Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be [to-vb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ 'T IS glad I am to 'ear it , me lord , ’ came the mocking response . |
| 2 | YOU are not the most mercenary sign of the zodiac , which is probably a good thing considering that the more you chase after your pound of flesh this coming year , the less likely you are to get it . |
| 3 | The tax signalled that he was both tough on the deficit ( it will raise , he hopes , $12 billion over the next five years , and $12 billion a year thereafter ) and serious about the environment ( the more people have to pay for energy , the less likely they are to squander it . ) |
| 4 | They might come and see how competent she was to run it if they chose , but short of abducting her , they could do no more than advise . |
| 5 | ‘ That is an easy thing to say , ’ she observed to Hastings , who lay sleek in the sun , ‘ when I know how unlikely I am to fulfil it . ’ |
| 6 | ( I had a part in that — The Good Life TV series , I mean , and proud I was to play it . |
| 7 | The more viscous the lava , the more difficult it is to force it through a vent , and the vent may well become blocked with a slow-moving or stationary plug of lava . |
| 8 | But the briefer a sound is , the more difficult it is to make it energetic enough to produce a decent echo . |
| 9 | I was n't meaning to suggest it was either good or bad I was to report it . |