Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing that perturbed him slightly , though , was that most of the men she talked to were young rather than old . |
| 2 | She decided to be tactful rather than derisive , which might have roused Tim again . |
| 3 | Her manner puzzled Charles but he decided to be stubborn more than apologetic . |
| 4 | Paula was not very clever with her needle but she soon learned to be careful so as not to incur the wrath of the seamstress . |
| 5 | This criticism is part of a wider attack on the use of classification of functions as a criterion for deciding issues such as the availability of judicial remedies to control administrative action ( the remedy of certiorari was at one time said to be available only if the decision-maker was under a duty to act ‘ judicially ’ ) , or the applicability of the rules of natural justice in particular circumstances ( sometimes said to apply only to ‘ judicial functions ’ ) . |
| 6 | Therefore he had to bribe Bull O'Malley , but the bribe had to be big enough and tempting enough for him to be unable to resist it . |
| 7 | ‘ It had to be light so as not to pull the fabric around but something like polystyrene would have fallen apart . ’ |
| 8 | The outside influences , courts , public opinion , and so on , tended to be supportive rather than causal ; they offered a series of ‘ green lights ’ to governmental growth , while demographic trends were of importance in some policy areas ( public assistance and education ) and wars and crises were important in public assistance , higher education and unemployment . |
| 9 | Some philanthropic workers , such as Octavia Hill , who trained numerous lady rent collectors , insisted on maintaining a business relationship with the poor , but the relationship between visitor and visited tended to be paternalistic rather than contractual . |