Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This last objection can be put in a form applicable to many of the theories discussed in this book : that it may be a mistake to try to define the essential features of literature in absolute and objective terms ; that such definitions as one may devise are likely to be relevant only to certain kinds or certain features of literature , or merely constitute one among a number of possible ways of approaching the subject . |
| 2 | Students who are provisionally enrolled are subject to the Charter , Statutes , Ordinances and Regulations of the University as are from time to time in force . |
| 3 | The effects of sniffing are similar to being drunk on alcohol . |
| 4 | The Commission 's substantive decisions and the level of fines it imposes are subject to review by the European Court of First Instance , which is given power to increase fines as well as to cancel or reduce them . |
| 5 | Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered . |
| 6 | First , the earliest investment projects undertaken are likely to be the most profitable , i.e. offering the highest expected yearly returns ( R ) , and therefore having the highest marginal efficiencies of investment ( i ) . |
| 7 | Though some of the foregoing indicates diversity , the questions they raise are common to all teachers : |
| 8 | The special 2-night break prices given are subject to available . |
| 9 | Employers who are aware of a problem and who do n't act are liable to be prosecuted . |
| 10 | Such a split in self-perception is , I think , more likely to occur in girls than in boys at the time of puberty because the physiological changes which a boy undergoes are likely to be treated as marks of manhood , whereas what happens to a girl is more likely not to be mentioned , although in many ways the signs of her having reached puberty are more obviously visible . |
| 11 | Such monomania has been useful to warriors since long before the silicon age . |
| 12 | Similarly , should you wish to discuss with either of them how BAIE has been useful to them in their university post , why not telephone , Director of PR and Information Services , University of Edinburgh ( ) 31 etc ) or , Director of development , University of Stirling on xxxxx . |
| 13 | It is in the field of its own procedures that the Court of Appeal , in the past , has been receptive to the claim of substantive justice . |
| 14 | The difference has been essential to European culture and civilisation since the Renaissance at least . |
| 15 | It is a great merit in Mrs Taylor that she has been content to be guided by her moral taste , which is very fine and true , without trying to form a set of principles upon it . |
| 16 | In a sustained way ( meaning in more than sporadic decisions ) , it can be argued that the court has been critical to national questions only twice . |
| 17 | She has been good to me and although she knows there is something wrong and maybe suspects there is something I have not told her about she gives nothing away . |
| 18 | ‘ Arthritis has been good to Arthur ’ |
| 19 | The Lord has been good to me . ’ |
| 20 | It has been good to me and I 'm very grateful for everything it 's brought us . |
| 21 | I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell . |
| 22 | Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total . |
| 23 | And in looking at the experience not merely of Asia , but also of Africa , what becomes increasingly apparent is that most development strategies have tended _ particularly when we look at technical change — erm have tended to bypass women , or in many cases one also notes that the impact of technical change has been detrimental to poor women , and examples of this can be found , for instance , in terms of adoption of certain kinds of technique , like mechanisation of rice processing in parts of Asia , where one finds that there has been a large scale displacement of landless women . |
| 24 | It seems remarkable that nearly thirty years has elapsed since there was a major museum exhibition in the United States , although Magritte 's work has been familiar to , and widely admired by , the generation of American Pop artists . |
| 25 | Here , too , the cassava variety is the result of breeding work at IITA which has been available to farmers since 1978 . |
| 26 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 27 | Rubella ( German measles ) can cause devastating damage to the fetus in early pregnancy and girls who have not had an attack of this disease by the age of puberty are offered immunisation against this virus so that any baby conceived would be protected , although this should soon be rare in the UK because from 1988 , MMR ( measles , mumps , rubella ) protection has been available to all infants . |
| 28 | The aim of the research is to discover what impact the HSW Act 1974 and the SRSC Regs 1977 have had on occupational health and safety in the print industry and to what extent the Robens philosophy has been relevant to joint regulation . |
| 29 | ‘ Being in Brighton has been beneficial to all of us , the food is good and we have trained on the Downs , ’ said Tolstikov , who could have expected more recognition at home following last year 's London win but instead found life harder , not better . |
| 30 | The AIDS Support Grant has been beneficial to Buckinghamshire SSD and its close relationship with the health authority . |