Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or for being reactive and negative ? |
| 2 | They suggest that one of the principle problems confronting refugees is the feeling of guilt at having left relatives in danger or for being alive when so many have died . |
| 3 | It would be fair to sack the employee as incompetent or for being dishonest . |
| 4 | A single person can quite easily spend a week at a health farm or clinic without any feeling of loneliness or of being out-of-step with everyone else . |
| 5 | Thus he may admit that words like ‘ right ’ and ‘ wrong ’ can be , and often are , understood in a non-utilitarian fashion , perhaps simply to express ill considered emotions in statements incapable of rational testing or of being true or false . |
| 6 | For each trait ( for example , the trait of being tall or short , or of being smooth or wrinkled ) , each individual receives two genes , one inherited from each parent : thus an individual might receive two genes for tallness , or two for shortness , or one of each . |
| 7 | The results of this experiment showed that both the animacy of the actor and acted-upon , and whether actor or acted-upon was thematic , affected subjects ' use of passives . |
| 8 | Departments and the fields which they contribute to the Modular Course are not free agents , either in terms of conformity to Course regulations or in being able to project student numbers in isolation . |
| 9 | It may be possible to send copies of standard terms by fax , although where the print is small , the faxed copy may be difficult , or impossible , to read ; thus faxed terms may be held not to have been incorporated , or to be unreasonable . |
| 10 | Whale is on the wireless , here in the heart of Britain 's largest county , to wreck havoc , or to be gentle , sweet and loving . |
| 11 | Rather they represent the rational choices of high-ranking employees , acting in the corporation 's interests , to intend directly to violate the criminal law or governmental regulations , or to be indifferent to the outcome of their action or inaction , even though it might result in human lives obliterated , bodies mangled , or life-savings lost . |
| 12 | One must , of course , be infinitely grateful for a source as detailed and informative as Ata'i ; but one must also be careful not to allow simply the approach to the writing of biographies to mislead as well as inform , and not to ignore , in the flood of welcome facts , the more personal , anecdotal material which is given or to be unaware that there is much that is not given , much that is unexplained and perhaps by now unexplainable . |
| 13 | It really is very close to being Britain 's number one industry , and will be the world 's largest industry by the end of this decade and to turn our backs on it , or to be half-hearted about it , erm is , I would suggest , foolish . |
| 14 | She may wish you to accompany her to his office or to be present if he is to visit her in her home , and he will be pleased to have your co-operation . |
| 15 | Many States have made such declarations , subject , however , to a variety of conditions , mainly requiring the requested State to be informed about , or to be present at , the taking of the evidence . |
| 16 | This is Dr G 's dilemma : that although he tries to inculcate students with a sense of the beauty and joy of the subject , and to stimulate their minds , they often refuse to think , or to be critical and regard physics in an entirely instrumental way , as a degree to be gained , which will enable them to do something ‘ useful ’ , namely defence research . |
| 17 | Castles were also frequently designed as houses for great lords or to be administrative and judicial centres . |
| 18 | The major problem continued to be space — or to be correct , the lack of it ! |
| 19 | ( f ) Insurance If the matrimonial home is in the sole name of the husband then it is best to change the insurance arrangements once agreement is reached or the court order made ; the husband may neglect or to be unnecessary where the property already stands in the joint names of husband and wife and a separate declaration of trust is made . |
| 20 | The Hic Mulier figure ( an abstraction ) is a vehicle for a variety of defences of the transvestite , radical and conservative , and there is no good reason , given the genre , to privilege the one over the others as more truthful , more sincere , more representative , or to be dismayed that some of these arguments are incompatible with each other . |
| 21 | ( 6 ) Where an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of , or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of , any director , manager or secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity , he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly . |
| 22 | The orbitals in these compounds can be considered to lie predominantly on the metal ( or metals in a polynuclear species ) or on the ligands , or to be involved in metal-ligand interactions and so be shared between metal and ligand . |
| 23 | The police were not to be informed of any of these arrangements or to be involved in the payoff in any way . |
| 24 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
| 25 | Yes , but I think there 's no need to buy computers just to be clever or to be well ahead of your neighbours or your other business friends . |
| 26 | How can we be ‘ blessed ’ or ‘ happy ’ , if we have also to be humbled as ‘ the poor in spirit ’ , or to mourn , or to be meek , or to ‘ hunger and thirst for righteousness ’ ? |
| 27 | to produce any documents other than particular documents specified in the Letter of Request as being documents appearing to the requested court to be , or to be likely to be , in his possession , custody or power . |
| 28 | An order may not be made under section 2 requiring a person to state what documents relevant to the proceedings to which the application relates are , or have been , in his possession , custody or power ; or to produce any documents other than particular documents specified in the order as being documents appearing to the High Court court to be , or to be likely to be , in his possession , custody or power . |
| 29 | As their name may suggest , the rules provide for what may happen in the event of a clearing member " appearing to the Clearing House to be unable , or to be likely to become unable , to meet his obligations in respect of one or more Contracts " . |
| 30 | Such elders may be stoically enduring remediable suffering , have internalised an ageist view that old folks should not have many desires ‘ at their time of life ’ , or hold a belief that it is wrong to want things , or to be assertive . |