Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be [adj] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Faith , I begin to see how I may be serviceable to your lady . |
| 2 | PAMELA : Indeed , sir , it is impossible I should be ungrateful to your honour or disobedient , but when your commands are contrary to that first duty which will ever be the principle of my life . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ If we do n't reach the finals because of this , I 'll be sick to my stomach . ’ |
| 4 | I could be allergic to his hair you see . |
| 5 | I hope they will be able to see my point of view just as I will be open to their views and opinions about this issue . |
| 6 | If your parent is allowed home from hospital ( or other National Health Service accommodation ) for a few days occasionally you should notify the Department of Health and Social Security , as she may be entitled to her pension , benefits or allowances at the full rate for that period . |
| 7 | ‘ You must be good to your mother , Frankie , ’ he said now , using the stern long-suffering voice reserved for such interviews as this . |
| 8 | All the marriage rites emphasize that while her fertility is her main asset , she must be faithful to her husband so that the legitimacy of her children should be beyond doubt . |
| 9 | Yeah , you 'll be nice , you 'll be close to your family there wo n't you ? |
| 10 | If you have a completely loose system , if you have complete mixed ability , you 're merely going to cause confusion and I would think there 's also a likelihood that you will be unfair to your gifted or your talented children . |
| 11 | To be " true to our Prince " , he insisted , " we must be true to our Church and to our Religion " , for " it would be no Act of Loyalty to accommodate or complement away our Religion and its legal Securities " . |
| 12 | They may be responsive to his charm , his charisma , his intellectual quality or his symbolic position as Chief of State . |
| 13 | On their complaints of unfair dismissal an industrial tribunal found that the employers were justified in their decision that the employees were in breach of their implied duty in their contracts of employment that they should be loyal to their employers and that the dismissals were not unfair . |
| 14 | they should be fair to their customers , which implies avoiding conflicts of interest . |
| 15 | Right , and we 've got part of this linked in with the stuff you might have done on Sapir-Wharf Hypothesis in the sense that er people talk about different things because they might be relevant to their actual lives . |
| 16 | Korda Marshall at RCA does not believe they will be true to their word . |
| 17 | Indeed , the findings of Brown and Harris ( 1978 ) suggest that a job outside the home may in certain circumstances help to maintain a mother 's mental health , in which case it may be beneficial to her relationships with her children . |
| 18 | Secondly , he may be liable to his purchaser for breach of a term of his contract — a matter to be considered in the next chapter . |
| 19 | It might be harmful to your lungs . |
| 20 | He was interested in who the local people wanted , whether they considered that a chap would fit in with the university or college , whether he 'd be acceptable to his colleagues . |
| 21 | A Forestry Commission spokesman denied charges of a secret arrangement , but acknowledged that the Ordnance Survey had " clearly felt that it would be misleading to their customers to publish maps indicating Commission land when they are aware that one tenth of this land has to be sold off by the end of the century " . |
| 22 | I shall not force you to tell me if you still consider it would be contrary to your country 's interests to do so . ’ |
| 23 | In order to understand better and to compare offers received , it would be helpful to my clients if you were prepared to discuss the mechanics of your offer price which should be worked assuming a debt free group and thus based on profit before tax and interest . |
| 24 | It would be professionally improper for them to interest themselves in the social or leisure activities of their pupils ; and it would be unsuitable to their professionalism if they were involved in purely supervisory or ancillary duties , which are carried out , where necessary , by unqualified assistants . |
| 25 | She refused on the grounds that it would be rude to her hosts . |
| 26 | I also feel it would be unfair to my daughter to have an affair with a woman . |
| 27 | ‘ Because it would be inappropriate to my position here , and I have no need of further excuses to call down Miss Merchiston 's reproaches upon my head . ’ |
| 28 | She therefore proposed that my father should pretend to fall in love with her difficult and very homesick Italian friend so that it would be clear to her parents that there was no hope of getting him for Fiona . ’ |
| 29 | You have a variety of options , which means it can be tailor-made to your needs . |