Example sentences of "[adv] he is [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only he is supposed to have a key to it . ’ |
| 2 | On the other hand if particular property is shown to belong to one partner , then only he is entitled to take the benefit of increased worth . |
| 3 | So he is happy to see his Swedish brothers here ? |
| 4 | As a result , the copier ( the student ) becomes aware of the discriminative cues and so he is able to act as his own critic , thus advancing his learning with his own efforts , without further need of a teacher or critic . |
| 5 | So he is able to become even more modest than before . |
| 6 | It is one of civil politeness with the inn keeper realising that he could not beat Turnour in a fight and so he is prepared to bend under Turnour 's will as shown by his ‘ almost ’ friendliness when telling Turnour about his house and his asking of when Turnour would like to eat . |
| 7 | But his beat is often sluggish and lifeless , and when he does move things along he is apt to produce a coarse effect with his punched-out accents ( listen for example to ‘ Cease to beauty ’ or ‘ The flocks shall leave the mountains ’ ) or his aggressively pushy rhythms ( as in ‘ Happy we ’ or ‘ Love sounds th ’ alarm ’ ) . |
| 8 | Thus he is able to treat the woman as infinitely desirous of sex , as wanting nothing so much as to satisfy his desires . |
| 9 | Now , in the early stages of courtship , the male is aggressive and if the female comes too close he is likely to attack her . |
| 10 | The more time in the day the patient is idle , the more he is likely to sink into a torpor of laziness . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a task in which I stand ready to join John Major whenever he is ready to begin , ’ he said . |
| 12 | He lives in a solo world where clearly he is able to build uninterrupted fantasies . |
| 13 | Now he is anxious to join the priesthood . " |
| 14 | ‘ He has n't exercised for five years and has no muscle tone left but now he is able to exercise in the gym . |
| 15 | Page had a quiet year in 1991 ; now he is ready to challenge for honours again after winning a trophy which bears names such as Sandy Lyle and Peter McEvoy . |
| 16 | How well he is able to cope with the situation will depend partly on his age at the time and partly on how carefully the adults around him handle the situation . |
| 17 | Surely he is ready to save those who honour him , and his saving presence will remain in our land . |
| 18 | And as we are , as we are active , as we are active in his service and his work , then he is able to bless us . |
| 19 | Providing a coroner has considered the result of a post mortem examination and he is satisfied that there is no reasonable cause to suspect an unnatural death , then he is entitled to proceed under section 19(1) and to decline to hold an inquest . |
| 20 | Secondly , the relationship with the credit firm means that , if the customer wants credit , then he is likely to get it from that particular firm . |
| 21 | If , while we are praying for the Lord to do a new thing , we are failing to take action in areas where his intentions are perfectly clear and his resources for their implementation guaranteed , then he is unlikely to respond to our appeals to do more . |
| 22 | The capped level , or whatever we like to call it , is the criteria that has been established by the Secretary of State , and he has said it is five per cent beyond the standard spending level and he says if Councils spend beyond that then he is liable to introduce his capping legislation and |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know how he is supposed to have made it from Carluke to the bar in Motherwell if he did kill the girl at the time it was said he did . |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe he is concerned to improve his bloodline . |
| 25 | ‘ Instead he is busy sorting out his own administration . |
| 26 | Rc1 when he is likely to keep an edge . |
| 27 | And yet he is prepared to risk all this for the chance to make his city a better place . |
| 28 | Yet he is loath to part with skilled people who could prove difficult to replace come the upturn . |
| 29 | Or else he is able to interpose a living screen between himself as a sinner and God the holy One . |
| 30 | Conversely , where the tenant is likely to give discounts to certain customers ( eg those who pay by credit card , or employees ) , or where he is likely to have sales or special offers , his advisers should attempt to ensure that it is the amount he receives rather than the full retail price which is to be included in the calculation of turnover . |