Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The really phenomenal success of these materials during the last thirty years or so has been due to the combination of cheap and rapid mass-production with adequate toughness — added of course to chemical inertness , lightweight and bright and cheerful , not to say garish , colours . |
| 2 | The way in which Saddam Hussein still behaves is unacceptable to us , to the United Nations and to the international community , and we shall continue to keep pressure on him . |
| 3 | Ironically , the government really has been true to its policy of noninterference in the ‘ free market ’ where women 's opportunities are concerned , though in other areas it has often recognised the paradox that non-interventionist policies require intervention to make them work . |
| 4 | Imitation , they say , is the sincerest form of flattery , and the Taiwanese , masters of mimicry , are going ahead with an ambitious plan to copy a style of rugby that until now has been alien to them . |
| 5 | The existence of a relationship between increased remuneration and profits on the one hand or growth on the other is capable of less impressionistic assessment , and indeed has been subject to detailed research . |