Example sentences of "[vb base] to be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , decisions about the needs of kin , and whether one has a duty to put them before one 's own interests , cease to be static sets of responsibilities and become matters for judgement at a particular point in time , with such judgements being related both to the economic circumstances then prevailing , and to the situation of all the other members of the family group . |
| 2 | In addition Eleanor and Marie appear to be central figures in a treatise entitled De Amore written by Andrew , a chaplain at the court of Champagne in the early 1180s . |
| 3 | The principal sources of natural oxides of nitrogen appear to be chemical decomposition of nitrates and lightning . |
| 4 | Student Language Use : As many bilingual students in FE appear to be fluent users of English and speak in local accents it is important to alert participants to the fact that they use two or more languages regularly and operate in two cultures in their daily lives . |
| 5 | Many appear to be recent colonists from temperate regions , representing species that have extended their breeding ranges northward or southward in post-glacial times . |
| 6 | Thus , the Trinovantes , with their tribal centre at Camulodunon and their neighbours to the west nucleated at Verulamion and Braughing , appear to be recent arrivals to Britain , and more or less contemporary movements had brought others into north and eastern Kent from the Seine Valley . |
| 7 | Fragments of Norman mouldings in the tower walls appear to be re-used material from an earlier building . |
| 8 | Further , there appear to be general conventions about the use of language that require ( or , perhaps , merely recommend ) a certain degree of implicitness in communication , with the consequence that it is virtually ensured that what the speaker means by any utterance U is not exhausted by the meaning of the linguistic form uttered ( see Chapter 3 below ) . |
| 9 | There appear to be substantial differences between the " traditional " temporary workers employed in seasonal jobs in such sectors as retailing , entertainments and the holiday industry and the " new " temporary workers employed in some organisations in the manufacturing sector . |
| 10 | And the conclusions appear to be that migration into the county needs to be modified , and secondly , that government policy was then and still is to pursue policies leading to the regeneration of urban areas e around North Yorkshire particularly West Yorkshire er and Cleveland . |
| 11 | I am often asked what makes a good day for bolting rabbits , bearing in mind that on some occasions they will readily leave the ground regardless of surface conditions , whereas at other times — often under what appear to be favourable conditions — they just can not be budged . |
| 12 | For most viruses the replicative and integrative pathways appear to be unrelated alternatives . |
| 13 | It is permissible to raise additional enquiries , and indeed , the buyer 's conveyancer has a professional duty to do so if there appear to be material omissions . |
| 14 | But it omits a crucial sentence that appeared in the scientists draft report which read : ‘ These figures appear to be minimum values because a ) the decrease in the isotopic ratio in blood probably had not reached equilibrium in 1979 and b ) they reflect solely the contribution of the petrols affected by the lead isotopic ratio change , ’ |
| 15 | The fourth variable is energy , and there appear to be two issues here . |
| 16 | There thus appear to be two relationships between subjective risk and memory in driving . |
| 17 | ‘ There appear to be two parties to date who are significantly interested in the property and we expect an offer very shortly . ’ |
| 18 | There appear to be two types of modifiability in cortical neurons : a slow , irreversible process that occurs during early development , and a rapid , reversible one that continues to operate through life . |
| 19 | As the answer to the first of these shows , the pair are closely linked ; for there appear to be two kinds of criteria for identifying the dominant instance of a society , which are more or less explicitly mentioned in Althusser 's work . |
| 20 | ‘ There always appear to be two explanations of everything . |
| 21 | If there appear to be other grounds open to the third party , pursue investigation of these with the witnesses . |
| 22 | This is not to suggest ‘ the more the better ’ ; but that there appear to be other measures that portend failure better than leverage ratios . |
| 23 | ‘ What sometimes appear to be new strategies decentralisation , management by objectives , consultative supervision , ‘ democratic ’ leadership are usually but old wine in new bottles , because the procedures derived to implement them are derived from the same inadequate assumptions about human nature … |
| 24 | Furthermore , there are often subtle differences in what at first glance appear to be similar provisions in different contracts , for example , the provision for liquidated damages . |
| 25 | " Rifle bullets , and they appear to be live ones . |
| 26 | The Z-rock ( Cinoptilolite Zeolite ) which we placed in a test tank has split into pieces along what appear to be sedimentary lines and turned yellow . |
| 27 | First , it developed the concept of integrated and comprehensive provision ; secondly , in making a connection between school and wage-earning ‘ it successfully rendered the transition as a social and educational process ; thirdly , it made vocational guidance and after-care appear to be essential features of any youth employment scheme ; fourthly , it showed that the service could offer significant opportunities for exercising a personal influence over the adolescent and his family . |
| 28 | For TV , he or she will have to analyse the scheduled programmes both of ITV and BBC to determine which ITV programmes appear to be good buys , and which will be poor ones , in relation to the rate card . |
| 29 | So many graduates appear to be good ideas people , but he relates exceptionally well . |
| 30 | In children , hyperactivity ( see p 206 ) is among the symptoms , and food colourings appear to be common culprits . |