Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the government did not bargain for was the public outrage and the massive support given to the demonstrations . |
| 2 | ‘ Now all we must wait for is the kettle . |
| 3 | Thing I do n't approve of is the fact that when I ask questions |
| 4 | Would the House seek to be the authority for such automatic timetabling ? |
| 5 | The choice of buffer distance would need to be the subject of some experiment . |
| 6 | But there would of course be a greater or lesser requirement for additional roadworks as a result of that proposal , which would need to be the subject of negotiation . |
| 7 | I realise now that she did n't have the qualities of insight and gentleness and the warmth she would need to be the companion of a country doctor . ’ |
| 8 | But because these books are written with a greater apparent degree of realism , the murder does not need to be the attention-grabbing , bizarre affair of the blueprint book . |
| 9 | However where the restraint of trade doctrine applies , for example in contracts of employment , a confidentiality obligation will only be enforced if the information in question can fairly be regarded as a separate part of the employee 's stock of knowledge which a man of ordinary honesty and intelligence would recognise to be the property of his employer and not his own to do what he likes with . |
| 10 | A general principle in the employment field was laid down in Printers and Finishers Ltd v Holloway [ 1964 ] 3 All ER 731 where Cross J said that employees are prohibited from using information which " can fairly be regarded as a separate part of the employee 's stock of knowledge which a man of ordinary honesty and intelligence would recognise to be the property of his old employer and not his own to do as he likes with " . |
| 11 | That is this , should I rely on the agape love of my partner or should I strive to be the type of person that my partner could easily love even if no agape love were available ? |
| 12 | We have got erm some organisations , the ones I can think of is the Animal Sanctuary that we are all familiar with . |
| 13 | She should be pleased and excited , but all she could think of was the complications it would add to her life . |
| 14 | And all I could think of was the way that baby had felt in my arms , and inside I was hating God for doing this to me . ’ |
| 15 | Crazily , then , as her glance rested fleetingly on his handsome mouth , all she could think of was the way that fabulous mouth had touched hers . |
| 16 | She leaned on the fence , wrapped her coat more closely round her body and tried to assimilate something of the tranquillity of the night , but all she could think of was the hurt in Barney 's eyes and the stiffness of his voice . |
| 17 | All she could think of was the panic on the other woman 's face when she 'd seen her . |
| 18 | ‘ Better files than people , I told him , but that did not interest him : all he could think of was the files . ’ |
| 19 | It was a trick she 'd learned long ago ; if you bit hard enough all you could think of was the pain ; the misery and sorrow , in that instance , faded into insignificance . |
| 20 | One of the myths Eleanor would speak against was the idea that socialists wanted to have women in common , and the men who made these accusations , she said , were the owners of the means of production anyway . |
| 21 | He did not appear to be the type which could be persuaded to turn traitor . |
| 22 | In the wild this fish is reported as attaining a length of up to 18″ with a weight of 1½lb although this would appear to be the exception as species of about 6″ are more commonly the rule . |
| 23 | The arbiter over these matters would appear to be the VPK , which is empowered to commandeer resources where required , and whose work programmes carry the force of law . |
| 24 | While this approach might appear to be the treatment of choice for many adolescent self-poisoners , in practice , family therapy is often difficult to establish because of the reluctance of some family members to become involved . |
| 25 | As we have already observed ( see ( 35 ) ) , the verb see , in its ordinary uses , can not be expected to occur with an adverbal adjective , but this does appear to be the interpretation needed for ( 41 ) which may be considered substandard but is apparently possible in current British English : ( 41 ) even if the scheme does fail , I 'll see you comfortable Much more often , the idiomaticity works the other way , so that a set of lexical items that could fit the structure of ( 21 ) , with appropriate values , seem to give unacceptable sentences , as in ( 42 ) : ( 42 ) Eva played her opponent exhausted Wendy wiped the floor moist |
| 26 | However , this does appear to be the case . |
| 27 | Yet this does not appear to be the case . |
| 28 | This did not appear to be the case . |
| 29 | With the orang this does not appear to be the case ; rather the reverse in fact . |
| 30 | This did not appear to be the case . |