Example sentences of "[noun] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are only a few societies where all members hold the same characteristics to be applicable to everyone . |
| 2 | Suppose we wish to put a straight line unc through the following set of experimental points : unc Suppose further that , in view of the experimental method , we may expect errors in f to be proportional to t . |
| 3 | The horse will misjudge situations , whether they be real or imagined dangers , and be too easily distracted and lacking in concentration to be reliable in competitive or pleasure riding . |
| 4 | The timescale is then extended by using large felled timbers with patterns sufficiently overlapping the existing chronology to be certain of a unique match . |
| 5 | He had a great deal to be grateful for . |
| 6 | Philip had a great deal to be pleased about . |
| 7 | I hope that these very brief summaries of our business do not leave you feeling depressed after the fourth year of recession in our industry because we all have a good deal to be optimistic about . |
| 8 | What the teacher is trying to do is to guide each pupil into developing a set of mental models which have been found by experience or experiment to be useful in understanding technical processes . |
| 9 | The Inland Revenue originally wanted the machinery ring to be responsible for tax deductions for such workers . |
| 10 | At some stage in her sleep of exhaustion she drifted close enough to the surface of consciousness to be aware of a deep voice exclaiming over her , of strong arms that lifted and carried her , but in no way could she fight her way up from the smothering blanket of physical and mental fatigue . |
| 11 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 12 | The Treasury 's recent draft treaty revealed new thinking on some of EMU 's details , with , for instance , an option for the new central-banking institution to be independent of governments ( a suggestion that Britain had opposed ) . |
| 13 | It is important to note that in order for the defendant to be liable at all , he must owe the plaintiff a duty of care . |
| 14 | Could I ask readers to be aware of the need for on-going social education amongst our young people by encouraging discussion not simply about ‘ schooling ’ ( though this is important too ) . |
| 15 | Newcastle United must beat Brian Little 's promotion-pushing Leicester City side at Filbert Street on Saturday to be sure of Second Division safety . |
| 16 | Over half of teachers found the LEA guidelines to be useful for writing the report ; a quarter had found them not very useful and a fifth were unsure about this . |
| 17 | There is a second condition required for a rational agent to be indifferent between equal forward and expected future spot rates . |
| 18 | Above everything it needs an example from the top and a readiness to be critical of polite praise and to insist continuously on the bad news . |
| 19 | Friends such as Edward Clodd , who expected Hardy to be relieved by her death in 1912 , found instead that he was overcome with remorse for neglecting one whom he had once loved so well . |
| 20 | Joseph expects the department to be involved in advocates ' training , ‘ to ensure they understand procedures and what child protection means . |
| 21 | Nevertheless they still represented items of heavy capital expenditure , and still required a data processing department to be responsible for them . |
| 22 | Like the values for Young 's modulus or stiffness , the figures vary a great deal between different substances , but then , so do the strengths of the chemical bonds within them and one might expect the engineering strengths to be proportional to the strengths of the chemical bonds . |
| 23 | Certain public transactions , notably where the firm is making an offer on behalf of its client , require funds to be available in a specific currency at a specific time and place . |
| 24 | Conventionality and Contrast together allow speakers to be consistent from one occasion to the next in their uses of the conventional meanings assigned to linguistic forms , and to maintain the same form-meaning pairings over time . |
| 25 | Opportunities to be creative as an architect are limited , so many look for other artistic challenges , she explained . |
| 26 | In 1661 , when C. N. Lesle published on the mobility of the earth , he was considered by fellow clergy to be guilty of a dangerous departure . |
| 27 | But this is not an attempt to be controversial for the sake of it . |
| 28 | The other girls disliked her for her outstanding looks and her haughty ways and made no attempt to be friendly on anything but the most superficial level and the pattern cutters and sewing hands hurried home to their families and boyfriends the moment they finished their long day 's work . |
| 29 | Teachers seem to appreciate an attempt to be positive about the Education Reform Act . |
| 30 | The attempt to be fair to all traditions , by being equally tolerant of all and non-judgemental , can lead like a slippery slope from well-intentioned neutrality to profound scepticism about religion . |