Example sentences of "he [vb mod] be [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , he may be liable to conviction of an offence under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 . |
| 2 | He knew that if he kept under the trees , he should be able to crest the Monument yet remain hidden from the mysterious workers . |
| 3 | He must be sensitive to considerations of strategy , which will include a concern for the virtues of coordination . |
| 4 | And , while her heart raced that there was a hint in what he 'd just said that he might be prepared to sightsee with her that afternoon , ‘ You must be parched ! ’ she apologised . |
| 5 | ‘ I think that if he touched the electric fence when it was on , he 'd be frightened to death and we 'd never get near him again , ’ says Penny Stevens , his groom for the last five years . |
| 6 | So he would be nice to gays ; he would be in favour of , and even extend , abortion rights ; he would be anti-militaristic ; he would hug trees . |
| 7 | In the words of Roger of Howden , " the young King , of his own accord and under no compulsion , laying his hands on the Holy Gospels in the presence of a large crowd of clerks and laymen , swore that from that day onward and for the rest of his life he would be loyal to King Henry , his father and his lord , and would serve him faithfully . |
| 8 | He would be half-way to Salt Lake City by now . |
| 9 | Where D was intoxicated when committing the ‘ unlawful act ’ , it is likely that he would be liable to conviction for that offence despite his intoxicated state . |
| 10 | Moreover , apart from this defect , the election could not be regarded as complete until he had received his pallium from the pope , and he would be liable to deposition unless he received it within a year of his consecration . |
| 11 | He may also have hoped that by supporting a revolution with which the Chinese felt no small degree of identification , he would be able to outmanoeuvre his Maoist critics . |
| 12 | When the French proclaimed the Republic of Greater Lebanon in 1926 , they proposed a Greek Orthodox as president , because he would be acceptable to Muslims , as well as trusted by the French and the Maronites . |
| 13 | A brief calculation showed that if the client is entitled to severe disability premium he would be entitled to income support but could not sign a green form to give this initial advice or to act on the other matter . |
| 14 | In general terms this means that if one sets up a trust to accumulate income , and the settlor has not completely divested himself of the trust property , he will be chargeable to income tax on the trust income . |
| 15 | Jones , however , insists that it will be six months before he will be able to gauge whether his time with Durham was a personal success . |
| 16 | His manner suggests he will be open to ideas . |