Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did everything we could to encourage her to be pleased with being brown . |
| 2 | Well to be to be honest to be honest er I have n't got children . |
| 3 | You have to be warm to be alive ? |
| 4 | These producer 's lives are not easy though : not only is there a constant pressure on TV bosses to axe unprofitable baby programmes , but their lives are a constant struggle to be simple without being simple-minded , to give information without being dull , and to work in one of the most sophisticated media ever invented without losing that childlike sense of wonder . |
| 5 | A patio does n't need to be grand to be attractive |
| 6 | It means that um particularly in therapy it can be very difficult later on because things that we would ordinarily consider to be supportive like being kind , like erm y'know kind of putting a comforting arm round somebody 's shoulders , like erm y'know ways in which people express support and affection for each-other ah are very very difficult for the survivor to accept because they 're sort of the part of the way in which she , and it usually is a she , has been abused in the past . |
| 7 | This assumption that films had to be bland to be entertaining , and refusal to acknowledge that movies could usefully enable audiences to deal with fears and nightmares , went along with an unwillingness to acknowledge that audience tastes and sensitivities were being shifted by television . |
| 8 | She ought to be relieved to be free of his company for a while . |
| 9 | Somehow he thinks it remote from morality to face the facts ; somehow he thinks it possible to be good without being wise . |
| 10 | Repton himself comments in his Enquiry that ‘ the ‘ antiquated cot ’ , whose chimney is choked with ivy , may perhaps yield a residence for squalid misery and want ’ ; and an awareness develops that cottages do not have to be ruinous to be picturesque . |
| 11 | For the Spirit 's work in assurance is to give us a firm foundation to build on , not to make us arrogant ; the ‘ already ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ of the Spirit 's internal witness enable us to be sure without being cocksure . |
| 12 | To be sure to be sure sir . |
| 13 | G. To be successful farmers need to be sure of being able to sell their outputs at reasonable prices . |
| 14 | So now I 've got to be cruel to be kind . |
| 15 | You have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 17 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 18 | A cork does n't have to be long to be good . |
| 19 | doing more to get people to be proud of being bald than you are ? |
| 20 | As Rioch suggests ( see p. 7 at the beginning of this chapter ) , women psychologists always need to be better to be equal . |
| 21 | I know of someone who took in an old lady and she turned out to be well-known for being difficult . |
| 22 | But I expect that will suit you , since you seem to be afraid of being alone with me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ One thing I must remember to teach you while you are working for me , Shelley , is not to be afraid to be beautiful . |
| 24 | They need to be tight to be waterproof , but these needed so much force I was scared of breaking the tube , although this did not happen . |
| 25 | You do n't have to be aggressive to be assertive , look at some of these comments we 've got here how confident you are in yourself and how you put your point across . |
| 26 | ‘ If we 're going to break through , we 've got to be prepared to be quick on the button and to say quite risky things . ’ |
| 27 | A pond does n't have to be large to be effective — if it 's big enough to install a small submersible pump you could even have a fountain . |
| 28 | 63. — ( 1 ) : In every factory in which , in connection with any process carried on , there is given off any dust or fume or other impurity of such a character and to such extent as to be likely to be injurious or offensive to the persons employed , or any substantial quantity of dust of any kind , all practicable measures shall be taken to protect the persons employed against inhalation of the dust or fume or other impurity and to prevent its accumulation in any workroom , and in particular , where the nature of the process makes it practicable , exhaust appliances shall be provided and maintained , as near as possible to the point of origin of the dust or fume or other impurity , so as to prevent its entering the air of any workroom . ’ |
| 29 | No doubt it would give Marguerite some comfort to be able to be warm and friendly with Russell 's daughter , but it was too big a price to pay . |
| 30 | If governing bodies set up finance committees as part of a school 's organization to meet the requirements of local management , governors and parents are more likely to be able to be involved in management decisions . |