Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] and [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 [ But a is given to be prime and so from 1.3.5(iii) , ] we deduce a\b or a\c ( or both ) .
2 The event was supposed to be staged a couple of weeks back , but was postponed because Lewis was said to be unwell and still in America .
3 So far as the main thrust of the honourable gentleman 's question is concerned er he will know that we believe it to be right and indeed in the interests of all the people in Northern Ireland that the British and Irish government should work closely together .
4 She pretended not to be disappointed and there for the moment the matter rested .
5 The legislature concluded that it was inconvenient for leases for the duration of the war to be void and therefore by the Validation of War-time Leases Act 1944 Parliament provided , by section 1(1) , that any agreement entered into before or after the passing of the Act which purported to grant a tenancy for the duration of the war :
6 The agent has to be external and never within themselves .
7 Pray that God would inspire leaders to be bold and also to be flexible in the area of finances .
8 It is possible for ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) to be true and yet for ( 3 ) to be false .
9 It is possible for the conclusion of an inductive argument to be false and for the premises to be true and yet for no contradiction to be involved .
10 Certain principles and values are assumed to be unchallengeable and therefore to be nurtured .
11 The committee takes seriously the need to be fair and just in everything it does .
12 The committee takes seriously the need to be fair and just in everything it does .
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