Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How , in that case , could late 1960s progressive rock be specific to the counterculture ? |
| 2 | Would this behaviour be unreasonable in the context of these two people ? |
| 3 | Because , while she could just about put up with the attitude of Lady Wyndham towards herself , there was no way she was prepared to let the beastly old woman be unkind to the children . |
| 4 | Could this property be useful in earthquake prediction ? |
| 5 | In this way , following Marx , they contend that if military expenditure and involvement in society and politics has increased , then it must in some way be functional for the survival of capitalism as an economic system . |
| 6 | I hope that in Committee he will listen to the pleas of Members representing Greater London and the south of England because they are dear to my heart and may to some extent be dear to his . |
| 7 | To achieve this , Poulantzas says , it must to some extent be independent of all classes , or as he puts it , it must be relatively autonomous . |
| 8 | Of course in order to be effective anti-viral agents they must at some stage be dependent on a viral enzyme to convert them into their active form , or they must selectively inhibit viral enzymes directly . |
| 9 | Why should the whims of Victorian gynaecology be relevant within a book which discusses the impurity of women in religion ? |
| 10 | Nor should Standard English be confused with ‘ good ’ English . |
| 11 | By analogy , if we wait until Parliament does the outrageous will the political climate be conducive to creating effective constitutional protections against the outrageous . |
| 12 | because he said that when I came into that corner I pulled in I 'd slowed too much and then had to drive round , drive round the corner with my left foot flat on the floor and I thought oh , should n't your left foot be flat on the floor when you corner and that 's probably what he was getting at , as I could off been slipping the clutch . |
| 13 | There are times these days when I feel so starved of warmth that the instructions on a painkiller packet or vitamin tub ( " At the first sign of a cold developing be sure to … " ) can make me go all husky and brave . |
| 14 | But must a foraging hyena be conscious of the food it has not yet uncovered , or a homing salmon aware of its destination as it begins the laborious trip upstream to its natal stream to spawn ; both exemplars of goal-seeking behaviour ? |
| 15 | How could the heavenly Father be satisfied with mechanical obedience devoid of love and trust ? |
| 16 | The success of this greatly appreciated service must in a great measure be due to the pleasant and most helpful personality of the librarian . |
| 17 | We believe that a continuation of this activity could in the long term be detrimental to the welfare of their less privileged neighbours , who have to depend on a weekly wage for their survival ’ . |
| 18 | Let this long day be full for you , |
| 19 | If , for example , a statutory provision has been judicially construed , should parliamentary material indicating a clear parliamentary intention of an alternative construction be admissible in a subsequent case ? |
| 20 | The individual of course wants feeding needs feeding but should all resources of this area that area be rife to that particular point , every two to three years ? |
| 21 | and unless its a real medical problem be content with your figure |
| 22 | ‘ I have already indicated my agreement with the views of my noble and learned friend , Lord Diplock , as expressed in O'Reilly v. Mackman [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 237 , and I gratefully adopt all his reasons for the conclusion that : ‘ it would … as a general rule be contrary to public policy , and as such an abuse of the process of the court , to permit a person seeking to establish that a decision of a public authority infringed rights to which he was entitled to protection under public law to proceed by way of an ordinary action and by this means to evade the provisions of Order 53 for the protection of such authorities . ’ |
| 23 | In going through this document , look at it from the viewpoint of the buyer as well as your own client , and if the buyer 's conveyancer has made any slip or omission , put it right ; you may yourself one day be grateful for a similar courtesy . |
| 24 | It was clear that this privileged student body with its energy and antagonism to the central authorities could one day be involved in a serious confrontation with the authorities . |
| 25 | I had once imagined that I too might one day be involved in that large , confusing family with its extended degrees of affinity . |
| 26 | Quite obviously , there is a good deal of , as yet , classified technology which might one day be available for all sorts of hazard mitigation purposes . |
| 27 | They generously hoped she would one day be happy with Angel again , and were afraid for her , knowing that Alec d'Urberville was constantly tempting her . |
| 28 | There is a clear role too for other new products in the T&L portfolio , including Krystar , a sweetener refined from corn syrup into a crystalline fructose , which may one day be interchangeable with table sugar . |
| 29 | They 're never going to get rich or famous , but they love thinking they 'll one day be legendary to Those Who Really I now . |
| 30 | 13.7.3 Should the alleged mistake be apparent in the decision ? |