Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [adj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was n't it OK to be racist these days ? |
| 2 | Feel free to be inconsistent each time you describe it . |
| 3 | So does this morning , but yesterday it was supposed to be fine all day ! |
| 4 | THREE young canoeists are lucky to be alive this morning after they were plucked to safety minutes before being swept to sea . |
| 5 | She says it 's very important to be chic this year , now that we are at one with Europe . |
| 6 | " They 're apt to be funny that way , " he said vaguely . |
| 7 | Michael Smith was due to be married this Saturday , now he 'll spend the day in jail . |
| 8 | Duncan and Goodwin claim that state institutions are invaluable in the management and organization of the differentiated and spatially variable societies typical of capitalism , and that to be successful such state intervention should take place on a local as well as a national level . |
| 9 | I had felt proud to be British that night ; the crowd could see that pride etched on my face in the picture on the stadium scoreboard . |