Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] be [verb] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 2 | If this particular combination of sonatas suits your needs , you can be assured of strong , expressive , and detailed readings , with excellent violin intonation and plenty of initiative from the pianist . |
| 3 | A large proportion of our forces had to be ready to travel to distant theatres of war and it was uneconomic that they should be composed of National Servicemen , admirably though those carried out their duties … . |
| 4 | He is agnostic and argues that the churches have failed society with their inflexibility and their refusal to embrace homosexuality and , in the case of the Roman Catholic church , contraception ; though Glennis feels they might be accused of accelerating moral decline if they approved such things . |
| 5 | There was an old deckhouse off a ship and these old chaps used to meet there and I suppose they 'd be talking of old times — shipbuilding . |
| 6 | Since he does not intend to have sexual intercourse , he should be acquitted of attempted rape in this situation . |
| 7 | ( " Is groundsel nice , mother ? " ) and Hazel , touched to think that he must be dreaming of old days , rolled over on his side to give him room to settle again . |
| 8 | A great advantage of these tests — one that was not found in ‘ real ’ tasks — is that sets of them can be made of equal difficulty . |