Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was more worried early on about being compared to the Postcard groups like Josef K. ’ |
| 2 | People react in different ways to odours , for example most people would probably describe rural odours or odour from a brewery , perfumery , or fish and chip shop as pleasant , but not all , some would find them unpleasant , pungent even , especially after being subjected to them for any length of time . |
| 3 | 3 Stock should be arranged neatly in drawers or on shelves 5 When goods have been taken out ( eg to be shown to a customer ) they should be returned to their correct storage place . |
| 4 | How jarring it seemed then that , at the consecration , reference had necessarily to be made to the man Jesus of Nazareth : he had to take centre stage . |
| 5 | ‘ It is riveting stuff , especially to be treated to the first performance of a production that has attracted such rave reviews . |
| 6 | Horticultural papers should possibly be included in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany , or one issue annually to be devoted to horticultural papers . |
| 7 | The PCD secretariat then carries the investigation forward with the provision that , if the matter proves to be significant enough to be referred to the Investigation Committee , the ARC will be informed so that it can consider the case further . |
| 8 | Oh chicken , you did n't think when you were running around on the farm that you would be lucky enough to be served to one who — May I ? |
| 9 | The client invariably had to make up his own mind , that is if he was lucky enough to be alerted to the exact opportunity . |
| 10 | The initial decision of the complainant was not without importance , for if , after hearing the evidence of witnesses , the justice of the peace decided that the case was not serious enough to be sent to a superior court , he could not then and there try it as a police court case . |
| 11 | Well it was during the height of the er blitz ; we went in convoy from Liverpool , way north up amongst the icebergs which was exciting , and er then we came down to St Lawrence to Montreal , and then went down to er New York , and then eventually to er , we were dispersed around the countryside , and , and er we were fortunate enough to be sent to Cincinnati . |
| 12 | But pink suits me , she thought , and what the hell , my hips are still trim enough to be clung to . |
| 13 | Doctors hope she will soon be well enough to be transferred to Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 14 | Among his achievements at Chelsea were some pineapples considered fine enough to be presented to the King by Sir Hans Sloane . |
| 15 | I was lucky enough to be introduced to India 's celebrated cartoonist Mario de Miranda . |
| 16 | He had just delivered an impassioned speech to win friends and financial support for WWF and I was near enough and lucky enough to be introduced to him . |
| 17 | Staff at the centre say they 'll care for the animals until they 're strong enough to be returned to the wild . |
| 18 | The military road also connected with Fort William and offers walkers a splendid route at a high level but skirting the mountains , greatly to be preferred to the bus service . |
| 19 | When Nichols brought Dustin along to be introduced to the mogul in his imposing New York office , Levine , after greeting Nichols , turned to Dustin and said , ‘ The windows are over there . ’ |
| 20 | Typically , the sterling area was assumed a ‘ good thing ’ , the justification of which needed only to be made to foreigners ( especially Americans ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Mr Ward said that this was only to be given to his wife in the event of his death , ’ the solicitor said . |
| 22 | The part appears only to be fitted to Piper aircraft , and is known to be fitted to the PA-46 Malibu . |
| 23 | Shafts sunk below it however , had to be pumped or baled , though the water needed only to be raised to Deep Adit , through which it ran to the open fell side . |
| 24 | And the sister was further surprised when , holding out a hand to Millie , it was not taken , but , instead , the child began to walk out before her , only to be brought to a stop by the nun saying , ‘ You must always ask Mother Superior if you may leave her presence . |
| 25 | That assessment has only to be read to indicart to indicate what it fortended for future success in her chosen career . |
| 26 | The completed cross-cut now meant that water needed only to be lifted to the level and allowed to run out to day . |
| 27 | As the rock shaft reached the Deep Level horizon , a link was driven to the East Shaft , and from then on , debris from the continued sinking and seepage needed only to be lifted to that height . |
| 28 | According to the Centre for Pontian Studies in Athens 350,000 Pontians were massacred in 1916-23 ; around 1,000,000 Pontians fled to Greece while others escaped to the Caucasus , only to be exiled to central Asia and Siberia under Stalin . |
| 29 | Already as a young man of twenty-four he had pressed Eliot 's claims upon his seniors , John Crowe Ransom and Donald Davidson , in the circle of the Nashville ‘ fugitives ’ ; and this initially provincial dispute was played out on a national stage as early as 1923 when , in the New York Evening Post Literary Review , Ransom , with the courtly composure that was to be his hallmark , tried to promote Robert Graves before Eliot , only to be taken to task in the same columns by his younger associate . |
| 30 | Many of them go through the freedom of Grendon , only to be returned to the rough and tumble of ordinary jails to finish their sentences . |