Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law provides that if a member of a local authority fails throughout a period of six consecutive months to attend any meeting of the local authority he shall , unless the failure was due to some reason approved by the local authority before the expiry of that period , cease to be a member of the authority . |
| 2 | Only after the contract takes effect does the agent ( putatively ) ‘ cease to be a person ’ . |
| 3 | It was there my husband and I began to develop our theories , Darcian Monetarism as it came to be called : that the answer to our current economic ills is not to control inflation but to encourage it until we cease to be a money economy altogether . |
| 4 | It may not be too long before farm workers cease to be a majority of those engaged in farming . |
| 5 | ( d ) Termination of party status Any person may ask the court to order that he or another person cease to be a party to proceedings ( FPCR , r7(2) ; FPR , r4.7(2) ) . |
| 6 | Most toddlers experience a severe shaking of the foundations when the next child is born and they cease to be the baby . |
| 7 | Why else might there appear to be no moon ? |
| 8 | There would , at first sight , appear to be no connection between these two variables . |
| 9 | Dowsing and other devices , including the various ‘ ley detectors ’ invented by Jimmy Goddard , appear to be a way of bringing this general psychic awareness into focus , demonstrating it in a form which our conscious mind can handle . |
| 10 | Dwayne pulls it out , hunkers down and says , ‘ You appear to be a pilot without a plane . |
| 11 | It is not unknown for a suburban bureau to have a waiting list of potential volunteers , but in the main staff shortages appear to be a problem equally in suburban and inner-city areas . |
| 12 | ‘ If I may say so , ’ she told him , ‘ you appear to be a man with a weakness for making judgements on very little evidence . ’ |
| 13 | His two concessions to luxury appear to be a passion for fast cars — he is the proud owner of a turbo-Bentley — and a 5,000 acre estate in Scotland . |
| 14 | ‘ Under the circumstances , ’ PW says , ‘ without such essential evidence and insofar as it bears on the activities of Price Waterhouse UK in the matter , the findings of the Kerry report appear to be a hotch potch of hearsay , conjecture and unsubstantiated assertion . ’ |
| 15 | The video is a cruel critic and will immediately show whether you appear to be a victim or a survivor . |
| 16 | For during this first term the long regular letters to Harry Hooton appear to be a substitute for letters to Helen and a roundabout way of informing her of his progress . |
| 17 | Addictions appear to be a growth industry , particularly in America where the penchant for navel-gazing has no equal ; but whether we see branches of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous or Codependents Anonymous appearing in Edinburgh remains to be seen . |
| 18 | There appear to be a lot jotted throughout , but they do n't amount to a vast amount of money . |
| 19 | This means that what appear to be a number of completely different particles at low energies are in fact found to be all the same type of particle , only in different states . |
| 20 | The West Germans believe that the PFLP-GC was not involved in the bombing , even though Talb 's links with it appear to be a matter of record . |
| 21 | The fox 's role in shaping the ecology of the city 's wasteland is limited by stray dogs , which appear to be the animal 's main enemy in its urban surroundings . |
| 22 | The head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , sees in America not the ‘ final , rational form of society ’ , but ‘ a world where money and consumption appear to be the measure of everything ’ . |
| 23 | And maybe that 's the case , or appear to be the case but it can be hurting the cause of Christ . |
| 24 | The major control mechanisms appear to be the state of fullness of the stomach , the level of sugar in the blood , and a satiety centre in the brain known as the appestat . |
| 25 | Opening the book purely at random is to discover that most human activities appear to be the subject of superstition . |
| 26 | As defined above ( part I , section 2.4 ) , integral affinity relates pavements which appear to be the work of at least one of the same group of craftsmen . |
| 27 | Among the other barriers to growth beyond a low level of activity appear to be the investor base and hence placing power of established firms , which influence the ability to win mandates . |
| 28 | Mary Heilman has lately been setting herself the task of uniting the eccentric spaces resulting from what appear to be the merging of two or more rectangular canvases . |
| 29 | With good feedback so far , such programmes appear to be the way forward for a company concerned not only with its staff but also with its customers . |
| 30 | O. alberti is similar to O. gracilis Koehler , 1914 ( Fig. 23 ) from the West Indies ( Albatross Stn 2751 16° 54'N : 63° 12'W 1236 m ) the main differences appear to be the arrangement of the oral papillae and tentacle scales which are more regularly arranged in O. gracilis not forming an irregular line along the edge of the adoral shields . |