Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 2 | Firstly , during the negotiations the purchaser will naturally be concerned to be reassured as to what it saw at the outset as being the merits of the proposed acquisition . |
| 3 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to subsections ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) , a fishing vessel shall only be eligible to be registered as a British fishing vessel if — ( a ) the vessel is British-owned ; ( b ) the vessel is managed , and its operations are directed and controlled , from within the United Kingdom ; and ( c ) any charterer , manager or operator of the vessel is a qualified person or company . |
| 4 | A child whose mother has just started full-time employment may only be likely to be disturbed by this event if he has also recently lost his father . |
| 5 | By the time the permissive climate of the late 1960s had come to allow boys and girls to admit tender feelings for one another , the first faint notes of anti-sexist protest ensured that girls would no longer be content to be victims awaiting rescue by dauntless boys . |
| 6 | I must no longer be ashamed to be fanatical . |
| 7 | Housing experts fear lenders may no longer be able to be flexible — and have to repossess as the slump in the housing market worsens . |
| 8 | The projects must generally be gigantic to be cost effective . |
| 9 | In many cases , it will not be possible to be certain how the sale will ultimately be structured ; if there is a chance that a share sale may be arranged to meet the acquiror 's needs , it will be necessary to regard all advertisements leading up to sale as investment advertisements . |
| 10 | Clothes need not be expensive to be becoming . |
| 11 | Most people would probably not be delighted to be told that their daughter has chosen to become a surrogate mother ; but it can not be the function of the law either to prevent unpleasant situations , or to tell one 's daughter how to conduct her affairs . |
| 12 | ‘ It would not be good to be noticed . |
| 13 | The Eastbourne area is the nearest chalk district , though much of the flint derived from that area must accumulate at Langney Point and not be available to be transported by longshore drift to Dungeness . |
| 14 | It can not be easy to be the partner of a genius , and Constanze certainly made the best of it . |
| 15 | Using my initiative again , thinking , there might not be much to be rescued here , but at least it 's a spot of organic for Dad 's favourite veg . |
| 16 | Would it not be reasonable to be a little more objective ? |
| 17 | Six or seven days , I would say — I 'll not be able to be more precise until the autopsy . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I may not be able to be with her . ’ |
| 19 | This can not be articulated in a sufficiently quantifiable form , and even those elements more amenable to measurement will not be able to be measured accurately . |
| 20 | ‘ I have to be quick , ’ I told Eric , and explained why he would not be able to be the principessa 's gardener . |
| 21 | Such decisions will not be able to be made by a single Prime Minister without reference back . |
| 22 | Ours would appear to be an academic qualification , which may not be able to be adapted to suit NVQ . |
| 23 | If the ratio is too low , there will be the risk that customers ' demands may not be able to be met : this would cause a crisis of confidence and Possible closure . |
| 24 | This will then overcome this silly bigotry of the Labour Group in trying to ostracise the opted-out school in and the College , when this Charter is in place , we 'll be able to compare every facet of education across the district because the results will be published for all to see and these two schools will not be able to be frozen out of that exercise . |
| 25 | Totten appreciates that what was done with St. Johnstone might not be able to be repeated with East Fife . |
| 26 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 27 | It is not enough for the Commission merely to show that the merger will create or strengthen such a market position if the maintenance or development of effective competition would not be likely to be impaired . |
| 28 | Sims said : ‘ It would not be likely to be just in her cases , like clothes . |
| 29 | The the particular point that that I wish to pick up on though was from M Mr Curtis and his reference to erm the draft P P G thirteen , and whilst I 'd say that the point of the H B F that it 's only a draft publication at this stage , there 's in my view been too mu much over reliance on the reference in there to self containment , you see if we look at that particular paragraph , two point one two , it actually says avoid the development of small new settlements which are not to , sorry , I 'll start that again , avoid the development of small new settlements which are not be likely to be well served by public transport , or which will not be largely self contained . |
| 30 | When he wants to be served at table by a black hand , he would not be satisfied to be served by a black paw … |