Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However he went on in an important passage to say that if contractual restrictions appear to be unnecessary or to be reasonably capable of enforcement in an oppressive manner then they must be justified before they can be enforced . |
| 2 | It 's very important to become quicker , smoother in your movement , to bend down low or to be able to jump up high in order for you to get this point of contact . |
| 3 | workload/demand measures : to indicate the amount due or to be done ; |
| 4 | Women are educated from an early age to distrust strangers , to avoid lonely places , to return home when it is light or to be accompanied when it is dark . |
| 5 | The flow chart is not supposed to be rigid or to be adhered to at all costs ; more a source of guidance and reference and a way of keeping check on the different activities that go on simultaneously as you move towards that special day . |
| 6 | In 19 out of the 24 subjects in the table ( right ) , their graduates are more likely to be unemployed or to be in short-term employment only . |
| 7 | On Oct. 18 the USA and the Soviet Union jointly issued invitations to a conference to open on Oct. 30 and to be held in Madrid ( not Lausanne , Switzerland , as had been widely believed until then ) . |
| 8 | White attackers often claim to be members of organizations like this and to be acting on their behalf and , certainly , the National Front has contributed to an atmosphere in which some white people think it acceptable to assault blacks . |
| 9 | They are trained to do this and to be aware that they carry personal legal responsibility for their actions . |
| 10 | It must be accepted that standards set are real , attainable and to be attained . |
| 11 | Well , yes , I mean I can remember having a friend in Oxford who was schizophrenic and to be quite frank he needed to be certified and we could not get him to go to the doctors , and when he did he told sufficient stories that the doctor home with eye drops because he was seeing things . |
| 12 | In the formation of the partnership and in the baby 's increasing awareness of difference , the mother imparts more than nourishment and cleanliness ; she lays the foundation of a future ability to trust and hope , to enjoy with another and to be grateful to another for that enjoyment . |
| 13 | And for someone in my position to make a jump from one thing to another and to be feeling better than I 've felt in ten years , feeling like I 'm at the top of my game creatively at the moment , must mean that I 've grown in the making of this album . |
| 14 | Cut off from the Reich by the Polish Corridor these people felt themselves to be German and to be threatened by the new Polish state . |
| 15 | In its monumental form this was not to mark a grave but to be a prize in the games and other competitions at festivals in the great sanctuaries of Greece ; especially Olympia , where the games were traditionally founded in 776 B.C. and where most of the best of these vessels have been found dedicated . |
| 16 | Yes , but I think there 's no need to buy computers just to be clever or to be well ahead of your neighbours or your other business friends . |
| 17 | Ltd. or to be joined as defendants , and for directions as to the future conduct of the action . |
| 18 | One of the many Serbs who gained their first military experience during the brief Austrian interlude was Djordje Petrović ( Karadjordje ) ( kara in Turkish = black ) , a pig dealer from the Šumadija , who was later to lead the Serbian revolt of 1804 and to be the founding father of one of the Serbian royal houses . |
| 19 | They want the room warm and to be well covered . |
| 20 | In between , we say , we ‘ play it by ear ’ and what we listen for is the child 's own claim to have its decisions treated as authoritative and to be ready to bear the responsibility . |
| 21 | But he saw the prayers of the Church as a living and fruitful tradition which threw up new ideas , some on reflection wrong or offending and to be rejected , others the seeds of devotion . |
| 22 | ‘ When I go to a party I feel there 's an expectation for me to be witty and to be a ‘ party gal ’ , says my friend Alison . |
| 23 | What I want , would like to see , and I think is in your interest and the public 's interest is actually to , to not just be responding but to be , to be reactive but to be pro-active , and to be going out onto the streets as it were . |
| 24 | The Enterprise Centre 's staff development activities aim to be innovative and to be both proactive and reactive . |
| 25 | Many , it is true , shouted enthusiastically that we were right and to be congratulated , but many others were up in arms at our intrepid temerity . |
| 26 | I am delighted to be asked to deliver Lynda 's speech to such a large body of people committed to helping the disadvantaged and to be able to say a few words about how government is meeting the challenges that it faces in the developing world . |
| 27 | Formal observation techniques and equipment are designed to reduce this discrepancy to a minimum but the nursing process depends on much more than can be obtained by this means ; therefore it is important for the teacher to have some understanding of the factors that affect the formation of percepts so that she can help the nurse to make accurate judgements where these are possible and to be sufficiently receptive and mentally flexible to consider more than one possible judgement as basis for action . |
| 28 | Now sailing encompasses windsurfing , dinghy sailing and ocean cruising and if you 've got millions of pounds to spend you can enter the Fastnet or the Admiral 's Cup but whatever level or whatever part of sailing you want to take up , the basic techniques are best learnt in a dinghy or sail boat because it 's less expensive and a lot more simple to operate and that 's the purpose of this video to learn the most basic techniques as quickly as possible and to be at one with the wind . |
| 29 | Japanese kites , and there are almost a score here to set beside nearly 90 examples from China , tend to be either square or diamond-shaped and to be emblazoned with fearsome images of the heads of actors from the Kabuki stage . |
| 30 | So far this is normal and to be expected , but if Claire is told often enough how good she is when she feels herself to be bad , or if Henry is constantly reminded of his vicious streak when he is aware of other , ignored qualities in himself , then both Claire and Henry are likely to become confused as to their own self-images . |