Example sentences of "[that] he be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international . |
| 2 | I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive . |
| 3 | Paul had asked me to do a swap to do his early next Wednesday so yeah , put the form in and everything the form came back today saying he 's already on a late and the day that he 's supposed to be repaying me he 's already on shift |
| 4 | I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive . |
| 5 | If he is afraid of compromising himself in the eyes of Messrs Goupil and Co by keeping in touch with me , is his position with those gentlemen so shaky and unstable that he is obliged to be so careful ? ’ |
| 6 | The first and more important reason is that he is likely to be transferred out of Bull within the next few months , along with other chief executives at state-owned companies , when the rightist coalition almost inevitably takes over the government from the Socialist Party after the legislative elections this month . |
| 7 | The hazards for the individual teacher in such exercises are considerable in that he is unlikely to be equally knowledgeable , or equally enthusiastic , in all these fields . |
| 8 | In the voting case , he may choose not to vote because he calculates that he is unlikely to be decisive ( i.e. , there will be a majority for one outcome independently of his vote ) . |
| 9 | But when a horse crashes into a fence in an attempt to escape a hump-backed monster ( in reality , his owner carrying a sack of oats ) , small wonder that he is liable to be thought stupid . |
| 10 | At the beginning of his tale , Mr Hingston points out that negligence over personal finance does not mean that he is unfitted to be Institute Treasurer . |
| 11 | He said that he was delighted to be at the opening of the new factory ; built entirely under the planning and control of production and engineering director . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll make the time , ’ and the new coldness in Camille noted , through a clear magnifying transparency of ice , that he was pleased to be asked . |
| 13 | Victor Burgin explained , for example , in The End of Art Theory that he was unwilling to be limited to an aesthetic response to ‘ the art object , which in turn is representative of the sensibility of the artist ’ . |
| 14 | In fact , Byrne knew better and eventually resigned without making another move because he realised that he was due to be mated within four moves ! |
| 15 | When I was a little girl and scarcely aware of Syl except as one of our neighbours , I had known that he was old to be unmarried and that the girls he brought home in his sports car were too young . |
| 16 | He was about to add that he was supposed to be coming to dinner at her flat very soon , then wondered if that was still on , since he had been invited by Alexandra who presumably would now rather eat maggots than go anywhere with him . |
| 17 | ‘ But once he told me that he was n't about to change and that he was likely to be a lifetime philanderer , I saw red and thought , ‘ Screw you ! |
| 18 | I did not believe that he was likely to be one of my examiners in Finals , and this turned out to be true . |
| 19 | AU heraldic insignia were shamingly torn from his coat , signifying that he was unfitted to be a knight . |
| 20 | confirmed that he was willing to be co-opted onto the National Education Committee to assist with NVQ development and this was agreed by the meeting . |
| 21 | We are told that his decision not to do so was influenced by his impression that the judge was hostile to him so that he was reluctant to be questioned by the judge . |
| 22 | Mr Goodwin said afterwards that he was glad to be spending Christmas at liberty . |
| 23 | He was warned by another constable that he was liable to be arrested for obstruction if he persisted , which he did . |
| 24 | Having at first pictured João as tall , dark and handsome , she had by now convinced herself that he was unlikely to be any taller than herself , and probably plump and talkative . |
| 25 | And besides , ’ she added on a note of practicality , sensing that he was unlikely to be moved by her ambitions , ‘ there are n't many jobs around in Cornwall for fashion designers . ’ |