Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] be careful " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Although the sales force is relatively small ’ , Harris said , ‘ one of the things that Adams has been careful to do is to focus the activity so that it would actually compete with the majors in its field of respiratory medicine ’ . |
| 2 | So far Edward had been careful to avoid any appearance of an attack on Warwick 's own gains , but on 16 December Gloucester was authorized to subdue the rebels who had seized the castles of Cardigan and Carmarthen — castles of which Warwick was still technically constable . |
| 3 | So far Edward had been careful to avoid any appearance of an attack on Warwick 's own gains , but on 16 December Gloucester was authorized to subdue the rebels who had seized the castles of Cardigan and Carmarthen — castles of which Warwick was still technically constable . |
| 4 | But the Clintons have been careful to keep their daughter out of the campaign spotlight , and friends predict she will adapt well to her new life . |
| 5 | Mr Heseltine has been careful to support the government , while proclaiming a distinctive brand of Conservatism . |
| 6 | Although Joe had been careful not to criticise Chris to Maureen he felt indignant with him . |
| 7 | Despite this snub , Johnston has been careful to avoid a public row at Goodison . |
| 8 | In 1891 Queen Victoria , to whom Reuter had been careful to send copies of important cables , allowed him to ‘ enjoy the privileges of the foreign nobility in Britain' . |
| 9 | Both Paul and Keith have been careful to be polite to each other all week . |
| 10 | For Geschwind had been careful enough to note that the angular gyrus is needed even for visual — visual ( indeed , for any non-limbic ) associations . |
| 11 | So Elizabeth had been careful to acquire the car as some compensation for her fiancé 's supposed murder ! |
| 12 | The reputation of the new drugs had preceded them and a ripple of optimism ran through the sanatorium , though Doctor Staples had been careful to stress that they were still in the experimental stage . |
| 13 | The belief that lavish entertainment was an indispensable part of successful diplomacy was not quite dead by the mid-century : a generation earlier the vicomte de Chateaubriand on his appointment to London had been careful to take with him Montmirel , reputedly the best cook of the age . |
| 14 | President Aylwin has been careful to keep the issue of military corruption quite separate from that of human-rights offences . |
| 15 | Eliot has been careful to avoid any sort of sentimental religiosity , and this strengthens greatly the play 's climax . |
| 16 | First , while Ford has been careful to avoid trumpeting its Aston connection ( ‘ There 's been no bastardisation , ’ says Gauntlett , ‘ no ‘ Can we have a discreet Ford badge ’ . |