Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to be trying to outstare each other . |
| 2 | But John said , when she 's stupid enough to be trying to sell that house and who 'd buy that thing , stuck up the end of that road ? |
| 3 | ‘ My primary task is going to be trying to make that work , improve it and lift the level in various countries . |
| 4 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 5 | We have received no convincing answers either from UKOOA or the Government as to the procedure that needs to be observed to ensure that offshore workers not only enjoy the right to be trade union members but can have their trade unions recognised by their employers . |
| 6 | They actively seek to expand their influence and would appear to be aiming to cover most of west London … the group can be expected to continue in their attempts to undermine the police , but are unlikely to be successful except in conditions of widespread disorder , general strike , etc , when they might have a potential for destabilisation . ’ |
| 7 | If so , either the parties most affected need attention , possibly through a change to the proposed reward patterns , or the pace of change may need to be slowed to give those most affected time to adapt . |
| 8 | The persistently high inflation experienced in the United Kingdom in the 1970s highlighted the need for company accounts to be adjusted to reflect this factor . |
| 9 | Such an approach to language presentation of course means that contexts have to be contrived to motivate this lexical modification and to guide the learner in the discriminating and differential use of grammatical analysis . |
| 10 | erm How does one in any case fine a motorist who is n't standing by his car or sitting in it ? erm I would , if the question is shall we try it , if that is implied , I would say it 's worth trying in a very moderate way , it may require the police and the police representatives so to speak , the wardens if they 're going to be empowered to do this kind of thing , I think it 's going to force them to become very , very diplomatic and civilized in the way they handle it , but we of course too will have to learn to respond in a civilized manner . |
| 11 | Old habits and traditions die hard and work will be needed to be undertaken to convince some parents that they now have a tree choice of school . |
| 12 | It is for the humanities to speak up for the value of retrospective conversion , and for some national planning to be undertaken to achieve this , as they , and to some extent the social sciences have most to gain from such an investment . |
| 13 | Debt charges ( principal and interest ) still have to be included in budget revenue expenses and therefore , in the end , local taxes have to be raised to finance these debt charges . |
| 14 | It was also he who told me of the Great Ones , ’ he went on with a faraway look , ‘ and how they had chosen us to be saved to do this . ’ |
| 15 | Mozart could not begin composing the arias to his opera before reaching Milan because they had to be written to suit each singer 's voice . |
| 16 | The individual can be seen to be struggling to reconcile these two states . |
| 17 | I want to suggest that joint problem-solving consultancy approaches — developed to maximise existing expertise — can and need to be geared to prevent this from happening , and to consolidate and further such developments in aid of meeting the special educational needs of all children . |
| 18 | It is quite clear that in the not too distant future arrangements will need to be made to enable those with non-graduate qualifications from the University , or with qualifications directly recognised by it , to continue some kind of formal association with the institution after the satisfactory completion of their courses . |
| 19 | The friends of David Cunningham , such as Colonel Blackadder , had to be put off with a clear refusal , and a request to persuade Cunningham to withdraw , while at the same time every effort had to be made to engage all those gentlemen who had not committed themselves to a candidate to rally to Kirkton . |
| 20 | These conditions were , firstly , when subjects had to depress each of four Morse keys rapidly in turn with each of the four fingers of one hand and , secondly , when a whole arm movement had to be made to depress each key in turn . |
| 21 | These conditions were , firstly , when subjects had to depress each of four Morse keys rapidly in turn with the four fingers of one hand and , secondly , when a whole arm movement had to be made to depress each key in turn . |
| 22 | There was speculation about how seriously the committee would heed and take account of the overwhelming consensus that the early years are the seedcorn of the future , and that , commensurately , investment of the proper magnitude would have to be made to reflect that , and , also , to bring the UK in line with a number of other European countries , as far as provision is concerned ( Moss 1988 ) . |
| 23 | There are people out there who 've got problems that are bigger than the average household can deal with and erm I think , therefore , we 're looking for more institutionalized forms of help and folks like this particular character — I almost said his name — almost need to be made to accept that kind of help . |
| 24 | In Wilson 's view ( 1986 , p. 64 ) what is proposed does not form the basis ‘ for a generally acceptable … durable system ’ and ‘ there seems no escape from the conclusion that another attempt will have to be made to review these issues and make fresh recommendations ’ . |
| 25 | I do n't want to be made to feel all the time . " |
| 26 | The bureau is seen by many Asian people as a government agency for white people only , and as their English is poor and they have a different cultural background , special efforts need to be made to attract these potential clients , who often have complex problems . |
| 27 | ‘ Liverpool had also bought Mark Wright and when a club has spent more than £5m they are bound to be looking to recoup some money . |
| 28 | The acoustics in the hall are not good and it was agreed that something ought to be done to improve this . |
| 29 | The acoustics in the hall are not good and it was agreed that something ought to be done to improve this . |
| 30 | Further trials need to be done to resolve that uncertainty . |