Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did she not experience the usual terror at being shut in a small enclosed space ? |
| 2 | For example , Gallini and Winter ( 1983 ) show that a typical retailer would want a margin [ ( price -input cost ) /price ] of l/£r , whereas the manufacturer would want the retail margin to be £n/£R , £r being the elasticity of demand when one retailer changes price , £R the elasticity when all retailers do likewise and £n , the elasticity of demand with respect to changes in the number of retailers . |
| 3 | When Chancellor Kohl said he would prefer the inter-governmental conference to be held after the West German election , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ But Mr Chancellor , my elections are due the following year . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out . |
| 6 | She can enjoy the last freedom to be as she is ; her pursuits may seem strange , but after her death it may be discovered that her treasured collection — of old cups , pressed flowers , or newspaper cuttings — is quite priceless . |
| 7 | It may serve a useful purpose for a universalized anthropological social psychology , but it will lack the necessary focus to be a key theoretical notion in a particular , historical social psychology . |
| 8 | In the previous section we mentioned that the programmer using fixed-point binary format could consider the binary point to be at an appropriate position in the word for each item of data . |
| 9 | There are a number of possible reasons for their unpopularity : ( 1 ) Shareholders in the target might consider the tender offer to be a prelude to a full bid , possibly on more favourable terms than the tender offer . |
| 10 | Apparently disregarding his offer , she wrote : ‘ We are concerned that you do not consider the above case to be serious enough to warrant a meeting . ’ |
| 11 | The owner of the estate , American John Kluge , agreed in principle to sell the estate to the crown rather than put it on the open market , but he did not consider the resulting offer to be high enough . |
| 12 | I did n't trust the old girl to be telling the truth — though I think she is . |
| 13 | For the ‘ Silver Tours ’ package tour a column would show the inclusive charge to be made to ‘ Silver Tours Ltd ’ for the apartments and meals . |
| 14 | Furthermore , the above is transcribed into fine-class phonemes and , as we saw in the previous section , we can not expect the front end to be so accurate , and indeed we may not want it to try . |
| 15 | They do not expect the medical profession to be disinterested , and are disappointed if it does not provide advice and support . |
| 16 | 2 What do you expect the retail price to be ? $399 was suggested for the 4000 , I think , of which you said $240 would be your net receipts . |
| 17 | He did not expect the French empire to be reconstituted at the end of the war . |
| 18 | However , I do not expect the full effect to be felt until next year , when I am sure we can expect a megaseller each month . |
| 19 | From this position I was able to pull or hook the short ball by being well balanced able to lean into the stroke . |
| 20 | Flower arrangers can test their skills by submitting designs for that posy , and colleagues will choose the winning entry to be made up for 2 July . |
| 21 | Favourite fairy tales are the need for spiritual growth , love at first sight , the pull of destiny or meetings in past lives , and we do not realize the primitive level of being in which the bond has its source . |
| 22 | One would like the additional information to be conclusive so that the success or failure of the project could be predicted with certainty . |
| 23 | One would like the additional information to be conclusive so that the success or failure of the project could be predicted with certainty . |
| 24 | It sets out to achieve its objective of protection by promoting the kind of policies and practices which it believes would enable the rural environment to be utilised and developed for the good of society without destroying aesthetic and spiritual beauty , and by opposing other policies and practices which in its view would have such an effect . |
| 25 | This will enable the following election to be contested in the ‘ normal ’ way by the separate parties . |
| 26 | When the old person is in a family , complex and as yet unresolved issues are raised concerning the introduction of legal powers which would enable the abused person to be removed . |
| 27 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |
| 28 | And even if this does not enable the desired result to be obtained convincingly , there are further possible ploys which are readily available . |
| 29 | But increasing exposure to foreigners will reinforce the Japanese sense of being special , and deepen scorn for outsiders . |
| 30 | It did not meet the socialist ideal of being able to impose the same solution from Whitehall on every part of England . |