Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | BIRDS do it , bees do it , but you used to be able to watch Emmerdale Farm with your granny and be confident that the cast would n't do it . |
| 32 | At six weeks , the young jacanas are independent and almost fully grown , though they will not acquire their fine adult plumage and be ready to breed until they are two . |
| 33 | The bed is never allowed to become exhausted , since this would permit incomplete softening and be wasteful of salt ; it is regenerated just before the stage at which hardness in the outflow becomes perceptible . |
| 34 | And there was always hope that the Westward family would see her one day as an elegant lady and be sorry they had n't kept in touch with the child who was after all their own flesh and blood . |
| 35 | The ‘ flyback diode ’ D1 must be a fast recovery type and be capable of carrying the peak inductor current . |
| 36 | Must like a good laugh and be fun to get on with . |
| 37 | The P P G seven has a very clear theme about supporting rural diversification , it is positively worded P P G. I think the restrictive nature of the existing policy and the district 's support for that is something that can not run forward in the structure plan and be consistent with national policy . |
| 38 | The applicant should therefore come to court with a future treatment plan and be prepared to explain why any other type of order under the Act , or indeed no order at all , would be inappropriate . |
| 39 | But the officer must maintain a certain flexibility and be able to deviate from usual practice where necessary , especially to avoid the risk that an administrative convention may be established which can subsequently be used by others with conflicting interests as a resource in their own negotiations . |
| 40 | It must ‘ see ’ the satellite with an accuracy of half a degree and be unobscured by trees or roof tiles . |
| 41 | They will have to be approved by the Lord Chancellor and be subject to the ‘ concurrence ’ of four senior Supreme Court judges , of whom Lord Donaldson will be one . |
| 42 | I had a lesson with him and he told me that if I squeezed my knees together I would slow down my bottom half and be able to release the club as hard as I wanted to . |
| 43 | Getting the ball back within a degree of percentage and be able to get yourself back into position er you 've got to be very careful with that . |
| 44 | For example , I might butter a piece of bread and be unable to gauge whether the procedure was taking me seconds or days . |
| 45 | Confirmation is usually requested where the exporter is unsure of the standing of the foreign bank or is concerned about ‘ country risk ’ — will the country run out of foreign exchange and be unable to pay ? |
| 46 | In such circumstances the punishment may be unjustified , and if it is , the parent should be able to admit this to the child and be able to apologise later when the tension is lessened . |
| 47 | When he was younger he 'd write songs about a laughing gnome , or a song about a laughing policeman , and I think it was a great outlet for David because he could almost blow his character out of all proportion and be able to pretend whatever he wanted to pretend , which is what actors and pop stars do . |
| 48 | Manifestations can vary enormously from one individual to another ; a sufferer may — or may not — forget how to wash , dress , eat , go to the lavatory , get up or go to bed ; be disorientated in time and place ( for example , may get up in the middle of the night , or may wander away from home and be unable to find his or her way back ) ; forget the social conventions of politeness , and may therefore become aggressive or rude ( or over-friendly ) ; forget how to communicate , and even his or her own or other people 's identity . |
| 49 | A second point is that each investor must , in my opinion , be willing that there should be a rescission of the investment transaction in question and be willing to return any shares or money he has received under the transaction . |
| 50 | ‘ Be a good girl and be sure to thank Cindy 's mother for giving you such a lovely time . ’ |
| 51 | An SFA member must apply appropriate expertise and be able to show that it believes on reasonable grounds that an advertisement that it issues or approves is fair and not misleading . |
| 52 | One of the first things that should be done is to share this with your partner so that your partner can help separate fact from fiction and be sensitive . |
| 53 | Drew turned to Perdita , who was deciding whether to race to the loo and be sick again . |
| 54 | But what I 'm saying is , is that everybody makes their own value judgement and be careful that you 're not making , imposing your value onto them . |
| 55 | He says he 's got to be a good tractor driver and be able to go straight . |
| 56 | The dog which the eleventh legion would have taken with them would need some herding instinct , be fleet of foot and be powerful enough to guard the herd against wolf or bear . |
| 57 | Admittedly , we do sometimes talk as if a person could have a pain in his foot and be unaware of it , perhaps while his attention is on something else , but this is explained by there being different levels of consciousness , or self-consciousness , in the mind ; it does not require our saying that pains have the same sort of mind-independent existence as tables . |
| 58 | Certainly all who believe in the value of the Old Testament must take criticism seriously , as they will be the first to want to establish an accurate text and be sure of its meaning . |
| 59 | In consequence , even the publication of an academic seminar paper carried out without formal approval could form a breach in the regulated structures of police existence and be subject to disciplinary control . |
| 60 | It was felt essential to continue the Course at a National level and be available to students from a distance and as our training strength is already at full stretch it would not be possible at present to consider a weekly training course , which had been mooted to run alongside . |