Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] direct " in BNC.
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| 1 | The single too are unlikely to have direct descendants , and personal tending is most likely to be done , after the death of a spouse , by daughters or daughters-in-law ( Rossiter and Wicks 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Auditors Price Waterhouse have qualified their audit report to members of Harland Simon ( design , manufacture and installation of control , automation and image processing systems ) because they have been unable to obtain direct confirmation of the beneficial ownership of a shareholding in Perfect Information Ltd . |
| 3 | Please note that host companies are unable to accept direct bookings . |
| 4 | It may not , therefore , be possible to give direct answers to many of the questions which parents may ask . |
| 5 | He said Mr Major should not be afraid to raise direct taxation if that was needed . |
| 6 | Is there not a strong argument for the free-standing services such as Croydon 's continuing education and training service to be able to bid direct to the funding council rather than through the new sector colleges ? |
| 7 | It relates to the crucial argument about whether continuing education and training services — such as the one in Croydon , which does such a lot of good locally — will be able to bid direct to the funding councils rather than through the new sector colleges . |
| 8 | To compete with Moscow they must also be able to deal direct with foreign suppliers . |
| 9 | However , it will always be difficult to obtain direct evidence for such a view since the less successful members of the lineage left no descendants for us to study . |
| 10 | The Staplers did not acquire a complete monopoly ; merchants from the northern counties were able to export direct to the Netherlands and , more important , Italian merchants could secure licences to export wool either by land or by sea through the Straits of Gibraltar ( 94 , pp.43–7 ) . |
| 11 | Most European banks , prior to 1970 , were reluctant to establish direct overseas representation , apart from those with networks in former colonial possessions . |
| 12 | It is possible to dial a number and , within seconds , to he speaking to a business acquaintance or friend in Saudi Arabia , the USA or Australia , to name just three of the many countries it is possible to dial direct . |
| 13 | Because of the differences in structure and gradings in the above two assessments , it is impossible to make direct comparisons , but the 1989 review includes within its Category 16 ( Other Physical Sciences ) , such diverse subjects as astronomy , oceanography , and meteorology , some of which have teaching and research connections with the earth sciences . |
| 14 | By contrast , tumour-suppressor genes inactivated in tumours affecting a certain haemopoietic lineage are presumably expressed during the normal differentiation of the lineage , so their characterisation is likely to provide direct insight into the molecular mechanisms regulating such differentiation . |
| 15 | Naturally , it is difficult to make direct comparisons with the situation in the United Kingdom because psychosocial problems is a broad category and children who meet this criterion are sheltered by different services , such as education , health , and social services . |
| 16 | For example , it is difficult to have direct experience of the past , or of present-day life in far-off parts of the world . |
| 17 | On Feb. 4 , Iranian President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani told a press conference in Tehran that he had sent " an idea " for peace to Saddam Hussein , that he was awaiting a reply , and that he was prepared to hold direct talks with Iraqi and US leaders in an effort to end the war . |