we appear to be suffering a confidence problem ’ . |
| 12 | This is why we appear to be witnessing a new round of military coup attempts in those happy places where western prescriptions have been carried out with such fidelity : for example , Fujimoro in Peru last week , and the events in Venezuela in February . |
| 13 | We fail so utterly to reward responsible married women that if we give anything at all to single mothers we appear to be placing a premium — ‘ |
| 14 | The argument developed in this chapter is that teachers can ill afford to take this blinkered attitude towards LMS , even if in doing so they appear to be adopting a coping strategy that enables them to focus on those aspects of their work that they see as most important . |
| 15 | Significantly , farmers — generally reliable Tory supporters — are blaming the Government for the sins of Brussels and appear to be turning a blind eye to the Liberal Democrats ' pro-European stance . |
| 16 | Like others , he would be dismayed to find a good service submerged in yet another change , after the election , just as many Trust hospitals appear to be making a go of it . |
| 17 | ‘ Since you appear to be doing a thesis on True Romance , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 18 | Put more bluntly , the Big Six in the US appear to be putting a pistol to the public 's head and saying : if you want continuation of the audit services we provide , then change the legal system so that we can maximise our economic return on our investment on auditing . |
| 19 | This means that the fair futures price is expected to be implying a year-end index value of 1929.2 . |
| 20 | This one is expected to be called A Vision Of The Earth . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Boris ‘ You had to come to be taught a lesson . ’ |
| 22 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
| 23 | ‘ However , that depends how the Irish Hockey Union view the situation and I expect to be asked a few questions . |
| 24 | It is easy to see his point , especially on the basis of the USA direct response market in which he mainly worked : Americans , far more than Europeans , expect to be sold a product , in advertising as anywhere else . |
| 25 | The purpose of MCE or BSL in education has to be to create a code upon which the processes for reading can develop . |
| 26 | From that point of view , it has to be awarded a Practical PC recommendation , and mine as well . |
| 27 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 28 | Over the 1950s and 1960s direct government expenditure on goods and services averaged 20 per cent of GDP to which has to be added a further 15 per cent in respect of transfer payments . |
| 29 | So it 's sort of , you know , we want to be favoured because we want all the reward , we want to be given a sweet , we want |
| 30 | ‘ It 's a life-long ambition of mine to be a chauffeur and I just want to be given a chance . ’ |