Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The change is unlikely to help heal relations between Downing Street and France , reported to be at an all-time low . |
| 2 | BOMB DISPOSAL specialists were yesterday called out to beaches on the south-west coast of Scotland after Second World War phosphorus canisters believed to be from an undersea dump were washed ashore . |
| 3 | At times we seemed to be on an unavoidable collision course with menacing sharp edged rocks , only to be swept clear by the current at the last minute . |
| 4 | His earlier black mood , the brooding silences , seemed to be at an end . |
| 5 | Carrie looked at him sharply but he simply seemed to be in an unusually good temper . |
| 6 | Fen seemed to be in an amiable mood today . |
| 7 | One of the Cun seemed to be in an argument with a jackal-creature which the Doctor said was a ‘ Galk ’ . |
| 8 | At the moment her life seemed to be like an obstacle race , side-stepping men who were determined to deal with her affairs . |
| 9 | In the view of the WEA , and unlike the position elsewhere , the Cambridge Board appeared to be in an anomalous position which would create new and reprehensible precedents likely to threaten the traditional and unique role of the WEA as a recognised providing body for liberal adult education . |
| 10 | Thus the Commission saw these two vital controls on police power : the arrest had to be for an imprisonable offence and it had also , in addition to this , to be ‘ necessary ’ . |
| 11 | Previously the disposal had to be by an individual entitled to at least 25% of the voting rights , or at least 5% of the voting rights together with more than 50% of the voting rights being exercisable by the individual 's family collectively . |
| 12 | While the subject matter of the projects can cover a wide range , the examples quoted in interviews tended to be of an operational nature . |
| 13 | Meetings were usually held twice a month , and tended to be of an intellectual nature , like art shows , plays , card games , outings and theatre parties . |