Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not many will be able to move in this rarefied atmosphere and , mercifully , there are lower strata in which to breathe and have one 's being . |
| 2 | Parents and others are usually less willing to contribute money just to swell school funds , they are much more responsive when there are clear targets at which to aim , such as an extra computer , video recorder , camera or curtains for the school hall . |
| 3 | The problem is that there are few data from which to calculate a requirement . |
| 4 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 5 | Each country presents its challenges , some physically demanding , others morale sapping , there is disease , there are primitive conditions in which to live and work . |
| 6 | In that case there must have been genes controlling variation in caddis houses , for selection can not produce adaptations unless there are hereditary differences among which to select . |
| 7 | Here are some ways for you to help . |
| 8 | These are some samples for you to take away okay ? |
| 9 | Gould , the ornithologist , was with him , and as they had been some days without anything to eat , except what they shot , they enjoyed a good breakfast . |
| 10 | Since I have been in the Chair , the Chief Secretary has been interrupted so often that there has not been much opportunity for him to do that . |
| 11 | The large ones are easier to catch , as obviously there are fewer places for them to hide . |
| 12 | ‘ Most of the people into the swinging lifestyle are upper-middle-income people with something to lose . |
| 13 | Those are all reasons for us to have pride in our health service , rather than denigrating the achievements of all our public-spirited NHS staff . |
| 14 | And there are many others at which to point camera . |
| 15 | If I could just come in here , there are many opportunities for them to express their individual talents . |
| 16 | All these are important matters for you to take into account if you are not to become embroiled in their , probably very old , business together . |
| 17 | There would therefore be ample time for them to deploy their mobile radiation monitoring teams , for the police to tour the area , knocking on doors and warning people living nearby , for the protective potassium iodate pills to be issued and for a decision to be made on whether the public should stay indoors until the cloud had passed — or evacuate to a safer place . |
| 18 | Throughout March and April the newspapers carried a plethora of stories suggesting either that there would be a further challenge to Mrs Thatcher when the next leadership election fell due in November , or that there would be strong pressure on her to announce her retirement before then . |
| 19 | It would be weak sentimentality for me to allow him such grace . |
| 20 | ‘ And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'm sure there must be some work for me to do . |
| 21 | Right there 'll be some work for you to do . |
| 22 | ‘ We have to be some way above it to see it clearly . |
| 23 | That 'll be another scam for her to get money ! |
| 24 | But if the police or the security services are perpetrating the illegal acts there may be little incentive for them to deal with such complaints seriously . |
| 25 | There will be many things for her to think about and remember , at a time when she may be feeling quite disturbed emotionally , and you can do much to ease the strain of it all for her . |
| 26 | If meditation means achieving a state in which stress is reduced — which I believe to be the case — a state in which the self-healing processes of the body may be encouraged , then there may be many channels through which to achieve it . |
| 27 | If he were , there would be many places for him to go . |
| 28 | Lay estates , by contrast , are likely to show perhaps greater diversity , but there may be less information from which to reconstruct the pre-Conquest arrangements . |
| 29 | The Report failed to specify the conditions under which the past experience of the few might be safe ground on which to shape the future experience of every child and teacher in the country . |
| 30 | If you wish to become pregnant , or are in the early stages of pregnancy , there may be considerable pressure for you to have an HIV antibody test . |