Example sentences of "was [adj] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pleasant to be quiet in an armchair thinking . |
| 2 | Although the House was right to be concerned about pindown , we are talking about something of a different order of magnitude in this case . |
| 3 | If it was possible to be surprised by a shock Rufus was surprised . |
| 4 | Because of his lucrative clothing and flamboyant style of play , it was possible to be unsure of his ability as a player , but since we had the good fortune to see Andrew at Wimbledon this year , many people now know what a truly talented and exciting man he really is . |
| 5 | I never knew it was possible to be happy like this . |
| 6 | Even if there was little to be suspicious about , such cosiness made others suspicious . |
| 7 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 8 | Julia 's soft heart had been touched by Minnie 's grief , and she was prepared to be friendly with her , but Carrie was adamant . |
| 9 | After working for a building company for two months , she was offered a permanent secretarial position there and decided to accept it because the firm was willing to be flexible about unpaid time off . |
| 10 | Coun Bill Dixon ( Lab ) , chairman of the committee , said he was delighted to be involved in a scheme which will go some way to easing the town 's critical housing shortage . |
| 11 | Chairman Bill Dixon ( Lab ) , said he was delighted to be involved in a scheme which would help ease the town 's critical housing shortage . |
| 12 | The former Open champion signed the contract at St Andrews yesterday and said he was delighted to be involved in the venture . |
| 13 | ‘ I doubt he 'd think there was much to be proud of . ’ |
| 14 | It was impossible to be nervous of someone you were sorry for , and she was sorry for him . |
| 15 | It was impossible to be euphemistic about the basic facts of nature when one lived on a stud farm , Harry told himself as he watched Cora-Beth rise from the swing seat where they were sitting and walk across the veranda into the house to fetch a fresh jug of lemonade . |
| 16 | I call ‘ conservative ’ , for the purposes of the discussion in this chapter , Christologies which hold the maleness of Christ to be essential to his nature , and the fact that Christ was male to be central to Christianity . |
| 17 | It was easy to be side-tracked by the more exotic elements in a case . |
| 18 | Vi wished she could fire a gun and shoot down those bombers if only for what they had done to Gerry , but it was easy to be brave in this small , precious house when the sun still shone in the evening sky and a west wind blew away the stench of bombing and burning and broken bodies . |
| 19 | In Berry , where Angevin and Capetian possessions lay intermingled , it was hard to be loyal to one allegiance only . |
| 20 | For years , it was supposed to be crucial to bonding for baby to open its eyes on Mum and Dad in the first instants of life , which I always thought was a lot of toffee . |
| 21 | But in Britain , television , like the cod-liver oil forced down the gagging throats of Welfare-State children , was supposed to be good for you . |
| 22 | Even the rain was supposed to be radio-active after the long series of 1954–5 tests . |
| 23 | Taylor was one of the men who was supposed to be responsible for cleaning up Hollywood , but as the sordid details of his life came to light during the murder investigation , Will Hays , knowing he could trust no one in the movie business , placed spies everywhere . |
| 24 | Who was supposed to be responsible for the university students ? |
| 25 | This was supposed to be operational from January 1 1993 , but according to Olschewski , the group had difficulties in finding premises . |
| 26 | Moreover , no rooms were locked in the houses , whereas in hospital environments , and in particular special units , between 15–35 per cent of the living unit was likely to be unavailable to clients . |
| 27 | I knew from my family history I was likely to be vulnerable to cancer and luckily it was diagnosed and treated in time . |
| 28 | Given his attitude , then , Beveridge was likely to be favourable towards a retirement condition . |
| 29 | In the small village churches where he worshipped , the singing and organ playing was likely to be intolerable to somebody with an acute musical sensibility . |
| 30 | The appointment of Shulamit Aloni , leader of the Meretz grouping , as Minister of Education was likely to be controversial in religious circles . |