Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've got to have all that side of it , and if you 're in teaching it 's a bit ridiculous to be in any job if you do n't know something about the history of it . |
| 2 | ‘ Is n't it a bit early to be planting beans ? ’ |
| 3 | A bit early to be thinking about Christmas is n't it ? |
| 4 | Where they repairing client , where there is hopefully an extremely good relationship , we felt that that was a bit dangerous to be sending out a form to the Chief Executive of saying what er do you think of the service . |
| 5 | We were driving around and I seen these two young lads in a car and I says , ‘ They look a bit young to be driving that . ’ |
| 6 | It 's a bit annoying to be grouped with bands from that category . |
| 7 | Put on the Welsh , spout a bit of Shakespeare — ‘ You 're a bit small to be a skipper , ’ she said . |
| 8 | it is actually a bit intimidating to be confronted with a roomful of teachers like yourselves . |
| 9 | It seems a bit odd to be asking people to join the CTC in order to further the interests of cycling in Scotland ; but if we get this leaflet off the ground we can then tell HQ what we are doing for them . |
| 10 | It 's a bit late to be coming on like the Angel in the House now . ’ |
| 11 | you know , give them a lift home , and they felt that it was a bit discourteous to be asked to write them name in the book every time , and it it I mean it seemed to be quite reasonable that we 're |
| 12 | It 's a bit disconcerting to be minding your own business . |
| 13 | Was n't it a bit severe to be put into er a detention centre for , for just nicking a cake ? |
| 14 | Well she 's an old said she 's a bit old to be doing this , because you know , I suppose |
| 15 | It is agreed that in arriving at a figure appropriate to be rewarded for the care given by the plaintiffs to the date of trial . |
| 16 | This hypothesis is compatible with earlier results and with a study of hypertensive patients with high renin profiles , a condition likely to be associated with increased angiotensin II , who were found to be at higher risk of coronary heart disease than those with low renin profiles . |
| 17 | Since machinery now exists that permits a term certain to be contracted out of the 1954 Act 's security of tenure , it is unwise except in special circumstances , for a landlord to take a risk of granting a tenancy at will . |
| 18 | Your victim would catch on before accelerating to a speed likely to be fatal . |
| 19 | Uruguay has obtained new money in a deal due to be signed on January 31st . |
| 20 | UAL chairman Stephen Wolf , who is under pressure from the rest of his board to deliver the company from its limbo state since the original $6.75billion buyout plan was dropped , began another round of talks this week with the airline 's employees and union leaders to raise support for a bid likely to be worth as little as $4.5billion . |
| 21 | Lord Archer was this week working on his new novel , a thriller due to be published in September . |
| 22 | Right now it 's a dream unlikely to be realised . |
| 23 | Geoff has completed 50 years service with Rolls-Royce and associated companies , a record unlikely to be beaten in these modern enlightened times . |
| 24 | On the rare occasions when a site due to be destroyed is found to be very important , construction plans may be changed to accommodate the display of the site , or the remains might be moved to somewhere where they can preserved , displayed , and enjoyed by the public . |
| 25 | Foucault recognizes in Deleuze 's account of events as singularities , points or intensities on a surface ready to be actualized in any particular form or meaning , the potential for pushing further his own notion of history as a genealogical series . |
| 26 | However a surface likely to be recontaminated between use needs to be disinfected immediately before use bearing in mind that a higher concentration may be necessary to compensate for a reduced contact time or reduced time in a dry state . |
| 27 | Discovery can be ordered before the commencement of such proceedings against a person likely to be a party to the proceedings , and after the commencement of such proceedings against third parties , but not where compliance would be likely to be injurious to the public interest . |
| 28 | A person is guilty of an offence if he ( a ) uses threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or disorderly behaviour , or ( b ) displays any writing sign or visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment alarm or distress thereby ( see D. P. P. v. Drum ( H.C. , 1988 ) ) . |
| 29 | This is signalled in part by the introduction of ‘ disorderly behaviour ’ as a constituent of the new offence , and by the abandonment of the requirement of a breach of the peace , and its replacement with the requirement that the conduct should take place ‘ within the hearing or sight of a Person likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress thereby . ’ |
| 30 | In addition to the requirement that the conduct be ‘ disorderly , ’ it is subject to the objective requirement that the conduct must be such that it is , independently , ‘ within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress thereby . ’ |