Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Single lines of plants are preferable to double staggered rows for ease of weeding and hoeing . |
| 2 | I could name at least three of my friends who would have been prompt to offer this undeniably attractive young man a doss down on the sofa , and one of them who would have already been thinking of taking him upstairs for the night … |
| 3 | They are right to say that . |
| 4 | It is in perfect order and as I am due to take early retirement I am looking forward to spending many hours in its arms . |
| 5 | The implication of all this is that large numbers of firms are unnecessary to achieve economic efficiency , and so it is equally possible for oligopolies to attain an efficient allocation of resources . |
| 6 | In other pre-modern cultures , however , it has not been usual to give all this information . |
| 7 | Sandtoft 's natural red Old English clay pantiles have been used to roof new offices of BP Exploration near Newark in Nottinghamshire . |
| 8 | Women who are mutilated suffer short and long term health problems ranging from shock and haemorrhage to chronic infections of the uterus and major problems during childbirth . |
| 9 | It is one of four units run by the agency , which comes under the Department of Social Security , which are due to close next month . |
| 10 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 11 | The first inmates are due to arrive next month , and they 'll benefit from some of the best facilitites in Europe . |
| 12 | The first inmates are due to arrive next month , and they 'll benefit from some of the best facilitites in Europe . |
| 13 | Well I must stop now as the V.C.s are due to arrive any minute . |
| 14 | The mail system is also used to inform users when they are due to perform some administrative tasks , such as assessing proposed changes or endorsing SSRs . |
| 15 | Two working parties are due to report this summer on the issue . |
| 16 | Gary Pulsifer of Peter Owen informs me proudly that Owen authors Anne Cummin and Fiona Pitt-Kethley are due to appear naked on a Valentine 's Day broadcast on Channel 4 . |
| 17 | Pre-1974 ( Local Government re-organization ) Local Acts are due to expire 31st December , 1979 in Metropolitan areas and 31st December , 1984 elsewhere . |
| 18 | Optimism is highest among members of the Royal Scots — the world 's oldest infantry regiment , which received the lion 's share of medals for bravery in the Gulf War — and the King 's Own Scottish Borderers , which are due to become one regiment in 1994 . |
| 19 | Digital Equipment Corp 's final R-series RISC-based Ultrix machines are due to ship next month . |
| 20 | Digital Equipment Corp 's final Mips-based Ultrix machines are due to ship next month . |
| 21 | Over 16 million different colours are possible using eight-bit representation for the three additive primary colours since any value in the range 0–255 inclusive can be selected for any of the three memory banks . |
| 22 | Very high storage rates are possible using this type of technology . |
| 23 | Except for those few unhappy souls who have so lost their emotional capacities that they are grateful to have all choice removed from their lives , each person who hears the prison door clang feels a desolation at being cut off from the life of the world and from those they love . |
| 24 | Tactile exhibitions help blind people enjoy the magic of sculpture , and theatres like Show of Hands encourage those who are deaf to enjoy live theatre like everyone else . |
| 25 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
| 26 | Franco had been grateful to receive Italian planes in July and August , but he was not happy with the massive despatch of foot-soldiers , partly because Mussolini had the temerity to send more than had been agreed , and partly because the Duce insisted that they were not deployed as part of the Spanish Army , but formed an independent corps , with their own officers . |
| 27 | An RAF base which had been due to close next year as part of the Government 's defence cuts is stay open and be taken over by the army . |
| 28 | A car accident has scuppered Leeds ' plans to sign Australian Test forward Mark Geyer , who had been due to arrive this week . |
| 29 | ‘ I see Dr Nichols would have been due to cover this evening 's surgery anyway . ’ |
| 30 | As a result , Ter-Petrosyan announced on Aug. 9 that the Soviet authorities had agreed to extend the deadline for militias to surrender ( it had been due to expire that day ) , and that the Armenian authorities should handle disarming the militias without interference by Soviet forces ( reportedly at Bakatin 's request , Gorbachev issued a decree on Aug. 11 from his holiday retreat in the Crimea extending the deadline for two months ) . |