Example sentences of "to be [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you seem to be laying a great deal of stress on the introduction of minimum standards , what , what 's the point behind that and what does it mean ? |
| 2 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And they like to be taught a new board game |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Crews , here , were among the first in the country to be taught the additional medical skills that can save lives . |
| 7 | There even men with the basic training of craft workers ( preferably in metals ) had still to be taught the specific skills of the skilled factory worker . |
| 8 | To avoid these situations it is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run . |
| 9 | This hope had been inspired by events in France , where the financier John Law , exiled after a fatal duel , was perceived to be achieving a spectacular unloading of the public debt . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , therefore , they appear to be reaching a higher level of competence . |
| 11 | Since the new forms of treatment set up have not reduced the demand for state hospital admissions and the alternatives so far devised have not guaranteed more cost-effective services , the move into the community can be seen to be reaching a critical stage of development . |
| 12 | The falsificationist now appears to be reaching a tentative solution to his problem , although he does not consider himself to have proved by experiment how bats avoid collisions while flying . |
| 13 | He was to be joined the next day by his mistress , Felicity . |
| 14 | However , it is possible that such " cutting " was intentional , in order to create the effect of a movement away from the spectator ( who is seen to be receiving a privileged view ) . |
| 15 | The length of the queues in Windhoek and Katutura , two of the most densely populated urban areas in Namibia , triggered conjecture that the poll might have to be extended an extra day . |
| 16 | Those are likely to be extended the following year to include time waits between GP referral and an appointment with a consultant . |
| 17 | His objective seemed to be to save the Radical party 's electoral chances by matching promise for promise the prospectus of the rival Justicialist party . |
| 18 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 19 | The green light surrounding them now seemed to be imparting a sick lifeless pallor . |
| 20 | And yet few voters appear to be heeding the dire warnings from the conservationists … the party is trailing in the polls at around two per cent . |
| 21 | A competitive attitude is something that has to be applied every single minute of the working day , arid every day of the week . |
| 22 | And we can see the rates for which the deduction is going to be applied the other side . |
| 23 | In comprehensive schools , all the British were to be treated the same , despite the obvious differences between us of sex , class , culture , ability , religion , race , and so on . |
| 24 | To attract the best patrons the movie-houses had to ape the conventions and the standards of theatres and opera-houses but very quickly the whole industry realized that the appeal of the movie palaces was not unrelated to the fact that all customers had to be treated the same and so they became temples of a new classlessness . |
| 25 | People are different and they do n't want to be treated the same . |
| 26 | Naturally , I wanted to see him and to introduce him to my family ; but I also felt that he needed to get out of London from time to time , because he seemed to be assuming an increasing load of public work , as well as public lectures and broadcasts . |
| 27 | As I seem to be getting a real thing about digital clip distortion lately , this elevates the Alpha 2.0 on my list of processors to be seen with . |
| 28 | Judge Peter Greenwood told Hilton : ‘ The supplying of drugs is a very serious offence and you are fortunate to be getting a short sentence . ’ |
| 29 | I just said to Walt , we ought to be getting a gon-doh-lar back . ’ |
| 30 | When Speelman seemed to be getting the better of it , Timman suddenly sacrificed two pieces to expose his opponent 's king . |