Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Secretary of State now give a guarantee that no sixth-form college student will be charged for activities in relation to the school curriculum , or is this to be yet another example of pay-as-you-learn under the Conservative Government ? |
| 2 | I 'm delighted to be here this morning . |
| 3 | These three studies all suggest ( if do not prove ) that science specialists are likely to be rather more conformist and conventional in outlook than arts specialists , who tend to be slightly more rebellious and free-thinking . |
| 4 | ‘ Just tell me who 's likely to be there this evening , ’ he 's saying . |
| 5 | Knowing also his hinted promise was likely to be so much dust . |
| 6 | The result is likely to be far fewer cautions . |
| 7 | There were debuts for Paul Ince , David White and David Bardsley last night and there are sure to be even more changes for the opening World Cup qualifying tie against Norway at Wembley on October 14 . |
| 8 | Where we are not dealing solely with our own affairs but forming general preferences as to the kind of society we would like to live in , the main pleasures and pains we are concerned with are precisely these pleasures and pains of sympathy . |
| 9 | But she would have to alter her travel plans — she is due to be abroad that day . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry to be so much trouble , ’ Jim said to Mother as the men carried him in . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry to be so much trouble . ’ |
| 12 | Heathcliff was used to being outside all day , and had not bothered to wash or change his clothes . |
| 13 | She could n't get out of the pit , but somebody knew she was there : her therapist gave her something of the same feeling but was far from being as much fun . |
| 14 | However you see a tendency in erm after eighteen eighteen to be perhaps more serving , to be serving the interests of the er er east European powers . |