Example sentences of "be successful " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Because we 're successful , we 're listened to .
2 Everyone thinks you 're successful , but you want me to keep you . ’
3 In the near future I intend to expand this unholy alliance into a much larger tank and to try a few experiments with the set-up and some new species which I 'll no doubt relate if they 're successful .
4 I think basically they 're doing the job that the public want cos they 're successful .
5 Planning and executing your campaign is fun and can be very rewarding if you 're successful .
6 ‘ You 're successful then ? ’
7 So if you 're successful in achieving the full target with a full postal wallet then we everybody 's happy and you 've earned a lot of money .
8 The other thing is if we 're successful with Atkins if he 's behind the bill the MPs are unlikely to talk it out .
9 Erm I do n't have any problem with er with giving people financial incentive , I do have a problem with the concept of er giving people a finesty or a commission or something like that if we 're successful in obtaining in obtaining new work , that is not an fashion view , that is not how a professional office of a professional organisation works .
10 If you 're successful on this er current application , you wo n't , but erm supposing this application were to be turned down by the planning authority , er that you were successful upon the appeal on the first one you would actually proceed according to the plan that was submitted at the first one .
11 Well I did say to , to Nicholas that we would start to be looking at whether they 're successful or not .
12 Yes , my employer offered to er you know send this letter , the postage and everything , I said no , you know , if you help me I 'll er run round put these letters through the letter boxes it 'll , you know , assist me in my training , and if , you know , if I 'm successful in raising over 500 pounds those funds will go to the Bible School for the mentally handicapped and children with learning difficulties .
13 Look , do n't hold out too much hope that you 're going to be successful in this .
14 Giving up smoking together too is much more likely to be successful than if you have to struggle alone .
15 Some cases of infertility are easy to treat , although others require complex treatment which may , in any case , not be successful .
16 ( By 1988 the Italian Railways had produced a tilting train — the Pendolino — which appears to be successful . )
17 Choreographers who are inspired to interpret music can do so in many ways , all of which can be successful , but only if they remember that its overall rhythm is not merely a mechanical guide to the timing of the steps within the dance design ( see page 68 ) .
18 It emphasises , too , man 's primitive belief that if his real life task is to be successful , then it must first be enacted in the magic made by dance ( see page 15 ) .
19 The distinction is useful because companies that seize an opportunity in markets outside their domestic base are more likely to be successful than those that react in response to an external factor .
20 Often this will not be successful if the population is attached to its traditional methods and the new methods are radically different from the old ; a careful marketing campaign to change attitudes can have a dramatic effect , particularly by presenting new products in a way that is not dramatically different from the old .
21 I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position .
22 In his address , Sir Thomas Kennedy spoke of the enormous communications gap that had to be bridged if the Appeal was to be successful , and sought delegates ' help in publicising the Fund and the Appeal especially through the medium of provincial and local newspapers .
23 If the agent knows that a publisher , a record company and a manager have all invested , at least he or she can feel there are a number of people needing this act to be successful .
24 This varied experience served to convince Sir Adrian that no top executive can really be successful without an in-depth understanding of the finer points of a company 's operations .
25 If companies such as our own can be successful while maintaining standards I think we will attract people who will get something worthwhile out of a business career .
26 Design is about the way a product not only looks , but also functions , and for anybody in manufacturing industry or retailing to say they do n't take an interest in it would be perfectly ludicrous , because at the end of the day it is design that causes a product either to be successful or unsuccessful .
27 In many respects , Finniston was ahead of his time in the management policies he adopted during the period he was chairman of British Steel but he stresses that commercial strategy without enlightened personnel policies can never be successful .
28 For the project to be successful it was essential for each stool of the tripod which supported it — the government , the livestock owners and the Bank — to have an equal commitment to its success and to perceive the project in roughly the same terms .
29 In four years I fostered one ! and I am proud to say that Fr Liam Durrant , our present Vocations Director , came through my hands — should he be successful , would that make me a grandfather ? !
30 And if first-night reaction is any indicator , Prince Of The Pagodas will also prove to be successful .
  Next page