Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 2 | He was to bring Patrick back , any way he could , but the girl — if she was in Dublin — was to be taught a serious and possibly fatal lesson . |
| 3 | And they like to be taught a new board game |
| 4 | The very young inmates at Bohorok had to be taught a surprising number of basic skills , such as how to climb and walk upright on a branch , things they would normally have learned from their mothers . |
| 5 | But , in those days , to defend the House of Lords was to be dubbed a shameful reactionary . |
| 6 | Prepare to be led a merry dance — perhaps emotionally , perhaps materially — and prepare also to deal with a series of tough situations . |
| 7 | I do not mourn for Mr. Fyfe , but is he to be branded a dishonest man because of the Government 's insensitivity in railroading through these unwanted applications ? |
| 8 | All he could say was that it had to be called a great and profound change , and that it had happened , ‘ I have a feeling of being at home when I am with her , as though she gives me my own hearth , a feeling that our lives are interwoven . ’ |
| 9 | used to be called a ragged school . |
| 10 | But it used to be called a ragged school . |
| 11 | But if this is to be called a rational method , it is so , from Stevenson 's point of view , mainly because it consists in letting one 's attitudes be moulded by rational factual beliefs . |
| 12 | When one gets right down to it , I doubt very much whether you 're fit to be called a bad lot . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Beregovoy has been quoted as saying that he is not ashamed to be called a social democrat . |
| 14 | If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes . |
| 15 | The original reasons for seeking a Royal Charter remain : it would give greater status to the Association , its members and indeed the whole industry ; we would enjoy the endorsement by the Privy Council to our qualifications for membership ; recognition by the Privy Council would add weight to the Association 's opinion on issues when lobbying Government or debating with others ; our members would have the Privy Council 's endorsement of being true professionals with the opportunityfor a Corporate member to be called a Chartered Hotelier or a Chartered Caterer . |
| 16 | One hundred year ago Prof Peabody might well have been equally indignant had she been called a scientist , and would have said ( as did Faraday and Kelvin ) ‘ I prefer to be called a natural philosopher ’ . |
| 17 | You are what used to be called a White Russian . ’ |
| 18 | This used to be called a tight fiscal policy . |
| 19 | With the last action of the match Ferguson reduced the deficit when he headed powerfully past Bonner , but Celtic were not to be denied a deserved victory . |
| 20 | Demonstrations by members of the majority ethnic-Albanian population appeared to have been sparked off by concern that , given the position taken by the Serbian delegation at the extraordinary LCY congress , Kosovar Albanians were to be denied a multiparty political system in the province which would allow Albanian nationalist parties to challenge Serbian domination . |
| 21 | Despite its importance and grade II* listing , the treatment it has received in recent years has been disgraceful , and it is to be hoped a great many lessons will have been learnt about how to deal with irresponsible owners of such important listed buildings . |
| 22 | Mr Randall said : ‘ In general terms , we do see room for hacking to be made a criminal offence . ’ |
| 23 | None the less , some statements by members of the Association reveal that the effacement required by this procedure was no more than a tactical ploy , since one of the dominant assumptions of moral education was " that morality was to be made a conscious aim of the teacher , but concealed from the pupils , who were to imbibe the influence from literature as habit or experience " . |
| 24 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
| 25 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 26 | It is however also clear that the concept of legitimate expectations , like many legal concepts , can be used in more than one way ; it does not have to be given a restrictive interpretation . |
| 27 | There is no English authority on the meaning of this expression ; however , most commentators agree that it is likely to be given a wide interpretation by the courts , and this is borne out by the Scottish case of McCrone v Boots Farm Supplies Ltd 1981 SLT 103 . |
| 28 | This morning was the first time he was to be given a serious piece of work before running later in the week . |
| 29 | At last there were just the external walls to be given a final coat of white paint . |
| 30 | ( b ) The agreement had to be given a purposive construction . |