Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remark had been intended to put him in his place , but it had come out sounding peevish and sensitive , as though she actually gave a damn about what he thought of her . |
| 2 | Unionist concerns were still as much with traditional areas of disagreement with the Liberals as with the War ; the UBC made the running with its concern to shield British industry from the war , much as it had previously been intended to protect it through tariffs , and Stanley Baldwin first made his name through its committees . |
| 3 | As stated a few paragraphs higher , the rules for self-employed pension plans have been altered to bring them in line with other personal pensions . |
| 4 | On another occasion , this suspicion might have been calculated to cripple me with a sense of my own worthlessness . |
| 5 | So methods have been developed to dissuade you from wandering off to somebody else 's cash register . |
| 6 | Caught off guard , in a mellow mood , away-from the pressures that the stance has been developed to shield them from , they too will admit to being disappointed and confused , not as hard-bitten as they make out , and as having found only a very inadequate solution to what seems to be an insoluble problem : how to do a good enough job . |
| 7 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 8 | Since childhood , I 'd been taught to keep everything to myself — problems , opinions , feelings . |
| 9 | Eager to lessen its dependence on the highly regulated and increasingly competitive British telecoms market , BT has been struggling to turn itself into a ‘ one-stop-shop ’ provider of global telecoms services for multinationals . |
| 10 | so he was dead annoyed with it , all week I 've been struggling to get him to bed |
| 11 | In this sense , social work has been struggling to free itself from the same trap as much of British industry . |
| 12 | The courses are aimed at senior management and are intended to provide them with the knowledge and skills to exploit AIT effectively in their business . |
| 13 | An existing module in drystone dyking has now been revised to bring it into line with current industrial practices . |
| 14 | An Omani doctor had been assigned to accompany us to London . |
| 15 | Such rituals and procedures are designed to restore them to their proper place within the people of God and within the inner circle of his blessing . |
| 16 | There is , however , no harm at all in professional hypnotic cassettes , which are designed to assist you in overcoming a specific problem where regression is not needed — smoking , studying , pre-menstrual tension and so on . |
| 17 | It is a difficult process , since it has to be directed against one 's mental processes , which are designed to protect us from an alien world . |
| 18 | Chapters 2 and 3 are designed to help you on both counts . |
| 19 | Aerial spraying of the fungicide , which goes under the trade name of " Ronilan " , is now completely outlawed and farmers are forbidden to use it on any crop which is not peeled or shelled . |
| 20 | He laughed mirthlessly , despairing of her understanding , ‘ You ca n't expect those who are evicted to see it like that . ’ |
| 21 | Although the City Code does not have the force of law , those who wish to take advantage of the facilities of the securities markets in the UK are expected to conduct themselves in matters relating to takeovers according to the City Code . |
| 22 | Agencies are given budgets and are expected to use them in the most efficient way possible . |
| 23 | More than 27,000 Geordies are expected to will them to victory and avoid a first ever drop into the third division . |
| 24 | We do n't pretend in any way to professionally train students [ but ] they are expected to understand something of what professional training would consist of … . |
| 25 | Governor 's serve in a voluntary capacity and are unlikely to turn up at meetings if they are dull events where they are expected to contribute nothing except approval and applause . |
| 26 | In their non-obstetric role , they are expected to handle anything from hysterectomies to period pains . |
| 27 | Her advisers are expected to groom her in adapting her Commons performances at Prime Minister 's question time to television coverage . |
| 28 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 29 | Er that is that at least three of the articles are talking to quoting different organisations er suggested that the playhouse theatre trust had been recommended to do something about their marketing er a at least two years ago if not longer ago erm certainly it 's my knowledge er they have not employed specialists to that they have not employed a specialist to that indeed since the last er appointed publicity officer left , that person that post has not been er refilled er could I ask the theatre trust why they have chosen not taken that recommendation seriously ? |
| 30 | The other member , who might have been expected to buy it for his own son , a young man recently qualified in law , did not at first do so ; he said business was unreliable , there were not enough clients , the reputation of the firm had been allowed to run down . |