Example sentences of "soon [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While it is too soon to be certain that there will be an appreciable improvement in the UK economy this year , the early signs are encouraging , ’ said the board . |
| 2 | It had become possible to demonstrate the causative organism of syphilis , Treponema pallidum , under the microscope ; there was soon to be available a blood test , the Wasserman Reaction ( WR ) , which enabled syphilis to be diagnosed in the absence of any signs of the disease ; and finally , a new syphilitic treatment , Salvarsan , an arsenic compound , had become available . |
| 3 | Such human resources were soon to be available elsewhere — notably in Japan — but for some decades they guaranteed to Europe and North America a monopoly of technical invention and discovery . |
| 4 | No specialist knowledge of computers is needed — there is a series of menus to help you select what to look for , and a ‘ Windows ’ version of the database is soon to be available . |
| 5 | She transplanted it and before long was harvesting the world 's first crop of green apples , soon to be famous all over the world . |
| 6 | He knew he would do it all again , because as he looked across the manicured lawns , the buildings shrouded now in darkness but soon to be brilliant in the blazing sunlight , the scene embodied all his dreams . |
| 7 | There was no need for anyone to feel sorry for her , Dorothy Fanshawe , of Astbury Mews , Upper Grosvenor Street , W.I. She was a merry widow now , rich in her own right , soon to be well again , the mother of a good-looking talented only daughter . |
| 8 | On the other side of the Strada Stirbei Voda in the west of central Bucharest which has been converted from a charming street into a new boulevard , almost opposite the old and soon to be redundant opera-house , lies the huge shell of the new National Museum of Romanian History . |
| 9 | The wetlands and wastes of England were soon to be loud with their tumults . |
| 10 | Our daughter is soon to be married and I shall be giving her away , but she would like both her stepfather and myself to speak at the reception . |
| 11 | She received him alone , a privilege granted to her because they were so soon to be married . |
| 12 | I am , after all , soon to be married . ’ |
| 13 | It is too soon to be sure that any such desecration has been avoided , but the excellent scheme by Allies and Morrison which has now been adopted is already on course for completion by the arrival of the Tall Ships in 1992 . |
| 14 | As yet it is too soon to be sure of what happened . |
| 15 | While ‘ it is too soon to be sanguine ’ , the board says , it believes the worst is over for its portfolio , and that with the benefit of devaluation for the whole of the second half , earnings for the full year should allow the trust 's record of dividend progress to be maintained . |
| 16 | The biggest initiative has been the virtual nationwide provision of two-year part-time course for full-time teachers leading to Certificates in Education ( FE ) , but there has also been a growth in Diploma and higher degree courses and there seem likely soon to be additional initial BEd . |
| 17 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 18 | But those who expected him to make a significant impact on the British championship were soon to be disappointed . |
| 19 | It was too soon to be fitzAlan , she told herself , reason overwhelming her first impulsive hope . |
| 20 | And Roy , the soon to be proud father , what do you think of all this ? |
| 21 | Today we are moving towards more equal and mutual ways of arranging our lives , but it is still too soon to be able to see clearly how this may change our ideas of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ . |
| 22 | And I , for one , hope soon to be able to arrive there again , to explore more of that spectacular new sky above New Zealand and discover more of that unknown earth beneath my wings . |
| 23 | It is none too soon to be aware of the tests we may face , but our defence will not lie in brilliant , far-sighted anticipation of specific pressures and persecutions . |
| 24 | East Antrim MP Roy Beggs said : ‘ We remain concerned that the cohesion funding soon to be open to the Irish Republic could totally distort the balance between port facilities in the whole island . ’ |
| 25 | Glow-strips flickered , as if to this stifling hell of pain and terror was soon to be added darkness . |
| 26 | The whole of Europe was soon to be interested in his work . |
| 27 | He lived alone , and anonymously , in a one-room fiat on a soon to be condemned estate close to the Elephant and Castle , an address he had given to nobody , not even his employer . |