Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] and [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so . |
| 2 | The ideal situation , of course , would be to be empathic and in rapport with the horse . |
| 3 | KUNDULUM To be well and in bed with two pretty sisters |
| 4 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 5 | ‘ Ought to be married and at home , but nobody wants her , I suppose , ’ jeered the overseer . |
| 6 | They should be subject to punishment if their complaints were found to be vexatious and without foundation . |
| 7 | It declared that " No privilege attaches yet to a statement on a matter of public interest believed by the publisher to be true and in relation to which he has exercised reasonable care . " |
| 8 | Councillors have revealed that 293 people in Hartlepool were found to be homeless and in priority need in the first three quarters of 1991/92 compared to 320 in the whole of the previous year . |
| 9 | In the first well the upper unit appears to be porous and by analogy with the Z2 Carbonate elsewhere the porosity is thought to be composed mainly of intergranular and intragranular pores . |
| 10 | They are required to ensure so far as is reasonably practicable that any plant ( machinery , equipment or appliance ) is so designed and constructed as to be safe and without risk to health . |
| 11 | It 's easy to be frank and to hell with convention when you 're our age . |
| 12 | Our organisation does seem to be top-heavy and in need of radical overhaul . |
| 13 | Thus culture at some level of awareness asserts itself to be not only distinct from but superior to nature , and that sense of distinctiveness and superiority rests precisely on the ability to transform — to ‘ socialize' ’ and ‘ ‘ culturalize' ’ — nature' , i.e. to be active and in control . |
| 14 | Whatever position I adopted seemed to be the wrong one , and it was possible for certain parts of my body to be relaxed and at rest only at the expense of certain other parts . |
| 15 | A mariachi band approaches and launches into a lively lament on what it is to be alone and without love . |