Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun] be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Though not easy to define accounting is concerned with financial accountability plus some aspects of economic accountability .
2 ‘ There 's such a thing as greed , Emily , and sad to say brothers are capable of hating each other , take Cain and Abel for example . ’
3 In an asset sale the provisions most likely to restrict competition are non-competition covenants given by the vendor to the purchaser or any arrangement purporting to divide up geographic or product markets .
4 But then it is hard to imagine Pauline being afraid of anything .
5 Think of something more useful to let U be equal to Cos this is the the main part of it .
6 During this period the government consistently denied the existence of poverty among 16- and 17-year olds , the target group for SHP , and said those who were unable to find jobs were guaranteed Youth Training places .
7 To be able to hypothesise is important , to be able to evaluate findings is vital .
8 Conversely , the fact that we are able to predict events is experimental evidence against singularities and for the no-boundary proposal .
9 And such talents , it should be emphasized , are necessary not just for campaigning , but also for governing ; presidents unable to master television are unlikely to be effective in office .
10 Atrophy of mild to moderate severity was present in the antrum , corpus , and fundus in eight of 11 subjects and in the antrum only in the remaining three .
11 Easy to load and difficult to crash software is vital in a multi-work station class , as it releases the teacher to provide intellectual guidance rather than simply providing the services of a technician .
12 When she had gone , Joanna said , ‘ I 'm inclined to think Helen is right .
13 There are several fungi known collectively as mildews , the most common to attack roses being powdery rose mildew — which is not a bad description , because it has the appearance of a dusty , powdery covering on the affected foliage .
14 I am sorry to say Osvaldo is dead . ’
15 Strictly speaking , I suppose it 's possible to say Pascoe was negligent . ’
16 Actually it 's funny , it 's nice to know people are human ! erm page 17 17 , Nationa erm sort of half way down , it should be flue gas rather than fuel .
17 The percentage shareholding necessary to give control is problematical since as the degree of dispersal increases effective control can be exercised with a decreasing proportion of the votes , and certainly with considerably less than the 50 per cent required for a member or members to have the right to remove the board .
18 The tussle for the team award has rarely been tighter and with four to count Striders were clear winners with Sammy Doherty finishing fourth .
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