Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 2 | The best thing that could have happened to IBM was to be broken up a decade or more ago . |
| 3 | All credit limits need also to be revalidated once a year . |
| 4 | And it only needed to be cut once a year . |
| 5 | Ford rumoured to be bringing out a new Capri — a nation quakes |
| 6 | Er , but that assertion needs to be examined just a little more closely because the British government are not without blame in relation to this matter , er the issues er affecting these forthcoming elections should have been resolved at the Edinburgh summit during the presidency of the British government . |
| 7 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |
| 8 | No I asked her to start but that 's all , and I kept that in the meant to be setting up a place in the posh area but they got ta have |
| 9 | The German barrage seemed to be slackening off a bit , though the Allied guns were still firing over our positions , their shells shaking the trees as they headed toward the German trenches with a loud swish as they passed overhead . |
| 10 | These BSL interpreters appeared to be using only a single register , and this corresponded to a signed version closely tied to the English of the original message . |
| 11 | Upwind , however , the daggerboard is still kept in the down position , though in extreme conditions it needs to be moved back a few centimetres . |
| 12 | The agreed price of the three acres of land was £180 and a proper conveyance was to be prepared by Theed Pearse the solicitor , who was also owner of the adjoining land on which the County Hospital was to be built nearly a century later . |
| 13 | The latter two allow the tool to be hung on a wall by two screws , which pass through the plastic sheath and convert it into a vertical holder . |
| 14 | With the exception of relief papers and thick fabrics like hessian or grasscloth , most of these special wallcoverings need to be hung on a smooth and level surface for a satisfactory result . |
| 15 | Flocks need to be hung on a good wall surface . |
| 16 | Scotland seems to be producing quite an interesting crop of new players with Bernard Gallacher 's nephew , Stephen , the new Scottish Amateur Champion at 17 . |
| 17 | Where they repairing client , where there is hopefully an extremely good relationship , we felt that that was a bit dangerous to be sending out a form to the Chief Executive of saying what er do you think of the service . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen how a rhino , which takes many years to evolve and which has evolved with a horn , will learn to survive without one . |
| 19 | But whereas normal grieving focuses on different aspects of the lost person , the depressed person seems to be grieving over an inner loss . |
| 20 | The body needs to be brushed once a day for a few minutes before your morning bath or shower ( twice if you have cellulite ) . |
| 21 | The storm seemed to be moving over a little . |
| 22 | If patients were known to be moving away a letter detailing their surveillance history was sent to their doctor or next supervising consultant . |
| 23 | If such a hole-to-block relationship is to be defined then a number of expert rules can be established as follows : 1 ) The domain of " hole " must have a " touching " relationship with the domain of " block " on at least one face to produce a blind hole . |
| 24 | The Precision bass , however , was designed to be tuned down an octave from a guitar 's lower four strings . |
| 25 | SFA Rules require contract notes to be sent whenever a sale or purchase of an investment is made . |
| 26 | A constant stream of US dollar notes would need to be sent from America , only to be sent back a little at a time in individual parcels as above . |
| 27 | The Gary Hutchinson Memorial Appeal is aiming to raise between £12,000 and £15,000 to pay for an image transmission system which will allow those pictures to be sent down a telephone line so specialists at another hospital can advise immediately whether a patient needs to be moved for surgery . |
| 28 | Events , at last , seemed to be taking on a constructive momentum of their own . |
| 29 | Who was I to be taking on a contender like Thomas Carter , a management consultant and the owner-occupier of a £500,000 property set in the accessible Arcadia of Boars Hill ? |
| 30 | No tote and with the betting shops closed , Sunderland appear to be taking quite a financial chance on their October 11 meeting . |