Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [indef pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | That entity must be based on consensus and it must be one to which the British people will willingly belong because they appreciate the advantages to which the hon. Member for Chichester has already referred . |
| 2 | When foreign-language teachers are nowadays being encouraged to ‘ play the role of a sympathetic native speaker ’ , there must be something to be said for their actually being ‘ sympathetic native speakers ’ . |
| 3 | And if Orrie had not already tramped all over it this morning , since his discovery , nosing out the signs of trespass , there just might be something to be found . |
| 4 | I was just thinking there might be something to that tale Ralf told last night , if the monks need an escort to move their flocks . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ When it works , it 'll be nothing to be ashamed of It 's what I 've been working towards for most of my professional life , ’ the doctor said defensively . |
| 6 | It was the association of hot springs and helium that had made him think that there could be something to Chatterjee 's idea after all , and maybe to the claims by Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 7 | At one point he talks of the extension over time of ‘ a personality ’ rather than of ‘ a person ’ , and might have said that , even if the general knew what he did as a boy , it could be nothing to him , no part of his adult conception of himself , and so not a matter for guilt or blame . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , there may be something to be said for the notion of denunciation . |
| 9 | Finally , there may be something to be said for a non-exhaustive list of situations in which consent will be negatived . |
| 10 | ‘ I have no … merits yet ; and what I want to be would be nothing to you . ’ |
| 11 | The Robemaker had only to exert his will ; he had already clawed his way into the minds of the two slaves with the axes ; it would be nothing to him now to whip their minds to his will . |
| 12 | Apple would be everything to everyone . |
| 13 | ‘ Rebuilding the cab and engine without advice or drawings would be very difficult and I 'm sure there would be something to be gained by appealing for some personal recollections . ’ |
| 14 | This would be something to be bargained over . |
| 15 | You 'll obviously have to give up your job , now that you 're pregnant , and maybe restoring the castle to its former glory would be something to both occupy your time and exercise your brain . |
| 16 | ‘ The idea is taking off and we are confident the end result will be something to be proud of , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Okay , I think in fact the balance with the increment of two one nine will be something to er enquire by the |
| 18 | The shock I got when I found you out again will be nothing to their reaction . |
| 19 | He or she will be someone to whom , owing to the quite serious situation they have become involved in , events of a comic , deflationary character happen . |