Example sentences of "to [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which local advisers can undertake an objective evaluation of a school already familiar to them is one consideration . |
| 2 | But the effect I 've had on the straight world , the fact that they come to me and they feel comfortable , half knowing that maybe I 've been involved in … what to them is alternative sexuality , is a positive thing . ’ |
| 3 | and that to them is good care if a nurse does everything for them , but it 's not . |
| 4 | I mean how they ch the fact they choose to sub-contract out to me is one thing , yeah , I mean that 's their problem in that sense . |
| 5 | He 'll be saying to me is that lady coming who lives in a hole now , Bodger and Badger . |
| 6 | I wanted to ask whether she thought her own life unwasted and whether the fact that she had given birth to me was sufficient justification for it . |
| 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 | Accordingly , he read arts in his first year ; commerce ( which included accounting , commercial law , political science and a couple of doses of mathematics ) in his second ; arts ( though strangely retaining political science ) for his third and fourth years , to which was added zoology . |
| 9 | I suggest that you take the opportunity to introduce yourself to who is Senior Waterkeeper at Gladhouse . |
| 10 | You 're going to you 're flying south for the winter ? |
| 11 | I think erm what she 's really saying to you is that writing 's not an art , writing is a science , bloody hard work . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think you will , ’ said the Brownie Guider , ‘ but I do know for certain that you faced what to you was great danger with wonderful bravery . ’ |
| 13 | She 's going through a stage talk about cakey , cakey goes to it 's all sort of pathetic , oh yes hello Joseph , and erm she says pardon , pardon , she said daddy . |
| 14 | Their only hope now is that a buyer can be found who can afford vast sum , it will take to bring the building back to it 's former glory . |
| 15 | you 're saying to it 's logical conclusion , then why do n't we just erm , open up Hampden up sell the stuff there , you know people , you know , if children want it or adults |
| 16 | Since then the pubs passed down through sons , daughters , cousins and nephews to it 's present day owners . |
| 17 | On the road , the car feels taut and easy to drive , mainly due to it 's light steering and excellent visibility . |
| 18 | Though he was awake the sensation continued , and to it was added sound : a milky sigh that excited him . |
| 19 | Whether he was intelligent enough not to pay heed to it was another matter . |
| 20 | Tied to it were two speed boats , a smack and a power boat equipped for deep-sea fishing . |
| 21 | Indeed , the typical Greek tended to be backward-looking , since the future appeared to him to be the domain of total uncertainty , his only guide to it being delusive expectation . |
| 22 | They are concerned that councillors who keep themselves to themselves are easy prey for the IRA . |
| 23 | What I am suggesting is that both my aunt 's remark and her attitude stemmed from assumptions already prevalent within the family as to what was appropriate behaviour . |
| 24 | The Courts ruled as to what was acceptable conduct , and the knights were expected to try to live up to these high standards , not only honouring their women but acting chastely towards them . |
| 25 | Sorry , if I could just clarify , I was actually at the meeting of Women 's Sub , erm as was Robin in fact , and they , the Women 's Sub-Committee considered the minute of this committee , and endorsed erm , in fact , Amanda did n't write until the meeting of women 's sub , because it was being considered by them , but erm they did n't add anything substantial to what was this committee had said and they did . |
| 26 | The numbers in which cameos of the Classical period have come down to us is one testimony to the regard they have inspired in men of ensuing ages . |
| 27 | His comment to us was British justice , that 's not British justice . |