Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be strange to be the object of my affection , she thought idly , especially if all you 've had is hard-chested men doing their best but never sure . |
| 2 | But his recent form has shown the Belgian-bred gelding to be back to his best , and he must be favourite to be the first horse to take the World Cup for a third time . |
| 3 | It can not be easy to be the partner of a genius , and Constanze certainly made the best of it . |
| 4 | One small technical trick to aid you in keeping the police at bay , I add , is for your corpse to be supposed to be the result of an accident , often seeming such to everybody but your incurably inquisitive heroine . |
| 5 | What it actually means erm is that er there is unlikely to be a by-pass for some time , but in effect that would be likely to be the case anyway , one because of the cost of the by-pass overall and secondly because of the erm position with regard to other aspects of the roads programme and the level of T S G that we are currently receiving er even if there was an agreed line as of today erm bearing in mind the th the other things that have happened in the roads programme , it still would be unlikely that the by-pass would be er programmed in such a way that it would allow housing or other development to take place in East Grinstead within either the structure plan period or the local plan period and hence the points that then er that the report moves on to erm come into play . |
| 6 | It would be great to be the very Unwise Woman on occasions . |
| 7 | Now was n't it supposed to be unlucky to be the last in cutting your corn ? |
| 8 | ‘ I have to be quick , ’ I told Eric , and explained why he would not be able to be the principessa 's gardener . |
| 9 | I was scared to death when I married you because I knew I would n't be able to be the kind of wife you needed . |
| 10 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |
| 11 | Ideally it would be nice to be the perfect shape tomorrow or next week , but this just is not going to happen . |