Example sentences of "be [adj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price .
2 We are sorry there was no index to help in the search for these .
3 since many of these products are inflammable there is a fire risk , especially when youngsters combine sniffing and smoking
4 It could be argued , I suppose , that by not forcing the issue until your investigations are complete we might actually be helping Ingard shareholders — by clearing up uncertainties which might otherwise damage their interests . "
5 And if you are medium-framed you should be 8 st 13 lb.
6 If we are drowsy we may not hear either the piccolo or the dog whistle .
7 If conditions are right they crystallize out of solution again downstream , forming clays .
8 Well , well that brings us on to those of you who do n't have a license and do n't drive , which is my sums are right something like twenty eight of you .
9 If my financial researches are right I have to say the most likely suspect for that particular activity is Wheeler . ’
10 If that relationship is wrong you get a muddy tartan , if the mixtures are right it works very well . ’
11 No I think the mother-in-law jokes are right she 's a cracker hope it is n't too busy in here
12 three of them come out , now what happens if there are Right you fire this snooker ball into one uranium nucleus , it splits off and then three snooker balls come flying out and there 's more uranium about what 's gon na happen ?
13 There we are right you have those .
14 But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing .
15 If I had n't been pregnant I would have been sent back to Bullwood , but they have n't got a mother and baby unit there , though in those days Styal was only for women over twenty-one , apart from the pregnant borstal girls .
16 ‘ I think the best I 've qualified has been 12th and I have never finished a race , so I am due something .
17 so that 's I am due my line too .
18 ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ .
19 The family had been odd she remembered ; their accent was more up market , and they had formal , stiff manners , unlike the relaxed style and broad accents of the Glaswegian neighbourhood .
20 Tom will want to check for proteinuria and test your reflexes , but even if those things are normal he and Dr Greene may want to pop you in hospital for a while . ’
21 I have been guilty myself of telling electors , sceptical of their power , about how popular resentment brought down ‘ even Walpole ’ and forced a reluctant government into an unwanted war .
22 But I think we 'll update not so much is over public authorities would probably take your advice , but I 'm thinking of people who are not public authorities who might in a way suffer , that your advice may cause them some expense , and they might choose to delay it , and well I am guilty we ca n't afford to do that this year , so it never gets done .
23 Guild members are not content with the position in the cooperative world which may be summed up in the saying of the man ‘ My wife and I are one , and I am that one ’ .
24 The question is whether , since no children were born to the testator , the slaves are due their freedom at once .
25 And when rent reviews are due it can be almost impossible to assess what tenants should be paying .
26 If investors get in now while the markets are low they could do well .
27 When profits are low they will be reduced or ‘ passed ’ .
28 When profits are low they will be reduced or ‘ passed ’ .
29 Also , at the end of the turn when the boom is grasped , unless you are low you will be pulled straight over as the power comes on .
30 However , if the winds are strong it is better left till last until the flysheet is pegged out .
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