Example sentences of "[be] [adj] is [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The precise nature and length of the transition period to Europe 's monetary unification have yet to be determined while agreement on the political and economic structures required for the Community 's monetary union to be durable is unlikely to be reached before the mid-1990s . |
| 2 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 3 | A second group in whom this technique may be valuable is those in whom the number of stones or technical difficulties such as diverticuli , may expose the patient to a protracted procedure which even if successful may be detrimental for the patient — that is , the old and frail . |
| 4 | To be married is life-protective for both sexes but more so for men than for women . |
| 5 | The knowledge that a project is likely to be post-audited is useful for keeping management on its toes , not only in their evaluation of investment proposals but also in the implementation and operation of an investment programme . |
| 6 | To allow a dog with arthritis to be overweight is tantamount to cruelty and Eukanuba is excellent as a complete food . |
| 7 | The kind of satisfaction which can be anxiety-free is that in which my own creative powers and understanding of the world around me are at a maximum and this is satisfaction which the individual can only achieve as part of a community of persons directed at these ends . |
| 8 | The principle that justice should , as far as possible , be open is central to our system of criminal justice . |
| 9 | The third and final stage that you have to go through before you can even begin to decide what electronic publishing system ( or systems ) will be suitable is that of discovering the skills that your staff possess . |
| 10 | A further objection to ‘ know ’ is that knowing a proposition to be true is independent of viewpoint , so that there would be no possibility of an imperative ‘ Know ’ proving like ‘ Be aware ’ to be relevant to morals . |