Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] [coord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However he went on in an important passage to say that if contractual restrictions appear to be unnecessary or to be reasonably capable of enforcement in an oppressive manner then they must be justified before they can be enforced . |
| 2 | The chance of winning £75,000 , then the top prize on the football pools , was too small to be visible but in the Fifties this slender possibility mesmerized the nation . |
| 3 | ‘ At 2–0 I thought it was going to be easy but in the end it was n't easy at all , ’ admitted Charlton in his after-match press conference . |
| 4 | Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so . |
| 5 | But parents throughout Northern Ireland have been campaigning for the new test to be revamped or at least postponed until pupils have had time to get to grips with the new format . |
| 6 | In many cases this is unlikely to be successful but for both professional and business reasons we should endeavour to ensure that acquisition is the appropriate route for the company to follow . |
| 7 | A waterfall does not have to be prefabricated to be successful and in certain circumstances it is desirable that it is not so . |
| 8 | You feel like you let yourself down , what how would you say you let yourself down , I do n't mean to be specific but in what way did you let yourself down |
| 9 | The Ego wants a loving relationship with the sole aim of feeling ‘ special ’ to someone — not from a desire to be loving and to be truly intimate . |
| 10 | The ideal situation , of course , would be to be empathic and in rapport with the horse . |
| 11 | Honourable but brief mentions must also go to Annie Lennox and Sinead O'Connor , for their uncompromising attitudes , bravery , outspokenness , passionate commitment to their music and because they prove it 's OK to be strong and to be vulnerable . |
| 12 | While the memorandum should highlight the positive points and potential of the company it is important for the information to be accurate and for opinions expressed to be reasonable . |
| 13 | It is no good the Minister , whenever he is found to be wanting and to be wrong , starting to hurl abuse across the Chamber or making allegations that have absolutely no substance . |
| 14 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 15 | KUNDULUM To be well and in bed with two pretty sisters |
| 16 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 17 | More exceptionally still , Parliament may endeavour to prevent judicial review and may wish the decisions of the tribunal to be final and beyond the supervisory jurisdiction of the ordinary courts . |
| 18 | Our prayers tend to be mechanical or at best self-centred , and prayer in the Holy Spirit means allowing the Spirit of Christ to pray in us , to pour into our souls his overflowing life of Intercession . |
| 19 | Yes , but I think there 's no need to buy computers just to be clever or to be well ahead of your neighbours or your other business friends . |
| 20 | Jung suggests that ‘ something in us wishes to remain a child ; to be unconscious or at most conscious only of the ego ; to reject everything foreign , or at least subject it to our will ; to do nothing , or , in any case , to indulge our own craving for pleasure or power . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I also had four days to be nervous and by the time the big day arrived I was all nervoused out . |
| 22 | made me laugh cos we 'd gone up to house tonight , he said he was making a real effort to be good and to and he , when he got up to house today he goes I was doing a really gentlemanly thing and saying oh thank you for a really nice evening , I started laughing well what was I supposed to ? |
| 23 | Statements made out of court , and assurances recorded by reporters at the time are likely to be inadmissible or of less value because they are " hearsay " : real witnesses must be enticed or subpoenaed to give evidence before the jury . |
| 24 | Three committee members drove from Geneva to be present and in all some 17 Members and Friends of the Swiss Branch gathered at Sussexdown in the late morning of 1 August . |
| 25 | What that points to , minimally , is a developmental process in which students are enabled to be critical and to be self-critical in an informed way . |
| 26 | ‘ Ought to be married and at home , but nobody wants her , I suppose , ’ jeered the overseer . |
| 27 | They should be subject to punishment if their complaints were found to be vexatious and without foundation . |
| 28 | I do not want matriarchy to replace patriarchy as an interim measure because I retain unshakeable faith in women 's ability to organize , to be caring and to be , just in so many ways , superior to men . |
| 29 | I do n't want to be complacent but since March I seem to be winning . |
| 30 | Most advances are supposed to be short-term but in practice many are outstanding for long periods . |