Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] to [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry but I , I want to be fair to everybody , yeah and I also want to be fair to the debate that 's still to come later this afternoon , but I 've called for questions and I 'd like everybody to start their statement with the question which they 're going to put to the convenor . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 3 | But as soon as I begin to be nice to him , a sort of self-satisfaction seems to creep into his voice and his manner ( very discreet , he 's been humility itself all day , no reproach about last night , of course ) and I begin to want to goad and slap him again . |
| 4 | Keeping some sort of balance is something I suspect to be close to the corporate heart of Switchboard , though usually unspoken . |
| 5 | This portion of the ocean 's surface was also inhabited by storm petrels , but of a distinct species from any I had hitherto observed , and which I believe to be new to science . |
| 6 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of face , pointedness of nose . |
| 7 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of my enemies . |
| 8 | I think to be honest to you , the the have been given very little guidance , she does n't understand what 's supposed to happen |
| 9 | This is not justice ; it is not even a theory of morality , since it rejects a consideration of what I take to be central to moral theory , the sense of each person being a member of a community with , inevitably , obligations and duties to others , as well as rights . |
| 10 | I will not because I am aware of the time and I wish to be fair to other hon. Members . |
| 11 | I have to be loyal to the decision of Parliament , which passed the War Crimes Act 1991 . |
| 12 | ‘ Now , darlin' , you want to be nice to old Eddie , ’ he said softly . |
| 13 | If you want to be close to the centre there 's a campsite within the grounds . |
| 14 | Well you claim to be able to . |
| 15 | I mean when I wrote this book of bible poems in fact it took me a very long time and I started all sorts of subjects which I did n't finish , so , no , you have to be obedient to whether the poem intends to get written or not . |
| 16 | Cos I 'll be , it 's my party , so you have to be nice to me , cos it 's my party basically , cos I consider it |
| 17 | You have to be warm to be alive ? |
| 18 | You have to be cruel to be kind |
| 19 | You have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 20 | As the neck of the pigeon clears the neck of the suit , I grab it , double it back and pinch the bend as hard as I can — remembering you have to be cruel to be kind — scratching my own neck quite badly in the process . |
| 21 | ‘ Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 22 | His owner Dick Knowles told Dogs Today : ‘ There 's nothing in the constitution that says you have to be human to be an MP ! |
| 23 | I think that , no matter what you do , you have to be true to yourself . |
| 24 | In Anderson 's words , but with Butcher 's solid agreement , ‘ You have to be true to yourself . |
| 25 | I abhor the poetry voie that makes it special , churchy — — though ’ , Beth interrupts , ‘ you have to be true to the rhythm in a poem , that 's vital , the lifeblood of the thing … ‘ |
| 26 | You have to be prepared to be a bit dumb . ’ |
| 27 | I think you have to er , er , you have to be a certain kind of person , you have to be prepared to anything do n't you ? |
| 28 | I SEE A COMPARISON BETWEEN yourselves and ‘ The Most Dangerous Band In The World ’ on the Letterman Show in America , in that you have to be able to back anyone who comes on the show . |
| 29 | Things that I mentioned yesterday , you need to be able to er , manage effectively all these things like temperature , the noise level around you . |
| 30 | Within five years we want to be close to 15 per cent . ’ |