Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it was not prepared to tolerate was any questioning of the basic tenets of party and Government policy . |
| 2 | The economic forces moving agriculture in those areas where it was accessible to change were those of expansion . |
| 3 | Mr Edleston said that the products most likely to succeed were those which displayed quality standards , innovation and added value in a unique way at a reasonable price . |
| 4 | Milton 's Poems 1645 which includes works such as Lycidas took over twenty years to sell out its first edition , which , at best , was something of the order of 1500 copies and more likely to have been much less , probably a few hundred . |
| 5 | In answer to this second argument it can be said that the education available to Desiderius of Cahors in the following century is not likely to have been any better , and yet he did write in the manner of earlier letter-writers . |
| 6 | I remember once we was called out on the actual called out for actual sighting of s there was supposed to have been some activity over er Bentley so we was all called out and the assembly point was at Tolbertstead 's works in Green Lane and we assembled er in the , at Tolberstead 's and then we was sent out as search groups er from there right across Bentley . |
| 7 | Too good to miss is this special offer from designer Nazareth Walsh , who , for the rest of 1992 , is giving a free pair of dupion shoes ( flat , court , or Louis heel ) with every wedding dress order over £600 . |
| 8 | What is important to emphasise is that war is the ultimate purpose for which Soviet society is organised . |
| 9 | You will be able to identify is that a good one ? |
| 10 | So what we need to be able to identify is that , al although we will gain the worst scenario ought to be that whatever we lose in terms of auto-off reports and units reports to some extent we should be gaining by the improved productivity overall . |
| 11 | Whether the Bodens would be able to sleep was another matter . |
| 12 | However , what is important to recognise is that addiction is in the person , not just in the drug . |
| 13 | December is unlikely to have been any better , though it will see one example of international cooperation as the US , USSR and UK combine to trim the happy , carefree money-spenders of the United Nations . |
| 14 | The best that we seem to be able to say is that biological and psychological categories have tended to contain only a very small minority of offenders ( as well as a significant proportion of non-offenders ) , while sociological categories have contained a large majority of non-offenders ( and by no means all offenders ) . |
| 15 | To be able to prove is another . |
| 16 | Well the answer is yes but of course landing and taking off on a road is one thing , being able to operate is another one because clearly one needs er fuel , weapons , ground crew and the like but landing on a road in itself is is not difficult . |
| 17 | One thing which it is difficult to deny is that military strength was vital for Muscovite survival in this massive frontier land . |