Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry I was foul to you last night , ’ the woman said . |
| 2 | And for that I 'm grateful to those who peopled my journey . |
| 3 | Furthermore , even where valid structures have been drilled , rocks of poor reservoir quality have been found but this my be due to the fact that no attempt has been made to select the structures with the best reservoir potential . |
| 4 | She was six years older so by the time I was 12 I was accustomed to propping my eyelids open well into the early hours , listening to her tearful ‘ he loves me , he loves me not . ’ |
| 5 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 6 | Although many sentences with this surface sequence will always come to the same thing pragmatically , whichever of the two constructions is assumed ( this is one of the features which can make careful syntactic analysis such a delicate matter ) , it is nonetheless possible to find some which are open to either syntactic interpretation but with a clear difference in meaning ; this will then help to throw the syntactic difference into relief . |
| 7 | He had been working on a new series for BBC Radio 2 which is due to be broadcast next spring . |
| 8 | I would apologise for not returning these before 10 June 1993 which was due to an error on our behalf , and can assure you that all future returns will be sent timeously . |
| 9 | Notice that while doing this you are vulnerable to being pulled over , so your body position should be lower than ever . |
| 10 | The relationship between qualifications and jobs is attenuated by the complexities of labour market segmentation and this itself is subject to local diversification . |
| 11 | I 'm afraid she was rude to us ! |
| 12 | Everyone is assumed to be potentially capable of having sexual relations with a person of either sex , although there could be exceptions at either end of the spectrum , that is , there are some people who are constitutionally unable to be anything other than heterosexual , and some who are unable to be anything other than homosexual . |
| 13 | One consequence of this distinction is that the prosecutor bears no burden of showing that the defendant was aware of the existence or presence of another who was likely to be harassed , alarmed or distressed . |
| 14 | Jim has previously arranged football trips to England , Blackpool and Plymouth — but this one is special to him . |
| 15 | This one was certain to be the ‘ Dennis Lillee Show ’ . |
| 16 | But of course er that 's gone now , that that 's all gone now , and by one means or another we were able to er to er live comfortably , anyway . |
| 17 | I hope the negotiation with Norfolk will give us that opportunity and the negotiations with the Department of Transport as well , we must not leave them out , this they are crucial to the solution of the entirety of these province . |
| 18 | If they fail in this they are likely to be ineffective and encourage forms of organisation and control that are essentially unprofessional in their character and consequences . |
| 19 | In this they were similar to Wester Ross but contrasted with Norway where the use of extra grants and subsidies had overcome this problem . |
| 20 | 2 They are prone to making catastrophic misinterpretations of their symptoms , thereby making them more frightening and increasing panic . |
| 21 | At this he remarked , ‘ Yes , on a day like this it 's good to be alive . ’ |
| 22 | To help you do this it is useful to : |
| 23 | In a limited treatment like this it is easy to be bland . |
| 24 | From this it is clear to me that almost every possible subject and source is covered in Edinburgh libraries and everything is reasonably easy to find and the library staff are happy to assist . |
| 25 | In this it is analogous to reality itself ; that is , the ordinary individuated reality in which we , as individuals , live . |
| 26 | With a background such as this it is hard to be optimistic about renewed efforts to achieve consumer success with a medium so firmly rejected by the market . |
| 27 | If the subject does not know the junction and is attempting to decide how risky it is likely to be in other circumstances it would make sense to extrapolate from the information in the film to decide for example how busy the junction generally is , or to simply generalize from their current feelings of risk . |
| 28 | The woman was probably in her middle forties , with a body that looked strong rather than fat under the shapeless clothes , and a long lined face that had already done all the ageing it was likely to . |
| 29 | So when something goes wrong it 's likely to be very expensive … and that means new parts |
| 30 | As the tent is quite high it is prone to catching winds broadside which distorts the shape . |