Example sentences of "been [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Oh Lord we as offer ourselves to you , we think of those who have been unable to be with us today for whatever reason , some on holiday , and we just pray for your blessing to be with each one , and to be with all of as we ask it in your name for your praise and glory . |
| 32 | He waved his arms about a lot , wore suits that my mother 's old friend Little jimmy would n't have been ashamed to be seen in — barring the size problem — and generally did his best to appear flamboyant . |
| 33 | He 'd been happy to be a spectator while she fucked him , but suddenly he reached up , and pulled her down on to him . |
| 34 | It is understood that Mr Major wanted her to be prisons minister , and there was speculation last night that she might have been reluctant to be back in harness with Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Home Secretary , who was her boss at the Health Department during the eggs affair . |
| 35 | But some young watchers will have been puzzled to be told that ‘ because she is a ship , not just a barge , she is , of course , self-propelled ’ . |
| 36 | There is something very impressive of state and royalty in the march of these sixty or more elephants ; and if I had not regarded this display of magnificence with a sort of philosophical indifference , I should have been apt to be carried away by such flights of imagination as inspire most Indian poets . |
| 37 | Had the Rumbelows Cup final replay been able to be staged on April 22 then the FA would not have been able to prevent Wembley from hosting the match . |
| 38 | ‘ Out of doors is the best place for Brownies , really , but we 've only been able to be out of doors so much because of this hot summer . |
| 39 | We 're both Aquarian dreamers and have always been able to be ‘ alone ’ together , or step easily into imagination games , and Max — like me — has a fairy godmother who always seems to save his neck at the last minute . |
| 40 | By contrast , Malaysia has been able to be much more liberal ; there have been no restrictions on the remittance of profits abroad or on the withdrawal of capital through divestment . |
| 41 | Outside Scotland and Wales politicians have often been able to be singularly insensitive to local issues . |
| 42 | But so far , because of the other pressures that are on us , that just has n't been able to be followed |
| 43 | It was essentially an extension of the friendly society schemes — the societies helped administer it — but it also covered occupational groups that had never been able to be members . |
| 44 | He had never before been able to be quite so frank with anyone about his innermost feelings . |
| 45 | The subsidence which occurs as a result of the mining in any event is very limited and has been able to be taken into account quite adequately on other developments within the Selby District . |
| 46 | It would be churlish to suggest Lewis fights under a flag of convenience or that his status as world champion has only been able to be enjoyed by default . |
| 47 | Erm and he 's saying that you know to start with basically education has always been the preserve of the landlords , er the peasants have n't had anything to do with education , have always been poor illiterate peasants erm and now he 's saying that because the landlords have been overthrown erm suddenly peasants er have , you know , are forming erm schools and have been able to be taught various things . |
| 48 | Thus the finding of a series of coins terminating in about 150 BC could not be used as evidence that the occupation of a site ceased in about that year , for even if occupation had continued for another hundred years , no other coins would have been available to be used and lost . |
| 49 | Mr Canavan , who is fighting for re-election as MP for Falkirk West and has been a prominent member of PLCND , said : ‘ I have always been proud to be a member of CND and will continue to campaign vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament within the Labour Party . |
| 50 | If human communication were a simple matter of reciprocally exchanged words , if words had no resonances beyond themselves , I might have been proud to be cast in such a role , and either self-confident enough in my ability to fulfil it , or else realistic enough to modify my directives and declare myself in favour of some more modest role . |
| 51 | ‘ I have been proud to be a member of the circuit all my working life and welcome any opportunity to come back , ’ he added . |
| 52 | They have usually been inclined to be rather self= centred all their lives in a quiet way , and this tendency has become overt and accentuated in old age . |
| 53 | It would have been nice to be able to keep out of his way . |
| 54 | Juliet had been glad of her lie-in , but it would have been nice to be here with him . |
| 55 | Some elders may have been obliged to be attached to objects or routines which in some way were exploitative , oppressive or otherwise caused suffering . |
| 56 | Gen Noriega 's provocations may simply have accelerated a plan that had been ready to be unleashed at any time . |
| 57 | Despite his utterances during the brief encounter with Toby , Dominic had actually been surprised to be offered the job . |
| 58 | Perhaps he had been surprised to be greeted by an adult who did n't either admonish or cross-examine him . |
| 59 | Bingham J. dismissed Mr. Cheall 's action ; the Court of Appeal ( by a majority ) allowed his appeal , but the House of Lords , in turn , allowed an appeal against this court 's decision and upheld Bingham J. One of the issues before the House of Lords was whether Mr. Cheall had been entitled to be heard by the disputes committee of the T.U.C. before it made its decision . |