Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 2 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 3 | Cool and fresh it 's to be for the fish , more studied and solid for the main course ; for the dessert , fragile and delicate . |
| 4 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 5 | ‘ How dreadfully uncomfortable it is to be ill when one lives alone . |
| 6 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |
| 7 | How easy it is to be expert in theory ! |
| 8 | Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived . |
| 9 | Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof . |
| 10 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |
| 11 | First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric . |
| 12 | By the end of two hours … the children have rescued a man from a burning building , , , , handled a gas leak … learnt about electricity … and dsicvoeverd just how easy it is to be tricked into going with strangers . |
| 13 | She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive . |
| 14 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 15 | Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here , looking forward with hope and enthusiasm to the task that lies ahead , working alongside many others in the building up of God 's kingdom within the diocese of Middlesbrough . |
| 16 | The initial response of Bishop Crowley immediately after his appointment was ‘ Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here ’ . |
| 17 | right , okay so anyway that erm one 's causing a little bit of concern , I 've got another one scheduled for March which I was going to centre on here where will come along and talk to us about the Editor and the Royal Visit and you know ee ach dear me how glad I am to be away from the Scottish Office |
| 18 | How glad I was to be homeless . |
| 19 | And how lucky I am to be living in Badminton , a beautiful Cotswold village , on the edge of a park in the middle of a great landed estate , with all the amenities provided at my landlord 's expense and responsibility . |
| 20 | I ca n't tell you how thrilled I am to be in closer contact with Medau again . |
| 21 | You realise how very lucky you are to be given another chance to be happy , and appreciate the blessing you have received in finding a soulmate and companion you can trust . |
| 22 | In any case , the closer you get , the more likely you are to be killed . ’ |
| 23 | The more distant one of those later groups is , the more likely we are to be able to construct a counter-example ; as is revealed in our own example where = you are a brain in a vat ; |
| 24 | The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms . |
| 25 | ‘ Dear friends and relations , I think this is the moment when we should be aware of how lucky we are to be partaking of such excellent food and spare a thought for those less fortunate . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 27 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 28 | He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station . |
| 29 | The more often they mate , the more likely they are to be the one who fertilises the eggs , and the more certain they can be that the offspring they expend so much time and energy in rearing are theirs . |
| 30 | The authors speculate that this may be because , with a centralised collective bargaining system which is fairly remote from the workers , ‘ the less conscious they will be of the gains achieved , and hence the less likely they are to be credited to union activity ’ ( p. 109 ) . |