Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pron] be [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If an expensive court , barristers and pre-trial procedure do not have to be paid for , it must be the case that permitting the parties to agree between themselves is cheaper . |
| 2 | This African talked of his own change of heart , his vision of God 's multi-racial world , of which Rhodesia is a part ; of how he himself had hated the whites , and had now shed his hate to work for what is right for all . |
| 3 | Of course , at the end of the day they pay the same for them whether directly or through taxation , but if they pay for them directly , in return for service or as private insurance , then their incentives to work for them are greater and the economy benefits . |
| 4 | To struggle against it was revolutionary and progressive , whereas to struggle against the objective processes producing a class would be futile and Utopian . |
| 5 | That the environment is not animate enough to want to communicate with us is irrelevant . |
| 6 | In in fact one of my one of the pupils I am proposing to work with he 's one of her people who have contacted her and she 's she 's quite deliberately limiting the number of her days in the week she teaches to two . |
| 7 | But I am sure that what determined her to write to me was this paragraph : ‘ The author we most admire has rightly said that people do not know about families ; but Stephen and I know . |
| 8 | Since I have no such talent , I am going to concentrate on what is easiest for me . |
| 9 | There 's no decent men in it and there 's no nudity of men it , even when he 's in it all you got to see of him was waist-high , you got to see a clips of his bum . |
| 10 | I ca n't tell you why I spoke like that , I — I do n't find it easy to talk about I 'm afraid . |
| 11 | Any attempt to converse with it is useless . |
| 12 | Now that the deed was done , I had a chance to reflect on what was likely to happen . |
| 13 | you thinking how you used to talk to it was great was n't it ? |
| 14 | Learn to look for what is positive in others and not for what is negative . |
| 15 | Erm to me it is a thriving and very good community , and all it really needs is to look as it 's thriving . |
| 16 | When considering the form of review , it seems essential to differentiate between what is appropriate for a child in a temporary or therapeutic placement , and what is appropriate for a permanent family placement . |
| 17 | And he did not want to hear of what was impossible . |
| 18 | Thus She smiled to hear me talk like that/He shuddered to hear of it are grammatical , *He jumped aside to see the car approaching at high speed/She was silent to be told she was wrong are not . |
| 19 | To revert to what is fundamental , the distinction made by the two conditionals gives some clear sense to our saying that causal circumstances explain effects , and make them happen , and not the other way on . |
| 20 | Reluctance to embark on it is commonplace . |
| 21 | Dr Jan Pentreath , NRA chief scientist , said that the introduction of hand-held monitors for inspectors to carry with them is likely to result in a higher rate of prosecution . |
| 22 | The question was , did the student teacher have the right to compel Nicky Wragg to do something he did not want to do during what was supposed to be the boy 's free time ? |
| 23 | What to do about them is one of the biggest practical obstacles to the creation of truly wild reserves in Scotland . |
| 24 | Poisoning and how to deal with it is one of the skills you have to learn when you 're dealing with sick birds . |
| 25 | Last time a man wanted to sleep with her was last night . |
| 26 | I suppose it 's something to do with me being happy , being married , knowing where I am : I can see things more clearly now than I used to . |
| 27 | She knew that it was to do with her being pregnant , but that it was n't the simple fact of her pregnancy . |
| 28 | Both parties need to be absolutely clear about the purposes of the collaboration ; they need to resolve matters of leadership , status and responsibility ; they need to plan together in order to sort out these matters and practical questions to do with who is responsible for what activities and which children . |
| 29 | It had nothing to do with your being English ! |
| 30 | It is not , however , for me to judge the issue here , but only to point to what is involved in such a judgment . |