Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government rejected an offer from the alleged Cali drug cartel leader Jorge Luis Ochoa to mediate their release , but an unofficial " Committee of Leading Citizens " led by former President Alfonso Lopez was reported to be trying to arrange talks between the cartels and the government . |
| 2 | A little group of men had got together and appeared to be trying to enlist others into a formation of some kind . |
| 3 | Northumberland 's Labour council leader appears to be trying to use parents and governors to further his prospective parliamentary career in Hexham by frightening people into thinking that those cuts are necessary . |
| 4 | They have to be taught to respect others and to respect themselves . |
| 5 | In Western societies , men ( even those in process work ) still tend to be taught to seek relationships with a larger number of people and to control the amount of emotion they invest in these relationships . |
| 6 | For instance , inspectors ' powers to acquire information about accidents needed to be extended to include inquiries made to determine whether an investigation was appropriate , rather than being confined to those cases where the Chief Inspector had already ordered an investigation to take place . |
| 7 | They also needed to be extended to permit inspectors to examine aircraft of a similar type to the one involved in an accident and to establish whether they also showed signs of the same sort of failure . |
| 8 | These included the possibility of building study skills systematically into a PSD course to be extended to cover years 1–5 , the possibility of extending the IS provision to include study skills in years 1–3 , and the possibility of a new , totally free-standing study skills course . |
| 9 | It was suggested that a letter be sent to the church council , asking for a notice lower down than at present , to be positioned to ensure ladies from other clubs , find the fifteenth tee . |
| 10 | The girl vanished , apparently without movement , to be heard clanking saucepans and chopping . |
| 11 | The emission charges for each pollutant would have to be adjusted to take into account increases in the number of emission sources ( if air quality is not to deteriorate ) and it would have to be adjusted to reflect increases in general price levels . |
| 12 | The following week police had to be called to quell disturbances at a number of grounds — including Middlesbrough and Upton Park where the referee was again attacked — and Reynolds 's News ( 15 November 1936 ) thought that ‘ the FA will soon have to issue another ‘ rough play ’ ’ memorandum — this time to the spectators ! ’ |
| 13 | The mill-house , with its white-painted cast iron footbridge over the river below the weir , forms a seductive spot for photographers , painters , picnickers and what used to be called courting couples , but are now gender-opposite persons endeavouring to establish meaningful relationships by pair-bonding and role-playing . |
| 14 | In either case an early general election is likely to be called to resolve things . |
| 15 | At the end of this interview , amongst other things , the person registering the death will receive a piece of paper that authorizes the undertaker to be called to make arrangements . |
| 16 | 1.2 Our terms of reference define attainment targets as : ‘ clear objectives for the knowledge , skills , understanding and aptitudes which pupils of different abilities and maturity should be expected to have acquired at or near certain ages ’ and programmes of study as : ‘ describing the essential content which needs to be covered to enable pupils to reach or surpass the attainment targets ’ . |
| 17 | Programmes of study were defined as ‘ describing the essential content which needs to be covered to enable pupils to reach or surpass the attainment targets ’ . |
| 18 | Column C and D need to be formatted to show times . |
| 19 | By the time the order to push forward was given , Turkish forces had moved up ; and here also thousands of lives were to be lost to gain positions which had , in effect , already been won . |
| 20 | And is part of the package i d d does the package er of the aircraft when it comes to be served include things like the simulator or is that something that outside the contract and is bid for quite separately . |
| 21 | When considering the whole problem of violence much broader criteria need to be adopted to include threats and other forms of abuse . |
| 22 | If women are not treated equally either in pay or promotion prospects , it is either because absolute equality has to be refined to incorporate differences in education or productivity , or because the constitution ignores the wish of Japanese women to give priority to their household duties . |
| 23 | Section 1 of the Clean Air Act 1956 prohibits the emission of dark smoke from a chimney of any building , whilst allowing regulations to be made exempting emissions for prescribed periods . |
| 24 | Another sign of attachment is the revival of the art of cameo-cutting , beginning with the commissions bestowed by popes , prelates and connoisseurs at the time of the Renaissance , persisting through the period of bourgeois dominance and continuing into the present age of enfranchisement even to the point at which resort has had to be made to substitute materials like shell or paste to satisfy a greatly enlarged market . |
| 25 | The experience is sobering , a renewed effort has to be made to obtain commodes . |
| 26 | Efforts will continue to be made to obtain advantages for our members in various fields , although our membership is too small to attract offers from large national companies . |
| 27 | There might be a fortune to be made giving racehorses transfusions of white cells , but I feel that owners would sooner risk their wives than their animals . |
| 28 | Three flights had to be made to fly missiles into Tehran . |
| 29 | For public transport attempts were to be made to free buses from congestion delay at traffic lights by providing priority treatment or bus lanes . |
| 30 | While uniformity of view between the managing partners can not always be achieved every effort has to be made to avoid discrepancies . |