Example sentences of "[conj] to [be] [adv] [adj] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And I know you to be beautiful and to be most worthy to be my wife . |
| 2 | Each of three independent , stably transfected /bcl-2 cell lines was found to express high levels of Bcl-2 protein , as determined by staining with a monoclonal anti-Bcl-2 antibody ( see below ) , and to be relatively resistant to the lethal effects of serum deprivation ( Fig. 1a ) or staurosporine treatment ( Fig. 1b ) . |
| 3 | Nutrients are still at a premium here , so the plants form an association with a fungus pezzizella ericae which enables the heather to have a higher nitrogen uptake and to be more resistant to elements of heavy metals found in the soil . |
| 4 | That was something to have , she told herself , to know precisely where you belong , and to be as essential to that place as it is to you . |
| 5 | Three years ago , under increasing pressure to ‘ prove its worth ’ , Bristol requested a joint study to assess its work , and to be publicly accountable to the general public , as well as to the sceptical scientific community . |
| 6 | without there being displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible to other persons using the road from within a reasonable distance from the front and back of the vehicle 8 . |
| 7 | ‘ without being displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible to other persons using the road from within a reasonable distance from the front and back of the vehicle ’ This element means that the ‘ L ’ plate must be unobscured , straight , as near to vehicle as possible and not wrapped around the forks of the motor bike or the bumper bar of a car etc . |
| 8 | ‘ without there being displayed in such a manner as to be clearly visible to other persons using the road from within a reasonable distance from the front and back of the vehicle ’ The police officer 's evidence is required to the effect that both ‘ L ’ plates were missing , one of the two was missing , that the white surround had been cut off , that the ‘ L ’ plates were torn , dirty or otherwise illegible . |
| 9 | All lines on maps , depicting features such as roads , contours and boundaries , are drawn so as to be easily visible to the user . |
| 10 | But in a country such as Yugoslavia , which has a ‘ structural ’ disequilibrium in its balance of payments because of past mistakes and accumulated debts , the price of foreign exchange which would bring current demand and supply into equilibrium might be so high as to be very painful to some well-entrenched interests . |
| 11 | Although Port-au-Prince was under fire from the oldest and most primitive of artillery pieces , which were so ill-preserved as to be as dangerous to their operators as to their targets , the effect was still terrifying to the populace , who were unused to the banshee wail that echoed overhead and preceded bone-crushing explosive impacts . |