Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How dreadfully uncomfortable it is to be ill when one lives alone . |
| 2 | She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive . |
| 3 | How glad I was to be homeless . |
| 4 | The more distant one of those later groups is , the more likely we are to be able to construct a counter-example ; as is revealed in our own example where = you are a brain in a vat ; |
| 5 | The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms . |
| 6 | The more shots you fire into somebody , the more likely they are to be dead at the end of it . |
| 7 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 8 | How gorgeous it was to be alive ! |
| 9 | This example illustrates a general point , namely that the more heavily regulated by statute a government activity is , the more likely it is to be amenable to judicial review . |
| 10 | The more complicated and far-reaching that the clause is , the more likely it is to be ineffective . |
| 11 | Where the breach is caused by inadvertent default the more serious the type of breach covered by the clause , the less likely it is to be reasonable . |
| 12 | The longer it stays in the air , the more likely it is to be oxidised acid , the process speeded up by pollutants such as ozone and hydrogen peroxide . |
| 13 | Nothing is impossible and the more unlikely the allegation the more likely it is to be true . |
| 14 | Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true . |
| 15 | The more we do to our hair — whether it is blow-drying , heat-styling , perming or colouring — the more likely it is to be porous , dry and dull . |
| 16 | The more the analyst knows about the features of context , the more likely he is to be able to predict what is likely to be said ( see 2.4 ) . |
| 17 | And grand it is to be sure . |
| 18 | ‘ Think how terrible it is to be blind ! |
| 19 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
| 20 | I thought I should let you know how valuable I think the analysis is to the conservation movement , and how helpful it is to be able to lend weight to a fresh strategy , such as that proposed in the paper . |
| 21 | This funny fat fool , this symbol of old-style decency was drowned at sea the other day just after declaring how happy he was to be alive . |
| 22 | So far in this chapter I have tried to spell out how important it is to be clear where one starts from , where present trends are taking one to , and to be ruthlessly honest about the threats from the competition and from the external environment . |
| 23 | Nowadays everybody is aware of how important it is to be fit . |
| 24 | Again Jennie stressed how important it was to be able to use the hand and leg independently . |
| 25 | How essential it was to be able to work , and to be blessed with the will to work . |
| 26 | Dot thought how strange it was to be able to recognize a person 's dog even when the person was n't there , and then to know the dog 's name . |
| 27 | On July 1st he was writing to say that he was back at the studio , and how delightful it was to be free of catheters , bougies , and syringes . |
| 28 | How wonderful it was to be able to stop a car on impulse and bathe in a pool of crystal-clear water ! |
| 29 | One , a punk , talked about the village in Wales where she lives and how difficult it is to be different , so that dyeing her hair blue becomes an extremely powerful statement about herself , saying all the things she wants to about her rejection of the values of the people in her village . |
| 30 | He had just nodded his head , and then returned to the talk about the social evening , and how difficult it was to be safe with prawns , and he had wanted to know if Dan and his lady would be coming to the Service 's New Year 's Eve party . |