Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was doubtful about being sole incumbent in five parishes — he had visualized a team ministry — and even more doubtful about the rural ministry in itself Did he … |
| 2 | What I 'm afraid of is that price liberalisation could enable producers of coal , steel and other raw materials to dictate high prices because of their monopoly position . |
| 3 | The Fabian Review , a good way to eavesdrop on thoughtful Lefties ' ruminations , leads with ‘ What 's Wrong With Being Middle Class ? ’ by Mo Mowlam , MP . |
| 4 | Doing all that TV stuff made me realise that , no , what I 'm interested in is pure movement . |
| 5 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; ‘ I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |
| 6 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |
| 7 | Although you may consider this to be specialist reading , we do suggest that you at least look at it , since maximising your income in retirement could make all the difference between being able to enjoy life or worrying about money . |
| 8 | Russia 's one advantage was numerical superiority , but for this to be effective Rennenkampf 's and Samsonov 's armies needed to unite . |
| 9 | Greenfield takes this to be further evidence of the greater degree of abstraction being learnt in schools . |
| 10 | so the must sum to zero if the constraints are to be feasible and we will assume this to be true hereafter . |
| 11 | To many foreigners , not to mention the British themselves , England is simply too cold and damp to be serious wine producer . |
| 12 | I mean if you do buy hessian back carpet the only thing we do charge extra for is two pound fifty on top or two , seventy five , two seventy five for underlay and that sort of stuff , if you buy foam back it 's the price you see So everyone 's on that training scheme now I suppose are n't they ? |
| 13 | It was dangerous to be dangerous back then . |
| 14 | Run DMC loathe ‘ fuckin' faggots ’ , The Beastie Boys say all girls are fit for is menial work and occasional abuse . |
| 15 | Glad to be male Hip-hop , body pop , rap , heavy metal — why do large chunks of pop get rubbished , ignored or mocked ? |
| 16 | Request : As President of the ‘ Glad To Be Grey Society ’ , we contacted the PM to write a short passage extolling the virtues of greyness for our newsletter ‘ Grey Pride ’ . |
| 17 | I 'm fit to be Prime Minister because I truly represent the people of this country — their hopes for economic success and social justice , and their aspirations , because I 'm from them . |
| 18 | I do believe fervently that no man is fit to be any man 's master ; that an uncontrolled capacity to amass wealth is thoroughly wrong ; that the class system , particularly in relation to education , needs urgent change ; that it is right and proper and sensible to be an enthusiastic European and that much nonsense is talked about the alleged loss of sovereignty . |
| 19 | It was hard to be all sweetness and light when she was desperately trying to catch up with her own quarry before McKenna did . |
| 20 | Well I , other week I got this beds er not bedspread duvet cover and he 's supposed to be slight second and I can 's see nowt wrong with that . |
| 21 | ‘ We are supposed to be prospective man and wife , ’ he said , still rubbing his chest , ‘ and Margrida is under the impression that we 're madly in love . ’ |
| 22 | Being that management procedures are supposed to be best practice , |
| 23 | It amounts to £92.5 million over five years which is supposed to be additional money to what is already budgeted . |
| 24 | The story begins at Limehouse Reach where Gaffer Hexam , pursuing his trade of recovering dead bodies from the river , finds the drowned man supposed to be young Harmon ; it is upstream near Henley that Bradley Headstone attacks and thinks that he has killed Eugene Wrayburn , his hated rival for the love of Lizzie Hexam . |
| 25 | M Beregovoy is supposed to be joint leader of the socialists ' election campaign . |
| 26 | M Beregovoy is supposed to be joint leader of the socialists ' election campaign . |
| 27 | Yet while InterCity is supposed to be one business , offering consistent standards throughout Britain , many regional differences in what the traveller actually experiences die slowly . |
| 28 | A quality , indeed , in the custom of language , does not admit of individuality : it is supposed to be one thing common to many ; which , being explained , means that it is the name of a resemblance among our sensations , and not a name of the individual sensations which resemble . |
| 29 | It was supposed to be good whisky , but the thin layer of dust in the bottom of all the cups did n't improve the taste any . |
| 30 | but no , use that erm bottle stuff we 've got , we dilute , it 's supposed to be good stuff , you 're suppose to get the same quality out of it as , out of that and it 's cheaper we okay for glasses ? |