Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the start of the recession , we had to be prepared to have regard to its length , its depth , its breadth and to adapt policies and to be flexible . |
| 2 | A bank will usually be willing to send deeds to you upon your giving its undertaking on its standard forms . |
| 3 | The licence may be exclusive which means that the software publisher can not grant licences to others in respect of the software ; but , more usually , the licence will be non-exclusive so that the software publisher will be free to grant licences to anyone else he wishes to . |
| 4 | At best we might get material from which a more or less dubious inference might be drawn as to what the promoters intended or would have intended if they had thought about the matter , and it would , I think , generally be dangerous to attach weight to what some other members of either House may have said . |
| 5 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 6 | Despite the depressed economy she still finds little real evidence of publishers pruning their lists and , as a consequence , there are ‘ too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ’ |
| 7 | But although I found it impossible not to be moved by the vibes and hype of enthusiastic publicity people and charming sales teams , there is no getting away from the fact that it is going to be a very tough year , with too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ; and I do n't see any real evidence of anyone pruning their lists . |
| 8 | A basic curiosity towards diverse traditions ( a ) to appreciate and delight in diversity and know enough about different religions not to offend the susceptibilities of people , and to be able to give respect to them as persons without marginalizing their religious commitment — to be able therefore to contribute towards a harmonious society ; ( b ) to perceive the crucial area of common-ground between almost all major religious traditions , and that differences and disagreements are only meaningful against that background of what is held in common . |
| 9 | If this is the case , check what materials there are — you might be able to make suggestions to your students about programmes they would find interesting to watch . |
| 10 | Such councils should be able to provide services to their communities that are more cost effective and efficient than they are now . |
| 11 | It is information which is vital to any councillor who is trying to go through the analysis of cost centre by cost centre of the expenditures of this council and as such it 's vital that this information is available to us not only by combing through all the relevant minutes and in er minutes of committees that have taken place but paraded together in one place for us all and members of the public to be able to get access to it . |
| 12 | We offer a mail order service and I will be happy to send details to anyone who is interested . |
| 13 | When my membership come up for renewal in November I would be happy to add £5 to it , or agree to anything similar which is adopted … |
| 14 | It would be unwise to set limits to its march . |
| 15 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 16 | Some place must be found for the principle of self-determination as a basis for altering international boundaries and the controlled and limited use of force in the service of this principle , and , in order to establish the boundaries of such legitimate force , it will be necessary to establish rules to which appeal can be made for the settlement of territorial disputes by international courts as an essential precondition of the legitimate resort to force . |
| 17 | Where a party fails to comply with the direction for exchange of witness statements , he will not be entitled to adduce evidence to which the direction related without leave of the court ( RSC Ord 38 , r2A(10) ) . |
| 18 | One of the cases also incidentally raises the question of whether , and to what extent , it may be desirable to have regard to what was said in Parliament at the time when the legislation was under discussion . |