Example sentences of "and [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain forms of writing , such as academic articles , extend this even further and writers are required to develop skills in explicitness , and in being aware of hidden assumptions , so that readers who have not directly had the writer 's experience may understand it . |
| 2 | I expect her to preside over the abolition of wages councils and to be strong on industrial training . |
| 3 | The English curriculum ought to help to overcome such snobbery by encouraging children to discuss their accents and to be proud of regional differences , but the task of overcoming arrogance about accents is formidable . |
| 4 | In addition , there has been strong support for the proposal to reduce the scope for intimidation and fraud by requiring strike ballots to be conducted by post and to be subject to independent scrutiny . |
| 5 | And to be European in southern England , is to make a political statement against Thatcherism , philistinism , and English insularity . |
| 6 | Moralists are , by definition , inclined to deal in absolutes and to be uncomfortable with pragmatic accommodation , but political leadership in the United States requires bargaining skills and , ‘ calls for actions such as compromise , renunciation , face saving of oneself , which are morally ambiguous or even downright immoral to people with morally rigorous standards . |
| 7 | Such judgements are supposed to be true or false in a fairly straightforward way , and to be testable by empirical enquiry or perhaps appeal to the common experience of the human race . |
| 8 | The ability to use library catalogues , both subject and author , including the important ability to articulate one 's subject interest in specific terms and to be aware of possible synonyms and related subjects . |
| 9 | BGS has to be ready at all times to supply the wants of the market for geoscience and to be aware of potential sources of income , marketing efforts , public relations and promotional activities will be focused more on the commercial sector . |
| 10 | Moreover , it may be occasional injectors , rather than regular injectors , who are the higher-risk group for spreading HIV , since casual injectors may be more inclined to share equipment than regular injectors , who are more likely to have their own ‘ set of works ’ and to be aware of safe cleaning procedures . |
| 11 | These problems appear to be real enough and to be indistinguishable from other problems but in fact they have only been created by ourselves . |
| 12 | I want an inspectorate to have the ability to make comments and criticisms and to be free of direct government interference . |
| 13 | You need more than a bowl of water to solve your , to salve your conscience and to , and to be free from innocent blood . |