Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well one , one of my sons is married to er , gir , girl whose family live in Buckley |
| 2 | In France my thanks are due to Mme C. Chicoye of the Ministere de l'Environnement , Paris ; M. J. P. Tixier of Auvergne et Nature ; Mr G. Laroche of the Institut Technique des Cereales et des Fourrages ( ITCF ) , Clermont-Ferrand ; M. Y. De Oliveira , Assistant Director and M. Y. Michelin , Agricultural Specialist , Parc Regional Volcans d'Auvergne ; and to staff of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) both at Theix and at Clermont-Ferrand ; and to staff of Societe d'Amenagement Foncie et d'Etablissement Rural ( SAFER ) at Clermont . |
| 3 | My thanks are due to Ralph Ellis and his management team who , with diligence and determination , continue to battle through these difficult times . |
| 4 | ? ) On a more serious note , my thanks are due to Dr. Peach , the Tutor for Graduates , for being available and interested without being intrusive , and to the Principal for understanding so well the fears and uncertainties of being new on the job . |
| 5 | My thanks are due to all those , including volunteers , who have become engaged in this initiative . |
| 6 | And of course it then , in the end you have to say oh well I 'd like to but I do n't think my legs are equal to it . |
| 7 | Although I had wanted to go away and agreed to go away , when the time came I also felt that I was being pushed out of the nest , and that my parents were glad to be rid of me , in that there would be one fewer person to cater for . |
| 8 | My shoes are stuck to the |
| 9 | We do n't often have strangers here , and I 'm afraid neither I nor my dogs are used to receiving them . ’ |
| 10 | It soon became clear that nothing which came up to my expectations was open to me . |
| 11 | He does n't care what I say or how I feel — my feelings are meaningless to him — it 's the fact that he 's got me . |
| 12 | His enquiry about my whereabouts was due to our having moved house . |
| 13 | But my husband always thought that my in-laws were good to me , because they never criticised me in his presence , He had told them beforehand ‘ I know this girl , what she is like , so I do n't want to hear anything about her from you . |
| 14 | My boyfriends are penniless to a man . ’ |
| 15 | My boots are supposed to ‘ give ’ . |
| 16 | Whereas members of the Young Socialists tended to be absorbed in politics and their views were well to the left of average , the views of the YCs were marked by an ordinariness . |
| 17 | In this sense , to ask whether a body is subject to judicial review is to ask whether its activities are subject to supervision according to rules and principles of public law . |
| 18 | Its activities are open to all people , regardless of caste and creed , but the main beneficiaries are tribal and Dalit groups . |
| 19 | In the context of litigation , this is done by the courts : the courts decide which activities are subject to which legal controls ; and such decisions are , essentially , political decisions . |
| 20 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 21 | Its ranks are open to all young men of noble birth regardless of where they live within the Empire . |
| 22 | The paper 's polling day editorial acknowledged that its values were closer to a modern Conservative Party than to any other . |
| 23 | Their proposals are subject to the official sanctions of the ( European ) Council of Ministers and the democratically elected members of the European Parliament . |
| 24 | Children 's reading tastes are unformed , their use of book reviews slight , and their requests are likely to be limited … |
| 25 | It will be clear from the foregoing paragraphs that the maintenance of quality in all its aspects is central to the University 's aims in every area of activity . |
| 26 | Many of the Muslim women I spoke to told me that their husbands were unfaithful to them usually with white women ( see for example p. 123 of ‘ Sisters in Struggle ’ ) . |
| 27 | Too late Polly realised that her words were open to a very different interpretation from the one she intended , and her heart sank as the woman 's face creased into a hard-edged cynical smile . |
| 28 | If you actually read what Mitterrand and Kohl said , their words are open to so many interpretations that it is tempting , though wrong , to think that the whole business is all talk and no substance . |
| 29 | Will UK ministers now demand that when the Council meets to legislate its sessions are open to public and Parliamentarians alike ? |
| 30 | Which methods are likely to be best ? |