Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 2 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 3 | To show you how grateful I am to you , I 'm offering to explain how to make it — then you will be able to destroy all your enemies ! ’ |
| 4 | I should like to say how grateful I was to the kind gentleman who pulled me clear . |
| 5 | Cool and fresh it 's to be for the fish , more studied and solid for the main course ; for the dessert , fragile and delicate . |
| 6 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 7 | If the meme is a scientific idea , its spread will depend on how acceptable it is to the population of individual scientists ; a rough measure of its survival value could be obtained by counting the number of times it is referred to in successive years in scientific journals . |
| 8 | The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners . |
| 9 | We must allow and support the ethnic rights of local people to use their traditional resources , however distasteful it is to our urban and Western prejudices . |
| 10 | Send us your photo and tell us how similar you are to our average reader . |
| 11 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 12 | Only you knew how crucial they were to our plans . ’ |
| 13 | As , of course , all novelists , however wedded they are to the idea of realism , have to do . |
| 14 | Okay to say how similar it is to one thing to another . |
| 15 | The important thing to note about this example is just how favourable it is to the general natural law case which Finnis , I take it , is at pains to defend . |
| 16 | Her eyes met his , saw the lazy mockery in their depths , and she felt her heart racing faster , realising anew how very dangerous he was to her family . |
| 17 | ‘ How dreadfully uncomfortable it is to be ill when one lives alone . |
| 18 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |
| 19 | How easy it is to be expert in theory ! |
| 20 | Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived . |
| 21 | Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof . |
| 22 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |
| 23 | First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric . |
| 24 | By the end of two hours … the children have rescued a man from a burning building , , , , handled a gas leak … learnt about electricity … and dsicvoeverd just how easy it is to be tricked into going with strangers . |
| 25 | She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive . |
| 26 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 27 | This point is proved by the officer or warden describing how visible he was to the driver , e.g. ‘ I was clearly visible to a driver approaching the crossroads etc … |
| 28 | You know , when she came to visit me when I was in bed a couple of weeks ago she was asking erm how grateful she was to your parents for |
| 29 | Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here , looking forward with hope and enthusiasm to the task that lies ahead , working alongside many others in the building up of God 's kingdom within the diocese of Middlesbrough . |
| 30 | The initial response of Bishop Crowley immediately after his appointment was ‘ Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here ’ . |