Example sentences of "[adv] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most importantly , this response ought sensibly to be in line with current market trends : financial diversification , the breaking down of barriers , and the consequent growth of integrated financial houses . |
| 2 | The Russian Congress , constituted as a result of elections in March [ see p. 37322 , where the elections are stated wrongly to be for the Russian Supreme Soviet ] and comprising 1,068 deputies , convened on May 16 . |
| 3 | At the Forest Eyre in January the judges deprived Robert of his wardenship , which was henceforth to be at the disposal of the Crown . |
| 4 | Better to be like Dada . |
| 5 | Better to be in Florence , alone , independent , not subjected to sudden swings of mood than be with people whom she felt no longer valued her , whatever they said . |
| 6 | So sweet and strong that merely to be beside the loved object , to feel his hand on her arm , was enough . |
| 7 | We , I used to move around a lot on those days as you could do really speaking because I was n't old enough to be under the Essential Works Order you see , and er I was by the time I went into the army it was 1946 so er the war was over . |
| 8 | To relieve you of any worries you may have about your monthly repayments if you are unfortunate enough to be off work for any length of time , or if you die unexpectedly , we have a comprehensive insurance Protection Plan . |
| 9 | Nobody knows , precisely enough to be of scientific or medical use , how much radiation was released into the air , how far it spread , and what the original doses received by people underneath it might have been . |
| 10 | The few Tit for Tat individuals do n't meet each other often enough to be of mutual benefit . |
| 11 | There can not be a satisfactory answer to such a question which is short enough for the circumstances , and informative enough to be of any value . |
| 12 | Break 's conclusion was that the net effect of taxation rates ‘ be it disincentive or incentive , is not large enough to be of great economic or sociological significance ’ . |
| 13 | Letters are short reports of outstanding novel findings whose implications are general and important enough to be of interest to those outside the field . |
| 14 | At the edge of dunes is a two-storey hide , open to the public , which gives wonderful views of the estuary and its birds — for those not lucky enough to be aboard a boat . |
| 15 | Stuart Taylor was lucky enough to be on RF325 as it took its last bow . |
| 16 | Oliver said : ‘ You knew her well enough to be on that boat with her . ’ |
| 17 | No one lucky enough to be at Newmarket when he first appeared can possibly forget it . |
| 18 | The youngest child in the family , not yet old enough to be at school , was on a shopping trip in Kirkwall with one of her oldest sisters . |
| 19 | I know I was n't the only one who saw your work was important enough to be worth backing , but you must admit you owe me something ! |
| 20 | The splitting and penetration of the bone of the skull was slightly more advanced than shown earlier , but the difference is not great enough to be worth illustrating and is still equivalent to stage 1 weathering ( Behrensmeyer , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | Caramelised carrot and Cointreau sounded unlikely enough to be worth a try — it was delicious . |
| 22 | In the next section we shall consider three sceptical arguments which are strong enough to be worth taking seriously . |
| 23 | However , my last signal of any importance was somewhat strange in sound ; it was flat and sounded like iron , but it was positive enough to be worth digging . |
| 24 | It seems to me to be important enough to be worth tabling if that can be arranged . |
| 25 | To be precise , a former tied cottage , which was cheap enough to be within their means for two reasons — it is remote , and it has a power pylon growing in its back garden . |
| 26 | Their music is simple enough to be within the competence of an average choir , yet has the melodic , harmonic and rhythmic interest which gives satisfaction and enjoyment both to singers and to congregations . |
| 27 | Usually , the largest contribution to the energy of the turbulence is made by eddies large enough to be oriented in this way but small enough to be within one part of the mean velocity profile . |
| 28 | He was good enough to be in six Walker Cup teams , sufficiently well heeled to be of independent means and later a Captain of the Royal and Ancient . |
| 29 | Those of us lucky enough to be in the choir were sitting on benches in the corridor beside the hall , an open corridor where we sat at right-angles to the rest of the school . |
| 30 | HAVING been among those fortunate enough to be in Australia for the World Cup — and most enjoyable it was — there was one aspect of the television coverage which was extremely irritating . |