Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maintenance of this repertoire is made more difficult , in that the majority of children in Roman Catholic schools seem to be taught contemporary hymns and other religious music by religious education teachers , rather than by the music staff . |
| 2 | Such anger and defensiveness is commonplace and understandable because our society is accustomed to the stereotype pictures of alcoholism and drug or other addictions as disorders of weak-willed and immoral people who need to be taught firm lessons on how to behave themselves properly rather than as ill people who need to be helped to become well . |
| 3 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 4 | The Brahman Centre for learning mental skills is in Provence and you 'll be one of a select few at a time to be taught these techniques . |
| 5 | Mentally handicapped children , especially those with severe handicaps , need to be taught social skills which may be naturally acquired in a comparatively short time by children of higher intelligence . |
| 6 | ‘ You ought to be meeting more boys your own age , not letches like Bas and the twins . |
| 7 | A ‘ devolved ’ school was seen to be meeting local needs more quickly . |
| 8 | Though the available data on the contribution record of workers from different socio-economic groups is inadequate in several ways , it can be justifiably claimed that members of the lower socio-economic groups are more likely than members of the higher socio-economic groups to be among the non-qualifiers and , in the years when they existed , to be receiving lower-earnings-related benefits . |
| 9 | Figure 2.3 illustrates a production flow in the TV industry with just three stages , but these would have to be extended many times to include all the firms involved . |
| 10 | The illustration of such a double logic working at a textual level often comes to seem remarkably close to a deconstructive analysis : in the same way as Derrida or de Man could be said to be deconstructing received readings that have institutional purchase , so the new historicists shift our understanding of institutionalized historical accounts . |
| 11 | In 1279 Pecham had ordered the general cursing of a wide range of malefactors against the church ; this was to be pronounced four times a year in each parish church with solemn ritual . |
| 12 | NO WONDER Squidgy is said to be writing more letters these days . |
| 13 | Some are said to be getting cold feet . |
| 14 | Yet Congress seems to be getting little thanks for this from the voters . |
| 15 | Fires are reported to be causing huge amounts of damage to Costa Rica 's largest-remaining tracts of forest and nature reserves . |
| 16 | A. The tank sounds a bit on the small side to me , which may prove a long term problem , though it does n't seem to be causing any difficulties at present . |
| 17 | Also it 's down to two lanes running in both directions between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame , and er on the A forty one the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights , that 's between the Soldern turnoff by the Bear public house and Northampshire border , that 's going to be causing some delays . |
| 18 | He looked around briefly at the women with the scraggy necks in the Laura Ashley dresses , and the men who all seemed to be wearing red ties , and probably Seiko watches — but for a different reason from Bob . |
| 19 | We seem to be gathering all sorts of things we do n't need . |
| 20 | Because these elections have to be organized three years running . |
| 21 | I asked for this to be arranged twelve months ago , but it is still in the hands of the solicitor , who does not answer letters . |
| 22 | Proceeds from the game will be given to charity The game is to be at the end of August at Northallerton 's ground on a date to be arranged Former players from the 60s to the present day are asked to contact John Murdoch ( 0609771139 ) or David Thorne ( 0609779465 ) |
| 23 | ‘ To be recognised 8,000 miles from your land is magical , ’ he says . |
| 24 | As the President of a leading textile firm put it ‘ When the ship is about to be wrecked heavier cargoes should be thrown off to sea ’ ( quoted in Tsuda 1980 p.2 ) . |
| 25 | He liked Mrs Robson , he had become very fond of her : she was down to earth , and she seemed to bring him out of himself , but she seemed to be harbouring serious ideas about Maggie and him . |
| 26 | NCR Corp 's total revenues , including sales to other AT&T units , fell 3.9% to $1,480m , but the company is said to be seeing strong orders for its products . |
| 27 | NCR Corp 's total revenues , including sales to other AT&T units , fell 3.9% to $1,480m , but the company is said to be seeing strong orders for its products . |
| 28 | Such experiences would need to be repeated many times before there was a lasting effect , but this , of course is irrelevant in the context of the immensity of evolutionary time . |
| 29 | It was an experience to be repeated many times as the canal climbed to the top of the Pennines . |
| 30 | Probably yes , but no one can be certain of safety in this context ; the field is too new , and since treatment may have to be repeated many times , even an unlikely event may eventually happen . |